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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?
Warning: spoilers ahead for Viewpoint episode one
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ITV surveillance thriller Viewpoint began on Monday night, with the following episodes stripped across the week.
Days after she goes missing, surveillance operative DC Martin Young (Clarke) is ordered to set up an observation post in the home of single mum Zoe (Alexandra Roach), whose flat overlooks the home that Gemma shares with her boyfriend (and prime suspect) Greg Sullivan.
We’ve unpacked tonight’s instalment, breaking down some of the key questions and theories that have come up after the events of Viewpoint episode one.
What happened in Viewpoint episode one?
Review
Viewpoint, episode 1 review: it may borrow heavily from Rear Window but this ITV drama is no Hitchcock
3/5
Noel Clarke puts in a strong performance as a police surveillance officer who s installed in a woman s house
26 April 2021 • 10:00pm
Noel Clarke stars in Viewpoint
Credit: ITV
The debt that
Viewpoint (ITV) owes to Rear Window is obvious, and it’s a good advert for curtain companies. The voyeur in this case has a legitimate reason for spying on the people across the street: he is DC Martin Young (Noel Clarke), a police surveillance officer keeping watch on the partner of a missing primary schoolteacher.
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