One of the finest mini-series ever. The writing is first-rate. Grim, dyspeptic, but somehow life-affirming even amid the bleakness. Gambon is great. And Dennis Potter's choice of period music is inspired.

Excellent with scenes that sometimes have you sitting still in shock. If you are looking for that bright happy ending it isn't here.

The ultimate tv series. Intensity lasts all six episodes. Dennis Potter's best work. Joanne Whalley fresh and young black eyed nurse. Neil Hardwick reedited his Pakanamaan kartta (Off the Map) tv series after seeing this one.

One of the best TV shows (mini-series) of all-time. The psychological complexity took me by surprise.

Not as good as I hoped -- sometimes it comes dangerously close to wearing out its welcome, what with its insistence on making every point about half a dozen times. For the most part, however, it's engaging, and refreshingly weird... especially for something made for British TV

Michael Gambon was incredible in this mini-series which still stands as some of the best hours of television ever produced.

It's a detective story, a character study and a bitter musical/comedy all rolled up into one. I really don't know how to describe the film, it relies so much on the finely balanced tone that just barely holds a grip on reality. Excellent characterizations and performances, but none better than Michael Gambon who gets better and better with each episode as the nuance of his character consumes the larger narrative in spectacular surrealism.

Worth the time it takes to see it. Am I right?

gambon is godly. a bit too long winded, but the final episode makes it all worth it

Interesting story where reality mingles with a book story that sits inside of the head of the main character. Unfortunately, it is shown in an extremely boring and repetitive way. DNF, managed to watch 3 episodes.

Fuckkkkkkk

I might be being too harsh on this, as it's excellent for most of its running time. But the last 90 minutes or so, which bring the series down almost to the level of the 2003 American remake, were so disappointing I can't help feeling punitive.

Imaginative, multi-layered mini-series that blends fantasy with reality and past with present, usually in the same scene. Marlow is a great character, brilliantly played by Gambon - complex, sympathetic and infuriating in equal measures. Even so, while it's an easy work to admire, I'm not sure I actually liked it that much. It's very slow, and I felt it was retreading old ground in places without actually going anywhere. The music is not really my cup of tea, either. Glad I watched it, though.

Don't think I've had the pleasure of seeing all episodes, but what I have seen certainly has been a treat.

Need to see it again with some subtitles - just too much going on. One thing is sure, though - Gambon is brilliant.

Not my taste at all. The humour was off, the neo noir stuff was childish. One of the worst attempts at making a noir. Gambon does a good job, though. Just a shame his skin decease made him so repulsive.

Gambon is a great actor. Tour through the fantasy life of a tortured mind. Dense, convoluted, full of mysterious connections and internal correspondences. The structures of the symbols and events and their interrelations are as complicated as anything you will find in any novel by Joyce or Proust. Impressive.

Well written and brilliantly acted, especially by Gambon, but doesn't have anything to make up for the very slow pacing. I completely lost interest halfway through.