Four Lives (2022)

Watchseries; Very well made drama, great acting by the leads, especially Merchant and Smith. Shocking that the police could handle a case so poorly, but it deserves to be exposed.

Strongly recommended and one of the superior dramas from the BBC recently.

Very well made drama, great acting by the leads, especially Merchant and Smith. Shocking that the police could handle a case so poorly, but it deserves to be exposed.

Strongly recommended and one of the superior dramas from the BBC recently.

Four Lives watchseries. The show four lives is unfortunately based on true preventable events which I knew before going into watching it , I am truly sorry for the families and victims than ever before.

The show is accurate and very well acted, especially regarding Sheridan Smiths performance which I have no doubt she'll win many awards for!

I hope the tv show brings more light to unjust crimes not just in the UK but everywhere !

If u have the time to spare watch this TV show and please support the LGBT community.

Thank you .

Great cast but I have to say that Sheridan Smith was quite awful in it.

Didn't know about the murders, the Police miserably failed the victims and the families. Was shocked to see it happened just a few years ago, with all the technology, a lot more should have been done!

The police investigation is everything you would expect from a country where less than 10% of crimes get solved. Kudos to the producers for making it real.

Another incredibly annoying feature of this falls on Imdb. The cast list is a mess with all sorts of major characters missing. We like to watch a show, look for characters that look familiar then crosscheck on Imdb. For example there was one character who reminded of someone that used to be on Emmerdale. Even though he has been in every episode he wasn't listed here so we had to search Emmerdale for his character. Sure enough, Shaun Thomas was in Emmerdale, he is listed on the show credits but nowhere to be found on Imdb. The murder victims aren't even listed so the staggering incompetence in this show also applies to Imdb.

I remember watching the documentary about this case and it was shocking what was missed in the course of the investigation. To me this three hour long series fails to communicate or fully explain those failures and mistakes.

To watch the first two episodes you would think the most important failure was in name mispronunciation. I get that this is to show the lack of detail or care of the investigators however it comes up so often it begins to feel petty and gets into Hyacinth Bucket territory, which I'm sure was not the aim.

We do get to know some more about the four lives of the title however this is counterpointed by all the other supporting characters, who are completely one dimensional. Ultimately this is a let down on the writing side it failed to communicate the characters and the impact the event had on them, it failed to have any drama and it also failed to fully communicate the failures of the investigation.

The odd blurry edged camera work throughout I found distracting also, presumably this was a style choice and not a technical mistake but it seemed to serve no purpose, at times even characters speaking would have half their heads out of focus.

I would recommend seeking out the BBC documentary about this case as it is less than a third of the length and a far more powerful piece of television.

This story had all the makings of being great material for a great drama. Sadly all involved did in no way give it their all. It simply plodded along in a Luke warm fashion until it's conclusion. Ms Smith yet again gives a mind numbing flat performance. She was once brilliant. Money simply wasted by the BBC.