Bloodlands: BBC viewers baffled by error in James Nesbitt drama ‘Difficult to watch’
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BBC drama Bloodlands premiered tonight as Northern Irish DCI Tom Brannick (played by James Nesbitt) is forced to confront the disappearance of his wife during the troubles when a former IRA member goes missing. However, viewers were unable to focus on the tense thriller due to a perceived technical blunder with the drama’s camerawork.
In tonight’s instalment, Tom recognises the calling card of an assassin from 20 years ago known as Goliath.
The detective and his partner Niamh McGovern (Charlene McKenna) delve into the past but are met with opposition from an old friend of Tom’s – DCS Jackie Twomey (Loran Cranitch).
But on Twitter BBC viewers voiced their frustrations at being distracted by the drama’s “shaky camerawork”.
One wrote: “Finding #bloodlands difficult to watch due to the shaky camerawork. It’s up, down, rotating…..making me dizzy and very migraine-inducing. Ugh.”
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Another asked: “What’s happening with the camera work in #Bloodlands. I’m confused. Is this a drama or a documentary made by teenagers?”
Someone else asked: “#Bloodlands, 20 mins in and the stupid wobbly camera technique totally distracting me. Why do this?”
“What is going on with the camera.. #bloodlands Feel a bit dizzy,” a fourth tweeted.
“I wish the camera operator would get a grip. #Bloodlands,” another remarked.
A sixth shared: “I’m feeling seasick already. HOLD THE CAMERA STRAIGHT #Bloodlands.”
At the end of the tense opener, the lead detective discovered his wife’s body along with several others who were suspected of being kidnapped by Goliath.
Meanwhile, writer and show creator Chris Brandon explained whether the drama is based on a true story.
He revealed: “The idea comes from a distinct sense of place. I spent part of my life growing up in Strangford, a small village at the mouth of a lough in Northern Ireland.
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“In 2013, I returned to help a childhood friend make a short film. The film was set in the house next door to where I grew up and my own memories of the land and its people came flooding back,” Chis explained.
“It was then that the idea occurred to me to tell the story of someone whose journey is inextricably linked to that of the land – a kind of allegory, if you will, about the moment Northern Ireland finds itself in now.
“It is 23 years since the Good Friday Agreement which signalled the end of the violence of the Troubles, a 30-year period of sustained bloodshed.
“I was a child of the 80s and 90s when such violence was part of the day to day. The Northern Ireland we know now is a country that is mostly at peace and one that looks forward with hope.”
“But the foundations of peace are delicate. The legacy of violence has left indelible scars. How Northern Ireland moves forward depends very much on how it deals with its past,” he continued.
“Many feel there may be peace but there is still injustice. Many question how there can be reconciliation without truth.
“These struggles exist in Tom Brannick. As a veteran detective, he has a foot in both the past and the present.
“He has hope for the future in the potential of his daughter, but he is stopped from moving forward by the resurrection of an assassin myth; a symbol of police collusion in past violence that holds deeply personal significance.”
Bloodlands continues on BBC One on Sunday at 9pm.
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