MONDAY 10 OCTOBER
Drama
Vincent
9:00pm - 10:30pm
ITV1 London
VIDEO Plus+: 6584
Subtitled
Episode written by Stephen Butchard
1/4
Ray Winstone must possess the most unmistakeable voice on British television; he sounds as if he's spitting gravel into an empty biscuit tin. It's a fine voice, though we don't hear enough of it, thanks to the numerous pauses for dramatic effect in the first episode of this private-eye drama. Winstone is Vincent, a maverick with a complex personal life (his wife's left him because he's married to his job; no surprise there). Vincent is so relentlessly determined to be noir-ish that it feels as if there's not much of a story. It spends most of its time with moody, lingering shots of Vincent and his team of gumshoes, including an attractive female sidekick (ex-Coronation Street star Suranne Jones). Winstone is, of course, the best thing about Vincent, a drama that burns so self-consciously slowly you may well despair of it catching light.
RT reviewer: Alison Graham
Vincent Gallagher - Ray Winstone
Beth - Suranne Jones
Cathy - Eva Pope
DCI David Driscoll - Philip Glenister
Robert - Joe Absolom
John - Ian Puleston-Davies
Gillian - Angel Coulby
Pat Fisher - Stephen Mapes
Gary de Silva - Marc Warren
Sarah de Silva - Charlotte Emmerson
Eddie Wilson - Drew Carter Cain