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Roadkill - Season 1
Politician Peter Laurence's private life is falling apart. Shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, he seeks to further his own agenda whilst others plot to bring him down. Can he out-run his own secrets to win the ultimate prize?
17 October 1960, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
10 October 1962, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
January 29, 1977 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
1972, England, UK
1964, Surrey, England, UK
11 June 1959, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
1970, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
23 July 1988, Banbury, England, UK
29 September 1946, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK
17 August 1968, London, England, UK
October 28, 2020
Roadkill didn't even begin promisingly.
October 28, 2020
Rather than portray Peter Laurence as a Conservative with a different conception of the good, he is simply a bad person.
October 29, 2020
Why any of this happens will have viewers scratching their heads, because neither the personal nor professional aspects of it make very much sense.
October 28, 2020
I can't forgive the many plot impossibilities.
October 30, 2020
"Roadkill" doesn't do a particularly good job of establishing what ideals Laurence may once have had, but it's an entertaining enough foray into his world, and what it feels like to live there.
October 29, 2020
What Roadkill has to offer are a few standout performances, as Peter dodges fire from all sides. Laurie is, as is often the case, outstanding as a creep who gets by on his charm and/or brilliance.
October 21, 2020
I am finding it utterly delicious, like a bowl of chilli-infused olives that I cannot stop guzzling.
October 29, 2020
Laurie does what he can with playing up the charade of a political conman whose almost always good for a selfie opp and a sound bite. But the character of Peter is too much a stereotypical villain.
October 26, 2020
[Hugh Laurie and Helen McCrory] are so wonderful and mesmerizing and terrific that if I had my way, I'd cut everyone else out, and all the other subplots, and it would just be them, circling each other.
October 29, 2020
What begins as a straightforward story unravels into an interconnected evening soap, better paired with gin than tea and crumpets.
October 26, 2020
The dialogue was as tired as the characterization.
October 30, 2020
The series never makes a clear case that it's worth all the effort - or worth adding another deceitful politician to your life at this particular moment.
