The Control Room

Taking the stretching of disbelief to the limit and then stretching it some more. A total waste of Joanna Vanderham. Poor Gabriel a rabbit in the headlights who we are led to believe somehow saves the day.

Glasgow based thriller. An emergency call handler takes a call confessing to a murder, from a girl who then recognises his voice. So begins a frantic journey as the story unfolds, mingled with his backstory.

It started well but it's a bit far-fetched and implausible. It has some good tense moments.

This is better than some whilst not brilliant. Would I recommend? Maybe, but I wouldn't want to watch it again.

Ambulance call handler Gabe receives a call from a young woman who claims to have killed someone, in a bizarre twist, she recognises Gabe.

Gabe will have you stressed, everything he did made me feel a little anxious, a little twitchy, you really could feel the character's elevated stress levels.

Iain De Caestecker is the standout, he plays the part of Gabe incredibly well, great performance, all I can say is that I hope they supplied him with running trainers, as the guy spends a good amount of time dashing around. He plays the part with absolute sincerity, and doesn't pretend to play the hard man, it's refreshing.

I find it impossible to agree with most of the reviews here, I thoroughly enjoyed this three part series, it was imaginative, different, and for me it was really easy to follow.

Several twists and turns, the final episode offers up so much, it's very satisfying.

Some amazing visuals, particularly in the final episode, they really did make full use of the beautiful scenery.

Overall I thoroughly enjoyed it, 8/10.

Have to agree with the majority of the previous reviews.

Wanted to switch off after first episode and wasn't bothered to find out the ending. Why?, because after Gabe makes the most obvious of "no, you didn't just agree to that" moments, it goes from bad to worse. Every twist and turn in the first 2 episodes have me screaming at the TV "nooooooo".

But as a dutiful husband, having had my wife watch some of the stuff I like, I repaid the debt a million times over to watch this to its conclusion.

There were a few more twists in the final episode that we didn't see coming which kinda redeemed it a bit, but not enough for me to recommend it.

IDC was ok in Marvel agents of Shield but he almost felt the same in this, with his nervous affectations.

So glad it's over and hopefully no sequel..... Sounded good on the radio adverts but in reality a MISS rather that a HIT.

Would give it a 2.5 for the little twists in the last episode.

This really was a Division 2 to thriller . Totally unbelievable with some awful acting . Halfway through the third episode I really couldn't care less who did what to whom and when. Glasgow looked good tho .