- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Alison Graham
Creepy fantasist Mix Cellini (Luke Treadaway) continues to construct an elaborate, twisted “romance” with dim model Nerissa Nash as this not entirely successful adaptation of Ruth Rendell’s psychological thriller continues.
Mix slowly loses what is left of his grip on reality while Nerissa has problems of her own, swapping the attentions of one narcissist for another when she throws herself at a self- obsessed jerk she’s known since she was a child. The ending is little more than a tottering pile of shocks, and you might be tempted to giggle when the identity of the “ghost” of mass murderer John Reginald Christie, Mix’s idol, is revealed.
About this programme
Conclusion of the psychological thriller based on the novel. When Mix finally comes face to face with supermodel Nerissa, reality begins to merge with fantasy, and when Gwendolen returns from hospital he compounds one heinous act with another in a misguided attempt to protect the woman he loves. As his obsessions collide, Mix begins a rapid descent into insanity. Luke Treadaway, Geraldine James, Gemma Jones and Elarica Gallacher star.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Mix Cellini
- Luke Treadaway
- Gwendolen Chawcer
- Geraldine James
- Nerissa Nash
- Elarica Gallacher
- Olive
- Gemma Jones
- Queenie
- Anna Calder-Marshall
- Danila Kovic
- Victoria Bewick
- Darel Jones
- Sam O'Mahoney
- Madame Odette
- Maryam d'Abo
- Kayleigh
- Laura Pyper
- Javy
- Peter Gaynor
- Mrs Cellini
- Tara Breathnach
- Young Mix
- James O'Donoghue
- Tom Akwaa
- Brian Bovell
- Hazel Akwaa
- Carrie Crowley
- John Reginald Christie/Salah Baseyev
- Mark Lambert
- Dr Stephen Reeves
- Rio Fanning
- Police sergeant
- Len Collin
- Policeman
- Diarmaid Murtagh
Crew
- Adapted By
- Adrian Hodges
- Director
- Marek Losey
- Executive Producer
- Alan Moloney
- Executive Producer
- Mary Callery
- Executive Producer
- Adrian Hodges
- Producer
- Neil Zeiger
- Writer
- Ruth Rendell
- Share this episode
-