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ITV’s latest stripped-through-the-week thriller, Viewpoint, got Monday’s episode out of the way, and Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s, then the news broke of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against its star, Noel Clarke. (Oh please, not Noel.)
Thursday night’s episode went ahead but Friday’s finale was pulled from the main schedule – hello, It’ll Be Alright On The Night, what a trusty old friend you are – and is available solely at ITV Hub until tonight.
There was an outcry in some quarters. What happened to ‘innocent until proven guilty’? Where’s the justice in this? Who killed Gemma? You’re going to leave us hanging in the air?
ITV s new police drama Viewpoint kicked off tonight (April 26), and genre lovers couldn t help but compare the mini-series first episode to popular BBC outing
Starring Phil Davis, Alexandra Roach, Catherine Tyldesley, Bronagh Waugh and Noel Clarke, the show centres on surveillance expert DC Martin King (Clarke), as he and his partner DC Stella Beckett (Waugh) attempt to solve a missing person s case.
In this evening s instalment, the pair set up shop in the home of music lover Zoe (Roach), whose flat is situated opposite that of Gemma Hillman (Amy Wren), a primary school teacher who vanished almost two days ago.
Is Viewpoint the new Line of Duty? Viewers say ITV s latest crime drama about a police officer hunting a missing school teacher rivals the BBC s hit police show
Viewers of ITV s Viewpoint have said it s a worthy rival to the BBC s Line of Duty
Drama follows surveillance detective DC Martin Young (played by Noel Clarke)
He sets up his observation post in the Manchester home of single mother Zoe
DC Young is watching the main suspect during the search for a missing teacher
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