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DanTheMan 2 Often overshadowed by the ITV film broadcast the week earlier, Sunday is a thoroughly gripping and ultimately harrowing dramatisation of the Bloody Sunday massacre, one where the echoes of the shots ring louder than the bells. Writer Jimmy McGovern's sledgehammer approach to the subject just makes the scenes on the Derry streets all the more hellish. The opening especially sets a poetic tone and introduces the black humour that makes you realise what a craftsman McGovern is. Director Charles McDougall's impressive cinematic style and use of 16mm just adds to the grit and tragedy, especially since the film spends time with the families and community just as much as the events and aftermath, offering insight into the repercussions and putting them into the political context of the time. It's made all the more impressive thanks to an incredibly powerful soundtrack and intense set of performances from its leads, from the Paras, General Ford played with reptilian menace by Christopher Eccleston, to the fresh-faced, dead-eyed Catholic boys swearing allegiance to the IRA, the warm, beating heart of Sunday was in the female characters. There is barely a mischievous Catholic or a good Brit in Sunday, but it's a great reminder of why British TV is rightly lauded as the best. It's enough to make you weep. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/04/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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