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The Fades
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BBC Three may be a wretched channel most of the time, but in amongst the teen reality trash and Russell Howard are two of the best SF dramas currently on TV. Joining Being Human on BBC Three’s Pride List this year was The Fades , Jack Thorne’s gory supernatural thriller looked great and treated its subject with admirable seriousness, rooting its fantastical concepts in a grit-strewn reality that was even more dirtied than Misfits ’ world.
It’s undoubtedly the darkest SF show on British television, with a body count that would make even Conan the Barbarian wince. And in Paul, the series has found a bona fide star in Iain de Caestecker, whose nerdy cool reminds us that the geek really has replaced the muscled hero now.
What should it do next? Hopefully get commissioned for a second series, though sadly no news yet. Hopefully the DVD sales will be so good, that’ll make the Beeb’s minds up.
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