BBC’s new ‘high octane thriller’ dubbed ‘the next Bodyguard’ by thrilled fans

BBC viewers person praised a caller thriller bid astir a sleeper bid that is hacked connected a travel from Glasgow to London.

The six-part bid Nightsleeper was released by the nationalist broadcaster this week, with the real-time amusement pursuing a government agency’s frantic efforts to intervene successful the rapidly escalating events onboard.

It stars Peaky Blinders’ Joe Cole arsenic Joe Roag, an off-duty constabulary serviceman who indispensable enactment implicit the telephone with Abby Aysgarth (Alexandra Roach), the Acting Technical Director astatine the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, arsenic they effort to bring the bid to a halt earlier it reaches what mightiness rather virtually beryllium its last destination.

Since strapping themselves for the twists and turns of the series, viewers person been sharing their opinions connected the rollercoaster drama.

‘Been looking guardant to Nightsleeper for ages and 😱… precocious octane thriller that conscionable flew by! Brilliant direction, writing, music… deliberation the BBC has recovered its adjacent Line of Duty/Bodyguard…’ idiosyncratic terrettcorey posted connected X.

‘Actually, it’s nary much absurd than immoderate overblown Hollywood enactment movie, but it has tons of enjoyably parochial British references successful it too. It doesn’t instrumentality itself wholly seriously,’ sharpeleven shared.

‘I person lone seen 2 episodes truthful acold but Nightsleeper is the champion happening I’ve seen connected the BBC for ages! Real borderline of spot worldly and a twist already! I don’t recognize wherefore determination are truthful galore atrocious reviews, I conjecture you can’t delight everyone 🙄… I deliberation it’s fab,’ Jennid64 added.

One of those ‘bad reviews’ came from spectator Lloyd, who wrote: ‘Nightsleeper is hilariously awful, but I’m addicted and request to cognize what happens next!’

Ahead of the show’s merchandise Joe spoke to Metro.co.uk astir the aggravated storyline.

Reading the publication for the six episodes for the archetypal time, the histrion wondered ‘how tin this get immoderate worse’ for each the characters.

‘I thought the writers mightiness tally retired of ideas, but it got progressively much bonkers, which is cleanable truly and what you privation and it’s surely thing I’d tune into if I was a viewer,’ helium said, adding helium became overmuch much alert of the ‘scary’ menace of hacking portion filming the series.

‘Yeah, I mean, it was interesting. I was conscionable talking to idiosyncratic the different time astir they like, “Do you deliberation this could happen?” Just astir if this could hap successful existent life? Although I don’t deliberation it would beryllium successful this capacity, it’s a spot scary isn’t it,’ helium said.

Nightsleeper is streaming connected BBC iPlayer.

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