A question about Boiling Point. Have I missed something?

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I'm watching Boiling Point for the first time. Series 1, episode 1 on iplayer. However it feels like I'm missing something because the alcoholic ex chef is at home.
Is there a whole backstory I've missed?
Thanks.

There’s a film, also called Boiling Point, which came first. Confusingly it’s not on iPlayer, but is on 4 on demand.

Yes there’s a film that precedes the series. It’s on iplayer

Aah, bollocks. Am I ok to keep going with the series, or am I going to have missed too much?
Appreciate the replies.

I'll just crack on, as I'm enjoying it so far. I hate the music throughout though, and would be happy for it not to be there.

There's actually 2 films, confusingly. One is/was on iPlayer and the other on netflix.

Carly's mother is so bloody annoying.

The film
Was shown the Saturday before this started on film 4

I haven't watched the other ones just the BBC 1 9pm Sunday ones.
The stress in that kitchen.

I watched the film before starting the series. You just get the backstory to the main characters. I think the short film (30m which I haven’t watched) preceded the long film?

I found it hard work. There was lots of hammy acting and everyone has a sob story. But I suppose there is only so much drama the can create around the theme of cooking.

It was like a soap opera rather than a drama.

carly's mum looks younger than Carly.

Agree - was surprised it was so lauded - terrible over the top acting by so many usually great actors. I especially find Carly and her pep talks cringeworthy.

I think the point of the film was it was shot in one take which for 92 minutes is pretty impressive. The opening scene for the series was also a one shot take lasting 11mins.

The film is on iPlayer

I’m confused. I read there was a film so we watched it on Prime. It was about 30mins long and ended with him collapsing in the floor.

Was there something else I should’ve watched as well?

@Fulshaw the 30min film was a short Stephen Graeme did as a favour to the director who was an actor he’d worked with previously. As it was well received they expanded it to the 92min one.

Personally I’d go back and watch the long film , otherwise as the series goes on you miss a lot of the back story to scenes . Although I wouldn’t say any of it is the best .

Ok, so now I've watched it all: long film, short film, series. And not in that order!
Loved it, especially the series.

I also really liked it and think you probably do need to watch the films to get the context and why Stephen Grahame is so emotional in the series etc.

However, I also watched both seasons of The Bear a few weeks before and I thought that was better, this maybe suffered in comparison. It felt like 'The British The Bear' (even though it must have been conceived before I think?). But perhaps I watched them too close together so was slightly suffering from 'stressy kitchen-based' fatigue.

Thanks for clarifying! I watched the short one and have just finished the series. So seems like I missed the bit in the middle which was the long film. Explains why I didn’t know what they were referring to half the time.