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TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER

Drama

Tsunami, the Aftermath

9:00pm - 10:30pm

BBC2 London & South East

VIDEO Plus+: 2515
Subtitles, audio description, widescreen

1/2

Bafta-winning screenwriter Abi Morgan (Sex Traffic, Murder) has a gift for writing involving, gripping dramas and this two-parter is a typically absorbing, thoroughly researched dramatisation of the devastating impact of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. Though the scale of the disaster is unimaginable, Morgan focuses on a handful of disparate characters: an amoral British journalist who's first on the scene; a holidaying British couple searching for their six-year-old daughter; a hard-pressed British government official; and a Thai survivor. In the standout cast, it's particularly good to see Tim Roth back on our screens as the reporter, and Chiwetel Ejiofor and Sophie Okonedo also shine as the holidaying young couple whose daughter is missing. The re-imagining of the deadly tidal wave is frighteningly well done, using video footage and skilful re-creation. But it's the immediate aftermath that is in many ways more powerful, as desperate families hunt for loved ones in the face of language barriers, a health service perilously close to breakdown and authorities that are simply overwhelmed.

RT reviewer - Alison Graham

Nick Fraser - Tim Roth

Ian Carter - Chiwetel Ejiofor

Susie Carter - Sophie Okonedo

Tony Whittaker - Hugh Bonneville

Kathy Graham - Toni Collette

Kim Peabody - Gina McKee

Than - Samrit Machielsen

Chai - Will Yun Lee

Ellen Webb - Kate Ashfield

Simone - Aure Atika

Joe Meddler - Leon Ford

James Peabody - Owen Teale

Peer Jarlsson - Jacek Koman

Pravat Meeko - Grirggiat Punpiputt

Martha Carter - Jazmyn Mabaso

Adam Peabody - George MacKay

John Peabody - Morgan David Jones

Dr Polsak - Gacian Jarusomboon

Bahn Burut - Tanapath Singamrat

Eva - Savannah Loney

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I have been trying to decide all day whether to alert to this or not

And then I decided that you caouldmake up your own minds whther it is in poor taste or not

I don't know and won't be watching but some of you may want to

Please let me know

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OLKPOKWD-V-[0WVQ-LE

I can't watch this for the simple reason that I can't watch depictions of parents losing children.

Have just watched this, both me and DH cried.

It was so so sad, but i wanted to watch it as it was one of the worst natural disasters that have happened to mankind and i wanted to see if there have been any lessons learned from how to avoid another one or anything else.

it was so sad and i feel for all those parents who lost their children,heartbreaking.

I purposely didn't watch. The memories are still too raw.

still too hard for me to watch i think

Lou

I really didn't know whether it was the right thing to do for me to alert on here about it

I have been ummmming and ahhhing about it all day

In the end I thought I should incase some people wanted to watch - and cos they were on here involved in a discussion they missed it

I think it is rather too quick for them to make a drama out of it

I think if it was in about 5 - 10 years time then ok

I am really sorry if alerting to it this evening has upset you

no not at all kanga, dont be silly, all you did was say it was on

i agree i think it's too soon to be putting something like this on. man i still cant bring myself to read/watch anything about it and we all emerged unscathed, i can't imagine what it must be like for those who lost a loved one

Oke doke

part 2 tonight

TUESDAY 05 DECEMBER

Documentary

A Child Against All Odds

9:00pm - 10:00pm

BBC1 London & South East

VIDEO Plus+: 3056
Subtitles, widescreen

4/6 - Cheating Time

Documentary series in which Professor Robert Winston takes a journey through the world of fertility treatment. He looks at why ageing is now the biggest single cause of infertility in the UK. At 35, Karen has the insides of a 50-year-old. Trying to beat her biological clock, she and husband Alex make a journey from Tunbridge Wells to Moscow, but things don't go to plan. At 41, career woman Suzanne may have left having a family too late. She tries a new IVF technique called assisted hatching.

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TUESDAY 05 DECEMBER

Drama

Tsunami, The Aftermath

9:00pm - 10:30pm

BBC2 London & South East

VIDEO Plus+: 3330
Subtitles, audio description, widescreen

Episode written by Abi Morgan

2/2

It was perhaps inevitable that the second part of Abi Morgan's drama about the after effects of the 2004 Asian tsunami would flag after last week's stunning opener. Time starts to hang heavy as the script occasionally loses its way and its momentum. Thus we leap around from one story to the next, like impatient grasshoppers: the British ambassador who's well-meaning but under-resourced; the desperate parents searching for their missing daughter; and the journalist who thinks he's on to a scoop. Yet there are still moving moments, notably involving the couple (Chiwetel Ejiofor and Sophie Okonedo) and their increasingly futile attempts to find their young daughter.

RT reviewer - Alison Graham

Tim Roth,Chiwetel Ejiofor,Sophie Okonedo,Toni Colette,Hugh Bonneville,Gina McKee

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the first part was extremely moving

but they really should have shown it on consecutive nights .. it is not the kind of programme that, IMHO, lasts a week between parts

sorry for the mixup

Thanks for the reminder, I watchedlast weeks and had forgotten the second one was on tonight.

OKE DOKE

Bumpity bump

Still sniffing over this. It was very very sad.