He Kills Coppers (3rd and final)

The final episode was pretty gripping until the last twenty minutes, where the ambitious young journo turned into a miserable old psycho and the baddie was inexplicably shot down at close range by armed police.

Highlight: Billy Porter shouting "You can't even organise the washing up! What on earth makes you think that you can bring down the government?"

All-in-all, a bit of an anti-climax. The sixties are just so much more telegenic than the eighties.

He Kills Coppers (2)

Just watched episode two. It's still brilliant edge-of-the-seat stuff.

But why on earth did the Irish fairground guy call him 'Billy' to his face? After he'd made his 'phone call he should have just kept walking. And am I right in assuming that ambitious young reporter is a repressed gay? Or is he just a total sadist?

He Kills Coppers

I don't watch much telly - it's just sort of on in the background, most of the time - but I must say, this new series on ITV is brilliant.

It's a lot like Performance but without the druggie stuff, i.e. loads of senseless violence and a few sexy scenes that are totally seedy and mildly unpleasant. But somehow compulsive. My favourite character so far is the young reporter.