For a number of reasons, I've not bothered with any TV drama for some considerable time but I thought I'd watch 'The Night Manager' based on the John le Carre novel of the same name.
I'm not used to seeing Hugh Laurie in anything other than comedy, Black Adder, Jeeves and Wooster etc., so I wasn't too sure that he could carry off the role of Richard Roper, international arms dealer.
However, he acquits himself splendidly with just the right level of menace bubbling along beneath the surface.
His Chief of Staff, Major Corkoran (Tom Hollander), although somewhat effete, is an equally unpleasant piece of work, the sort you'd cross the road to avoid even if you had never set eyes on him before.
The first episode, aired on Sunday, got the series off to a good start.
It's due to be shown in the US on Tuesday 19th April on
AMC and in Australia on BBC First later this year on a date yet to fixed.
The trailer is slightly misleading as it's not a blood and thunder production by any means and that side is somewhat over represented.
Can't wait for the next episode and might even buy the DVD when it comes out in a few months.
BBC Link Might not work outside the UK for copyright reasons.