Pick of the week
The Rig
Like Vigil before it, this six-part horror thriller starring Martin Compston makes a berserk drama out of isolation; the sense of barely functional individuals trapped under unimaginable duress. As you might have guessed, The Rig is not under water but towering over it – when the Kinloch Bravo platform is cut off from the mainland and enveloped by a thick fog, inexplicable things start to happen. A terrible accident is the trigger for revelations about the oil industry’s future, the care of duty between employers and workers and humanity’s relationship with the planet. “If you keep punching holes in the earth” says Mark Bonner’s Alwyn Evans, “eventually the earth’s going to punch back”.
Prime Video, from Friday 6 January
The Lying Life of Adults
The novel this adaptation is based on was Elena Ferrante’s first after her wildly successful Neapolitan quartet. Those books were beautifully adapted for television so expectations are high for this series. It’s a story about the torments of coming of age – Giovanna (Valeria Golino) is a shy, often difficult teen who finds it tough to trust her parents after overhearing them talking about her. Why are they comparing her to the black sheep aunt? A journey of discovery ensues and soon Giovanna is getting a crash course in the ugly compromises of adulthood. This won’t disappoint fans of the novel.
Netflix,…
