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Evening Standard
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Vicky Jessop

Rain Dogs on BBC One review: the gripping premise of Daisy May Cooper’s latest is neutered by silly twists

Rain Dogs opens with a bang. Literally: the police are kicking the door down of Costello Jones’ flat.

But she’s one step ahead of them – shoving what possessions she can into a bin bag, she grabs her daughter Iris, shoulders her way out and flicks the officers the middle finger as she leaves. And so begins Daisy May Cooper’s newest drama, a show that attempts to do many things and only succeeds at some of them.

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