3 Feb '12

“As it turns out, Inside Men isn’t a standard heist drama, even though it’s the story of the preparation and execution of a robbery. And what lifts it out of the rut is the quality and craftsmanship of Basgallop’s script.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

“There must be more twists and turns. And I’ll be tuning in. It’s great. A tense, knuckle-gnawing thriller, with a lovely stark industrial quality to it – refreshingly unflashy, unOcean’s Eleven.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian

“Flashbacks and flashforwards are often chucked into storytelling for the sheer sake of it buit in Tony Basgallop’s scrip the narrative shuttling has a definite point.”
Matt Baylis, The Express

“When John has his eureka moment, Marcus exclaims that he is human after all. I disagree. At this point in this grey, depressing, drama he joins not the human race but the ranks of players in over-schematic dramas in whom you cannot possibly believe.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“A larger picture began to emerge, of a margin of safety being steadily shaved away for economy’s sake. Tube travellers quite like economy when it comes to paying their fares, it’s worth remembering, but you still were left with a sense of the fatal catch-22 of early warnings.”
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent

“It provided a refined mixture of thing we already knew and things we didn’t want to.”
Matt Baylis, The Express

“There may be disaster looming down below but getting anonymous workers to moan unchallenged and then have their complaints voiced by actors was not the way to convince.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“It’s lovely – for Raymond. I’m a little bored, to be honest. And do we really need another, self-indulgent, celebrity chef food programme? Sometimes, it feels like gavage – we’re the French geese, and we’re being force-fed.”
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian