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Guilt (2021)

Summary Brothers Max (Mark Bonnar) and Jake (Jamie Sives) hit an elderly man while driving home from a wedding and decide to cover-up the crime in this thriller written by Neil Forsyth. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC Scotland on 24 Oct 2019 and on BBC Two on 30 Oct 2019; set to air in the US as a part of PBS's Masterpiece on 5 Sep 202...

Created By: Neil Forsyth

  • 2019
  • PBS
  • 2019
  • PBS

Guilt (2021)

Season 1 Premiere: Oct 24, 2019
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Brothers Max (Mark Bonnar) and Jake (Jamie Sives) hit an elderly man while driving home from a wedding and decide to cover-up the crime in this thriller written by Neil Forsyth. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC Scotland on 24 Oct 2019 and on BBC Two on 30 Oct 2019; set to air in the US as a part of PBS's Masterpiece on 5 Sep 202...

Created By: Neil Forsyth

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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100
Oct 14, 2021
Guilt is a guilty pleasure, and I won’t be missing a second of it.
By Stuart Jeffries FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 28, 2023
Bonnar is always the standout actor in Guilt, but over the four episodes there are brilliant performances from many others. ... Although the farce went a shade too far when they were crawling through a pit of manure, its black humour remains sharp as a flick-knife.
By Carol Midgley FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 28, 2023
Phyllis Logan is the perfect antagonist: omniscient and omnipotent in the manor she runs, with a jagged personal brittleness beginning to poke through her armour. Opposite her, Bonnar has never been better in a role that lets him display his two great strengths – hypnotic charm and snarling, desperate malevolence – at the same time. They have made Guilt’s trip around Edinburgh’s dark corners a rare thrill.
By Jack Seale FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 15, 2021
Happily it was brimming with just as much dark, dry, dour, deprecating wit as last time, a tight, coiled spring of a drama in which barely a second is wasted.
By Carol Midgley FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 14, 2021
The script is sharp. Bonnar’s performance as Max – amoral, cunning, cowardly, and yet we’re rooting for him – is still top-drawer.
By Anita Singh FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 30, 2021
You know how some dramas are so yawningly predictable that you know what line is coming next? Well Guilt, BBC Scotland's dark comedy, is not like that. You cannot tell whether the next bit of dialogue will be serious, funny or dripping in what I mean.
By Carol Midgley FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 3, 2021
It starts off well, but becomes overly complicated to the point where the denouement doesn’t quite work. ... Like Netflix’s “Clickbait,” the end does not justify the means. But still, Sives is excellent, and he grounds the at times semi-comic craziness with Jake’s noble leanings.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Blazing Griffin
  • Expectation
  • Happy Tramp North
  • The National Lottery through Creative Scotland
Initial Release Date: Oct 24, 2019
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
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Awards

BAFTA Awards, Scotland
• 5 Wins & 10 Nominations
Royal Television Society Scotland Awards
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Celtic Media Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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