Curfew (2024 TV series)

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Curfew
GenreCrime drama
Based onAfter Dark/Curfew by Jayne Cowie
Screenplay byLydia Yeoman
Jess Green
Sumerah Srivastav
Directed byJoasia Goldyn
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersAllan Niblo
Jane Moore
Nathalie Peter-Contesse
ProducerJohn Adams
Production companies
Original release
Network Paramount+ UK & Ireland
Release10 October 2024 (2024-10-10)

Curfew is a British crime drama television series for Paramount+ UK & Ireland. It is an adaptation of the novel After Dark [nb 1] by Jayne Cowie.

Contents

Premise

Set in a society where men are restricted by a curfew from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. to prioritize women's safety, the murder of a woman outside the Women's Safety Centre shocks the community. Veteran police officer Pamela Green (Sarah Parish) suspects that a man is responsible for the crime, despite the curfew - which requires all men to be tagged and monitored during restricted hours. Partnering with her new colleague Eddie (Mitchell Robertson), Pamela faces skepticism from both the public and her superiors, who believe the curfew system makes it impossible for a man to be involved. As the investigation unfolds, Pamela must confront her own biases and navigate political pressure while seeking the truth behind the murder.

Cast

Production

The series was produced by Vertigo Films in association with Evolutionary Films, with Federation Studios distributing. John Adams is the producer, Joasia Goldyn is the director, whilst Lydia Yeoman is lead writer alongside Jess Green and Sumerah Srivastav. Allan Niblo, Jane Moore and Nathalie Peter-Contesse are executive producers on the series for Vertigo Films. [2] It is an adaptation of the 2022 novel After Dark by Jayne Cowie. Filming was underway in early 2024 in London. [3] [4] [5]

The cast is led by Sarah Parish and Mandip Gill and also includes Mitchell Robertson and Alexandra Burke. [6] In April 2024, Anita Dobson, Lucy Benjamin, Bobby Brazier and Larry Lamb joined the cast. [7]

Release

The series premiered on 10 October 2024. [8]

Reception

Writing in the Guardian , Lucy Mangan gave the series three stars out of five, saying that it was "decent thriller fare" but its worldbuilding was "disappointingly sketchy" and left "far too many unanswered questions", including that of male violence committed during daytime hours or in a domestic setting. [9]

The Daily Telegraph's Anita Singh gave the series two stars out of five, with much of the review being dedicated to what she saw as the series' issues with worldbuilding and thus with believability. [10]

Ed Power of the Irish Times described the series as "a passable shoestring thriller hobbled by a lot of weird gender politics." Power queried the lack of any reference to daytime or domestic violence, and also noted the "superhuman levels of suspension of disbelief" needed to accept that men were "such a danger to society that they have to be put under house arrest each sundown" while simultaneously "the patriarchy has apparently been subjugated to the point where legislators can force men to remain indoors", but ultimately he found that it was "still refreshing to see a series use speculative fiction to explore issues around everyday misogyny" and the question of women's nighttime safety. [11]

Reviewing the series for the i, Tilly Pearce gave the series three stars out of five, saying that it "seems somewhat aware of its faults and the barmy premise ends up working better than it should", but that while it had "huge potential to say something important about violence against women and girls [...] its determination to wedge in the male point of view whataboutery" meant that "any feminist notions are killed off". [12]

Digital Spy's Jess Bacon said that while the series offered "some contrived reflections and generalisations on femicide, murder and women's safety" it also offered "some of the boldest statements about the epidemic of violence against women." [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "After Dark". Diamond Kahn and Woods Literary Agency. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  2. ↑ Goldbart, Max (27 February 2024). "Paramount+ Greenlights UK Thriller Series Set In World Where Men Live Under Strict Nightly Curfew". Deadline . Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ↑ Craig, David (25 April 2024). "Doctor Who's Anita Dobson among new cast joining Mandip Gill and more in Curfew". Radio Times .
  4. ↑ "Filming begins on adaptation of After Dark by Jayne Cowie". Book Brunch. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "London shoot underway on crime thriller Curfew for Paramount+". The Knowledge. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Molina-Whyte, Lidia (27 February 2024). "Sarah Parish and Doctor Who's Mandip Gill lead new crime thriller Curfew". Radio Times . Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Bobby Brazier lands new TV role alongside Gavin and Stacey and EastEnders legends". Virgin Radio . 25 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Rowan, Iona (10 September 2024). "Mandip Gill and Bobby Brazier star in first-look trailer for new UK drama". Digital Spy . Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  9. ↑ Mangan, Lucy (10 October 2024). "Curfew review – are we expected to believe that violence against women only happens at night?". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  10. ↑ Singh, Anita (10 October 2024). "Curfew, review: would all British men so meekly accept being locked up every night?". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  11. ↑ Power, Ed (10 October 2024). "Curfew review: Passable thriller set in dystopian near future where men aren't allowed out after dark". The Irish Times . Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  12. ↑ Pearce, Tilly (10 October 2024). "Curfew mansplains itself into mediocrity". The i . Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  13. ↑ Bacon, Jess (10 October 2024). "Curfew review: Is Mandip Gill and Bobby Brazier's new crime drama worth watching?". Digital Spy . Retrieved 12 October 2024.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Also published as Curfew, [1] hence the series' title
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