Blackout (British TV series)

Did You Know?

• The programme was mostly filmed in Manchester, including scenes at Manchester Town Hall and Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
• Executive producers were Christopher Aird for BBC and Nicola Shindler for Red Production Company.
• The series was commissioned for BBC One by Ben Stephenson and Danny Cohen.

Reception

Ben Lawrence of The Telegraph praised the performances of Eccleston and Scott but criticised the series, stating he did not love it because it seemed too self-involved and lacked idiosyncratic dialogue or geographical references. Jasper Rees of The Arts Desk and Arifa Akbar of The Independent both referenced Danish drama The Killing in their reviews; Akbar noted that while the creators blended elements of Macbeth and The Killing, the result did not work.