All six episodes of ‘addictive’ thriller now free to binge on BBC iPlayer
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Previous Page Next PageTV show Ragdoll has just dropped on the BBC, and you’ve got five months to watch this detective thriller before it disappears.
Released in 2021 to some great critical reviews but mixed audience reception, the six-episode darkly comic yet gruesome series was made by the same production company behind Killing Eve.
The action follows DCI Lake Edmunds (Lucy Hale), DS Nathan Rose (Henry Lloyd-Hughes), and DI Emily Baxter (Thalissa Teixeira) as they try to catch the Ragdoll killer, who threatens to kill six more times after a horrific discovery.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the show has been awarded a 92% from the critics, but just 35% on the Popcornmeter, making it a divisive watch described as both ‘brilliant’ and ‘terrible’.
But viewers can now decide for themselves, as all six episodes in the first series are available to watch on BBC iPlayer, having dropped on June 16.
On the TV schedule, the episodes air weekly on BBC One on Monday evenings.
Lucy Hale is DC Lake Edmunds in the 2021 thriller series (Picture:Natalie Seery/AMC) Henry Lloyd-Hughes stars as Nathan Rose (Picture: Luke Varley/AMC)‘So far it’s brilliant, love the settings, characters and actors, hope it continues being brilliant,’ commented @ferretfriend5458 at the time of its release.
‘Started watching this today and I’m addicted hopefully they will do another season it’s so good,’ agreed atrayfullofashes.
Meanwhile, Google reviewer Brian Scott questioned: ‘We’ve just watched the series and I’m still not sure if it was terrible or really good? Loads of dead end bits or cock ups? Bizarre but, we still watched it.’
Thalissa Teixeira as DI Emily Baxter for the TV series, which landed to mixed reviews (Picture: Natalie Seery/AMC) The first series is airing on the BBC (Picture: Natalie Seery/AMC)‘Great show binge binge-watched it yesterday. Couldn’t stop watching, had to find out how it ended,’ added Margaret Young.
However, not everyone was hooked.
‘Much of the dialogue is mumbled and difficult to follow and the flashbacks are irritating,’ said Martin Leach, adding: ‘Even my dog stopped watching it and so did I after one episode.’
‘Pretty poor attempt at British crime drama,’ said Robin Spence, while another reader was disappointed at the adaptation from the book by Daniel Cole, calling it a ‘let down’.
Elsewhere, if you’re not in the market for a thriller the BBC has just dropped a whole new series of its hit reality TV show, The Traitors.
To fill the gap until the BBC’s star-studded Celebrity Traitors airs in autumn, The Traitors New Zealand has just dropped on iPlayer.
The spin-off sees Claudia Winkleman’s hosting shoes filled by New Zealand TV presenter Paul Henry, who is also the face of New Zealand’s version of The Chase.
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