Last modified on Fri 28 May 2021 08.59 EDT
I love a drama premise you can really get behind. The Beast Must Die (BritBox) follows the hunt by bereaved mother Frances (Cush Jumbo) for the driver of the vehicle that killed her six-year-old son in a hit-and-run on the Isle of Wight three months earlier. Partly because the police have failed to find the culprit and partly so that when she does, she can kill him. As she points out, if the boy had been killed by someone with his own hands instead of with his car, there would be a national outcry, and no one would rest until the beast was caught.
4/5
Based on Cecil Day-Lewis s novel, this gothic crime drama draws fine performances from Jared Harris, Cush Jumbo and Billy Howle
27 May 2021 • 5:00am
Beastly: Cush Jumbo, Jared Harris and Billy Howle in BritBox s excellent first original drama
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If aliens were to base their understanding of the human race on television dramas, they would conclude that at least 50 per cent of the population works in law enforcement.
The Beast Must Die is a drama featuring a detective with personal problems, not to be confused with Channel 4’s Before We Die, a drama featuring a detective with personal problems. If you only have room in your life for one of these, then The Beast Must Die is definitely the classier product.