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6.3/10   191 votes
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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
10 June 2008 (Canada) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Politics v Climate change : In the end, it's all about power. more
Plot:
An oil industrialist, an environmental activist and a politician are in conflict in this drama set around a summit on climate change.
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Rather good more (7 total)

Cast

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Bradley Whitford ... Mack (2 episodes, 2008)

Neve Campbell ... Holly (2 episodes, 2008)

Rupert Penry-Jones ... Tom (2 episodes, 2008)
Marc Warren ... Philip Crowley (2 episodes, 2008)
Claire Skinner ... Clare (2 episodes, 2008)
Rosalind Bailey ... Lillian (2 episodes, 2008)
Brenda Bazinet ... Marianne (2 episodes, 2008)

Stephen Bogaert ... Matthias (2 episodes, 2008)

Sandrine Holt ... Mika (2 episodes, 2008)
Tigerlily Hutchinson ... Lilly (2 episodes, 2008)

Barb Mitchell ... Reporter (2 episodes, 2008)

San Shella ... Masud (2 episodes, 2008)
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Additional Details

Country:
UK | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Netherlands:12
Filming Locations:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada more

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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Rather good, 25 July 2008
5/10
Author: Framescourer from London, UK

At once fulfilling and confounding expectations. It has half the cast and all the production values of BBC flagship dramas (Spooks and Hustle) that fall short of their superior American counterparts. But it has backed its ambition with money on wonderful location shoots, Lukas Strebel's feature-grade photography and a trump card of political drama casting.

Bradley Whitford tears around this 'TV mini-series' in a Michael Douglas-in-Falling Down buzzcut, making himself the least likable, most watchable character on screen. His gravitas, warped into delivering the ideological heart of the script - not simply that climate change is bad but rather the sociopolitical implications for dealing with it are extremely serious - is the sine qua non of this film's success, such as it is.

The principal cast grouped around Whitford dispense the narrative drama ably enough. I found myself more impressed with Neve Campbell than with her British counterparts (Penry-Jones & Marc Warren). Here and elsewhere the script demands a sort of infomercial mentality though which always grates. British TV drama still isn't quite there. 5/10

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