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Nightsleeper BBC...Good or so, so bad?

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RechargeableGnu · 15/09/2024 20:00

I might be missing its sheer brilliance but I'm definitely in the 'it's so bad ' category.

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LivelyMintViper · 22/09/2024 17:09

I liked it
No endless grunting sex scenes or graphic gratuitous violence.,,(Yep I have finally become my mother)

newnamethanks · 22/09/2024 16:56

YANBU.

Pigeonqueen · 19/09/2024 21:29

Doingtheboxerbeat · 18/09/2024 20:31

The main character with her face and haircut reminds me of that woman from Everything But The Girl 🤭 random, I know.

Yes definitely!

outdamnedspots · 19/09/2024 18:19

Doingtheboxerbeat · 18/09/2024 20:31

The main character with her face and haircut reminds me of that woman from Everything But The Girl 🤭 random, I know.

Yes!!

outdamnedspots · 19/09/2024 18:18

Dennisisamennis · 15/09/2024 22:37

I enjoyed it. I found the most incredulous bit was them expecting us to believe that boy was 4.

Me too!!

outdamnedspots · 19/09/2024 18:17

We saw the first one last night! I called it: I said the theft was a fake then that the policeman was a baddie. He's a shit actor.

Interesting! Going to watch no 2.

TheShellBeach · 19/09/2024 18:15

DinosaurMunch · 18/09/2024 20:34

Is it scary?

No. Just maddening. Terrible dialogue.

If Jed Mercurio had written it, it would have been superb.

But he didn't.

TheShellBeach · 19/09/2024 18:14

I thought it was one of the worst things I have ever watched on the TV.

Pigeonqueen · 19/09/2024 18:13

I love Joe Cold so wanted to like this but it was so bad I turned the first episode off half way through. My 13 year old ds enjoyed it though and decided to keep watching it on his own.

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RechargeableGnu · 19/09/2024 18:10

Someone has started another thread on things so bad they are good and this programme keeps coming up!

It didn't even make the 'it gets good' bit for me 😁

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DinosaurMunch · 18/09/2024 20:34

Is it scary?

Doingtheboxerbeat · 18/09/2024 20:31

The main character with her face and haircut reminds me of that woman from Everything But The Girl 🤭 random, I know.

Snooks1971 · 17/09/2024 21:36

watching it again with DH and realised the second time around that the mum who reports her son as missing says they were in C4 (sleeping pod) so I reckon that’s why pp got the age 4 thing from

RockyRogue1001 · 17/09/2024 18:58

I'm finding it hugely entertaining.

The story's rather ludicrous, but I'd say very enjoyable and fab cast.

@Whyhaveibeencutoutofmamsnot 🤣🤣🤣🤣

KnottedTwine · 17/09/2024 17:56

I do a bit of work as a film/tv extra and got lots of availability checks for nightsleeper all last summer, said yes to all of them and never got picked! Heard good things from people who worked on it though.

JudgeJ · 17/09/2024 17:54

I've seen the first 2 episodes, in the first sequence, the woman with the pram and the bag snatch was so obviously a set up for something else. I found the sound very poor in the first half hour and it wasn't the accents! May torture myself and watch the rest tonight.

PottedPlantCrazy · 17/09/2024 17:49

I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed seeing Trevor from EastEnders again, haven’t seen him since Little Mo times!

ChocoChocoLatte · 17/09/2024 17:47

I wasn't a fan

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CautionOperatives · 17/09/2024 16:54

So bad it’s good? It’s good Sunday night television- needs minimal mental effort.

JustHereWithMyPopcorn · 17/09/2024 16:53

The characters are badly cast and terrible actors that it's laughable. That said I watched three of them last night. 😂

Shortkiwi · 17/09/2024 16:52

The chief woman was absolutely driving me mad last night. She just stood around randomly bollocking the female director and trying to be formidable and intimidating- so cringe!

Dennisisamennis · 17/09/2024 16:52

I want to know what phones their using, the battery life is incredible! Otherwise it's actually quite enjoyable.

DockLeafDandelion · 17/09/2024 16:43

It’s a good exciting (if far fetched) story. But the dialogue is very dodgy and strange in places. Some of the dialogue is like some campy am dram thing.