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So compelling. So well produced and acted, as I’ve come to expect from nearly all of BBC’s scripted audio. I really, really enjoyed this one. Only sorry that it, like all good things, had to come to an end.

I breezed through every episode in about a week! I think I got more housework done than ever because I could not stop listening, so I figured I’d be productive. Amazing acting, enthralling story, just spectacularly done!!

A near-perfect series. I couldn’t shut up about it; there is no doubt as to why it won the awards and accolades that it did—only, perhaps, why it hasn’t received more. The characters are brilliantly written. The sound design is spectacular. The voice actors are easy to fall in love with. The story arc is deep, exciting, and engaging. The writing is profound and expertly crafted. There were numerous times while listening that one or all of the above were so moving or struck a note that resonated so much that it caused me to actually cease in my run or walk and just, pause to listen. Well done.

I loved this series, from first episode to last. Any fan of the go-to podcast fiction dramas (e.g., Homecoming, Limetown, The Message) has got to listen.

I’ve listened to tons and tons of audio dramas, and I’m sorry, this one is overhyped. The lead character is obnoxious. The constant damsel in distress screams were painful. But the ending of s1 was pretty unexpected. That said, the episodes could have been half as long. A lot of filler.

The conspiratorial aspect of the show drew me in but over time the story became morose, rhe protagonists unlikeable and the plot incomprehensible. The philosophizing was amateurish and excessively bleak. The constant child abuse of the little girl who travels with her mother was gross. And the contrived introduction of climate change at the end of 4 seasons was ridiculous.