I’ve
missed this, the thrill you get from watching anything Russell T Davies has
written. Yes it’s a bit rough round the edges, packed with incident sometimes
at the expense of logic but his work challenges and grabs your attention in the
way few television writers can. Understandably since his commercial peak running
Doctor Who RTD as we call him has
been less prolific but anyone who saw his one Wizards Vs Aliens story will know just how strongly it blew the
walls out (sometimes literally) of that
children’s series. Cucumber is the
first series he’s written not intended for a fantasy or children’s audience in over
ten years so understandably it has an air of being let off the leash. It is
therefore a series that might offend or challenge some people. If there are
clichés present- and there are to some extent- that’s only because they are
true. Nobody likes being stereotyped but reviewers who claim that the
hedonistic path chosen by some characters in this drama is unrealistic haven’t
met enough people because there were times when I watched this and thought `oh
yeah, that’s just like ######”. That’s not someone with an unpronounceable name
by the way! Anyway like the series this review contains adult themes and also
plenty of spoilers. If you’ve not seen it and you’re open minded enough to give
it a try please do before reading any reviews of it.
