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{{Short description|British television drama series}}
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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
|show_name = Blackout
| image = Blackout 2012 TV series titlecard.jpg
|image = [[File:Blackout 2012 TV series titlecard.jpg|250px|Alt=Series title over an obscured street scene]]
| alt = Series title over an obscured street scene
|caption = ''Blackout'' title card
| caption = ''Blackout'' title card
|genre = [[Dramatic programming|Dramatic television series]]
| genre = [[Dramatic programming|Dramatic television series]]
|creator =
| creator =
|writer = Bill Gallagher
| writer = Bill Gallagher
|director = Tom Green
| director = Tom Green
|starring = [[Christopher Eccleston]]<br />[[Dervla Kirwan]]<br />[[Ewen Bremner]]
| starring = {{unbulleted list | [[Christopher Eccleston]] | [[Dervla Kirwan]] | [[Ewen Bremner]] }}
|opentheme =
| opentheme =
|endtheme =
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|composer = David Julyan
| composer = [[David Julyan]]
|country = England
| country = United Kingdom
|language = English
| language = English
|num_series = 1
| num_series = 1
|num_episodes = 3
| num_episodes = 6
|executive_producer = Christopher Aird<br />Nicola Shindler
| executive_producer = {{unbulleted list | Christopher Aird | Nicola Shindler }}
|company = [[Red Production Company]]
| company = [[Red Production Company]]
|producer = Matthew Bird
| producer = Matthew Bird
|editor = Liana Del Giudice<br />Anthony Combes
| editor = {{unbulleted list | Liana Del Giudice | Anthony Combes }}
|cinematography = Christopher Ross
| cinematography = Christopher Ross
|runtime = 55–60 minutes
| runtime = 60 minutes
|channel = [[BBC1]]
| channel = [[BBC One]]
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| first_aired = {{Start date|2012|07|02|df=yes}}
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| last_aired = {{End date|2012|07|16|df=yes}}
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|first_aired = {{Start date|2012|7|2|df=yes}}
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'''''Blackout''''' is a [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] [[Dramatic programming|television drama series]] produced by [[Red Production Company]],<ref name="CM4">{{Cite book | title = Blackout @ BBC Media Centre | publisher=[[BBC]]|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/blackout/}}</ref> and is a three-part drama about a corrupt council official who wakes from an alcoholic blackout to realise that he may have been responsible for a murder. He soon begins a dramatic quest for redemption.
'''''Blackout''''' is a 2012 three-part [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] [[Dramatic programming|television drama series]] produced by [[Red Production Company]].<ref name="CM4">{{Cite book | title = Blackout @ BBC Media Centre | publisher=[[BBC]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/blackout/}}</ref> A corrupt council official wakes from an alcoholic blackout to realise that he may have been responsible for a murder. He soon begins a dramatic quest for redemption. The series is directed by Tom Green and written by Bill Gallagher.


==Plot==
==Plot==
After an alcoholic binge corrupt council official Daniel Demoys ([[Christopher Eccleston]]) awakes from a blackout and circumstances lead him to believe he may be responsible for a murder. While trying to establish the events of the blackout he attempts to redeem himself, to such a degree that he finds himself a mayoral candidate with the public's backing. However, Daniel also begins a relationship with Detective Dalien Bevan's ex-wife, while the Detective is investigating the murder.

''Blackout'' follows Daniel Demoys ([[Christopher Eccleston]]), a stranger in his own life. Over the years he has gone from being an idealistic young man with a burning desire to make the world a better place, to a disillusioned and corrupt council official. His alcoholism has driven a wedge between him and wife, Alex ([[Dervla Kirwan]]), and their three children. The fallout from his alcohol fuelled actions prove agonising for all around him. When Daniel wakes up after another drunken night, he realises that he might be responsible for a murder. A dramatic act of redemption buys him public adoration, so much so that he has become a candidate in the race for Mayor, persuaded by council official Jerry Durrans ([[Ewen Bremner]]), and lawyer sister Lucy ([[Lyndsey Marshal]]).

The public's opinion of Daniel as a straight talking everyday hero couldn't be higher. They are enthralled by his no nonsense determination not to treat the electorate like fools and by his openness about his personal problems and struggle with addiction. As his public star rises ever higher and he tries to repair the damage done to his private life, he is painfully aware that it could all come crashing down at any moment. With Detective Dalien Bevan hot on his trail and determined to gain respect in the force, he could be just the person to do this. With Daniel's deepening relationships with Bevan's ex-wife Sylvie, hospital nurse Donna, and the murdered man's daughter Ruth, he finds himself in even more of a tangled web than he could ever have imagined.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Christopher Eccleston]] as Daniel Demoys, a husband, father, local councillor, and alcoholic whose drinking has become worse and has caused him to start having blackouts.
* [[Christopher Eccleston]] as Daniel Demoys
* [[Dervla Kirwan]] as Alex Demoys
* [[Ewen Bremner]] as Jerry Durrans. He entered politics with a burning idealism and a desire to improve society. Now a veteran of countless campaigns, he knows only too well how to harness the electorate and work the political machine.
* [[Ewen Bremner]] as Jerry Durrans
* [[Dervla Kirwan]] as Alex Demoys, Daniel's wife. She is reaching the end of her tether with her husband, his drinking, and his behaviour.
* [[Karl Collins]] as Bo
* [[MyAnna Buring]] as Sylvie, who has split from her husband and started going to clubs in the hope of meeting someone.
* [[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]] as Detective Dalien Bevan. A detective, struggling to assert himself in a unit that seems determined to shut him out. He is also Sylvie's ex-husband.
* [[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]] as Dalien Bevan
* [[MyAnna Buring]] as Sylvie Mills
* [[Lyndsey Marshal]] as Lucy Demoys, a successful lawyer. Driven by a passion for justice, she is always keen to champion a cause. Lucy has grown tired of her dysfunctional brother, Daniel, only coming to her when he wants something.
* [[Branka Katić]] as Donna Harris
* Olivia Cooke as Meg Demoys, Daniel and Alex's daughter and eldest child.
* [[David Hayman]] as Henry Pulis
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* Oliver Woollford as Luke Demoys, Daniel and Alex's son.
* [[Rebecca Callard]] as Ruth Pulis
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* [[Lorenzo Rodriguez]] as Charlie Demoys, Daniel and Alex's son and youngest child.
* [[Wunmi Mosaku]] as Millie Coswell
* [[Lyndsey Marshal]] as Lucy Demoys
* [[Danny Sapani]] as D.I. Griffin
* [[Stuart McQuarrie]] as Eddie Dayton
* Danny Kelly as Billy Sutton
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* Oliver Woollford as Luke Demoys
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* Lorenzo Rodriguez as Charlie Demoys
* [[Olivia Cooke]] as Meg Demoys
* Osy Ikhile as Nelson Venner


==Production==
==Production==
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==Reception==
==Reception==
The mini-series launched on [[BBC One]] on 2 July 2012. It attracted 4.47m viewers (19.6% of UK terrestrial viewers) in the 9pm time slot.<ref name="CM5">{{Cite book | title = Digital Spy UK TV Ratings for 2nd July 2012 | publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a391304/christopher-ecclestons-blackout-interests-45-million.html}}</ref>
The mini-series launched on [[BBC One]] on 2 July 2012. It attracted 4.47m viewers (19.6% of UK terrestrial viewers) in the 9pm time slot.<ref name="CM5">{{Cite book | title = Digital Spy UK TV Ratings for 2nd July 2012 | work=[[Digital Spy]]| date=3 July 2012|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a391304/christopher-ecclestons-blackout-interests-45-million.html}}</ref>

Writing for ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', Ben Lawrence commended the performances, including those of Eccleston and Scott, but said: "I didn't love ''Blackout''; perhaps because it was so in love with itself. I was crying out for a bit of idiosyncratic dialogue, or some geographical reference to take me out of its noirish hinterland."<ref>{{cite news|last=Lawrence|first=Ben|title=''Blackout'', BBC One, review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/9371412/Blackout-BBC-One-review.html|accessdate=14 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=3 July 2012}}</ref> Jasper Rees writing for ''The Arts Desk'' referenced Danish drama ''[[The Killing (Danish TV series)|The Killing]]'' in his review,<ref>{{cite web|last=Rees|first=Jasper|title=''Blackout'', BBC One|url=http://www.theartsdesk.com/tv/blackout-bbc-one|accessdate=14 August 2013|work=The Arts Desk|date=3 July 2012}}</ref> as did Arifa Akbar in ''[[The Independent]]'', who said: "You can see how ''Blackout'''s creators have put flecks of ''[[Macbeth]]'', and even ''The Killing'' in the mix, with its blend of political drama, morality play and crime thriller, but none of it works."<ref>{{cite news|last=Akbar|first=Arifa|title=Last night's viewing - ''Blackout'', BBC1; ''Jamie's Summer Food Rave Up'', Channel 4|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-viewing--blackout-bbc1-jamies-summer-food-rave-up-channel-4-7904365.html|accessdate=14 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=3 July 2012}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{BBC programme}}

*{{IMDb title|id=2326983|title=Blackout}}
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01klvn4 BBC1 Blackout Site]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/blackout/ BBC Media Centre Program Information ]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/blackout/ BBC Media Centre Program Information ]
* [http://www.redproductioncompany.com/current-shows/blackout Blackout page on Red Production Company website]
* [http://www.redproductioncompany.com/current-shows/blackout Blackout page on Red Production Company website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2326983/ IMDB Page]


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Blackout
Series title over an obscured street scene
Blackout title card
GenreDramatic television series
Written byBill Gallagher
Directed byTom Green
Starring
ComposerDavid Julyan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Christopher Aird
  • Nicola Shindler
ProducerMatthew Bird
CinematographyChristopher Ross
Editors
  • Liana Del Giudice
  • Anthony Combes
Running time60 minutes
Production companyRed Production Company
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release2 July (2012-07-02) –
16 July 2012 (2012-07-16)

Blackout is a 2012 three-part British television drama series produced by Red Production Company.[1] A corrupt council official wakes from an alcoholic blackout to realise that he may have been responsible for a murder. He soon begins a dramatic quest for redemption. The series is directed by Tom Green and written by Bill Gallagher.

Plot

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After an alcoholic binge corrupt council official Daniel Demoys (Christopher Eccleston) awakes from a blackout and circumstances lead him to believe he may be responsible for a murder. While trying to establish the events of the blackout he attempts to redeem himself, to such a degree that he finds himself a mayoral candidate with the public's backing. However, Daniel also begins a relationship with Detective Dalien Bevan's ex-wife, while the Detective is investigating the murder.

Cast

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Production

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Blackout was commissioned for BBC One by Ben Stephenson, (Drama Commissioning), and Danny Cohen, (Controller, BBC One). The producer is Matthew Bird and director is Tom Green. Executive Producers are Christopher Aird for BBC, Nicola Shindler for Red Production Company, and written by Bill Gallagher. The programme was mostly filmed in Manchester, and includes scenes which were filmed in Manchester Town Hall and Manchester Civil Justice Centre.[2]

Reception

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The mini-series launched on BBC One on 2 July 2012. It attracted 4.47m viewers (19.6% of UK terrestrial viewers) in the 9pm time slot.[3]

Writing for The Telegraph, Ben Lawrence commended the performances, including those of Eccleston and Scott, but said: "I didn't love Blackout; perhaps because it was so in love with itself. I was crying out for a bit of idiosyncratic dialogue, or some geographical reference to take me out of its noirish hinterland."[4] Jasper Rees writing for The Arts Desk referenced Danish drama The Killing in his review,[5] as did Arifa Akbar in The Independent, who said: "You can see how Blackout's creators have put flecks of Macbeth, and even The Killing in the mix, with its blend of political drama, morality play and crime thriller, but none of it works."[6]

References

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  1. ^ Blackout @ BBC Media Centre. BBC.
  2. ^ Bourne, Dianne (13 July 2012). "Rainy City needed fake showers for new BBC drama Blackout starring Christopher Eccleston". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  3. ^ Digital Spy UK TV Ratings for 2nd July 2012. 3 July 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Lawrence, Ben (3 July 2012). "Blackout, BBC One, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  5. ^ Rees, Jasper (3 July 2012). "Blackout, BBC One". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  6. ^ Akbar, Arifa (3 July 2012). "Last night's viewing - Blackout, BBC1; Jamie's Summer Food Rave Up, Channel 4". The Independent. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
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