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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lucy Mangan

Platform 7 review – this tedious thriller is a waste of good actors

Jasmine Jobson as Lisa in Platform 7.
Jasmine Jobson as Lisa in Platform 7. Photograph: ITV

We need a word for a thriller that isn’t very thrilling. A thrillish? A thrill-err? Platform 7, a four-part adaptation of Louise Doughty’s 2019 bestseller of the same name, is one of them.

I should say that there is an unavoidable spoiler ahead, although I hope it is not too great as the official reveal comes early on in the first episode and, unofficially, even earlier for viewers who have watched television before.

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