In the ever-growing list of British TV dramas to add to our watchlist, we know by now that if Stephen Graham is involved, it’s set to be a corker. TheWalkIn
But while it’s an uncomfortable watch for me as a woman of colour, it’s also an important one for others and for the times we’re in now.does a good job of weaving in real-life news footage to underline the fact that much of this regressive thinking originates from overzealous politicians like Nigel Farage, whose talking points only pave the way for a rising current of extreme views.
It’s through the eyes of Robbie that we see this thinking start to take shape from its early stages in the series. He takes on multiple temporary jobs, but it’s only through working with men who hold negative views about Islam and prayer rooms that he then feels the need to attend his first extremist rally. And that’s where his thinking starts to take shape, much to his sister’s annoyance.
Much of this first episode is spent in a mindset that many of us can’t even begin to enter – it’s racist, sexist, mean, cruel and ignorant. Scene upon scene of men waving the union jack, talking so confidently about an Islamic religion they know nothing about and talking of a “white country” is enough to leave shivers down anyone’s spine.
“The far right in this country’s been smashed; they’re largely irrelevant,” one of the investigating police officers tells Collins in the opening scenes of the episode. Collins can do nothing but scoff.
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