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Re: ‘Broken’
« Reply #200 on: June 13, 2017, 05:48:24 AM »
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Head of Post at LA Productions, Patrick Hall, will be talking post-production of our #BBCOne drama #Broken at #MSP2017, 1pm today! @patchdst
 
https://twitter.com/LAProductionsUK/status/874548291303866368


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  Showing an exclusive clip from tonight's episode of @LAProductionsUK #broken at #MPS2017 today as well as some great stills from the edit!
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🙏BROKEN🙏 continues tonight at 9pm on @BBCOne starring #SeanBean. Missed last weeks ep? Catch up now on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08sxpg8/broken-series-1-episode-2
 

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« Reply #201 on: June 13, 2017, 11:07:52 PM »
Stunning third series.

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« Reply #202 on: June 14, 2017, 12:02:37 AM »
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Next week in #JimmyMcGovern's #Broken: Father Michael risks breaking the seal of confession to help Roz Demichelis @BBCOne 9pm #SeanBean

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#BROKEN another stunning episode. Great TV-Top work @MarkStanley12 @munaotaru #SeanBean #JimmyMcgovern - Kerrigan family back next week 😎
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Re: ‘Broken’
« Reply #203 on: June 14, 2017, 04:30:17 AM »
Journey from Brookside to Broken
Richard Purden talks to writer Jimmy Govern about his inspiration for major new TV drama

http://www.sconews.co.uk/feature/53275/journey-from-brookside-to-broken/


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So what drew Mr McGovern back to the story? “It has come about because all I know in Liverpool are good priests,” he said. “I can remember when my dad died, and as you can imagine my mam was torn apart with grief and pain. There was this priest called Fitz, who we called the character in Cracker after.

I've been so taken by McGovern's writing for Broken that I've been watching Cracker. It is worth a watch.

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« Reply #204 on: June 14, 2017, 07:23:54 AM »
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We've had callers to our support line today saying they were prompted by last night's episode of #Broken on @BBCOne. Call us 0808 801 0331
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« Reply #205 on: June 15, 2017, 07:43:10 AM »
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#Broken on #BBCOne - Tuesday 9pm

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#BROKEN Kerrigan family return next week. Great to be in @RadioTimes again @LAProductionsUK #SeanBean @SteveGarti @vanessafhearl

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« Reply #206 on: June 16, 2017, 12:29:29 AM »
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#SeanBean is back on your screens on Tuesday 9pm, #BBCOne http://laproductions.co.uk/series/broken

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Don't miss the next episode of #Broken on #BBCOne - Tuesday 9pm http://laproductions.co.uk/series/broken 
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Corpus Christi – discovering the power of the mass through TV’s #Broken
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I’m really enjoying new BBC drama Broken, starring Sean Bean as a Jesuit priest (it’s on the iPlayer if you need to catch up). It’s very similar to the film I, Daniel Blake in that it is an honest portrayal of life in modern Britain – but in this case seen through the ministry of a priest. It’s not easy to watch at all but it is real.

Today is the feast of Corpus Christi – a celebration of the gift of Holy Communion. This week’s episode explored issues of truth and lies, guilt and forgiveness. A policeman struggles to do the right thing and in the end chooses to lie (and tells the priest why he’s chosen to lie) but then goes to mass. I thought this short clip here revealed something of the mysterious power of Holy Communion, Corpus Christi:
 
https://bryonytaylor.com/tag/sean-bean/






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Re: ‘Broken’
« Reply #207 on: June 17, 2017, 09:49:37 AM »
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#Broken #JimmyMcGovern parle des gens comme personne. Avec une patience et une compassion qui donnent ŕ ses oeuvres une humanité unique 18h

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What fantastic drama it is too. The whole third episode of Jimmy McGovern’s latest series builds towards a dramatic showdown between Sean Bean and Robert.

Sean Bean plays Father Michael Kerrigan, a Catholic priest whose parish is a small town in northern England. Each of the six episodes follows Kerrigan’s attempts to serve members of his flock with very disparate difficulties. Only Kerrigan has problems of his own, and in the third episode he is haunted by his past, and the sexual abuse he suffered at school at the hands of one of his teachers – Father Matthew.

In this incredibly powerful drama, Robert plays Father Matthew in the present day. When Kerrigan confronts him, the first thing Father Matthew is worried about is whether or not Kerrigan is wearing a wire, and he gets Kerrigan to swear an oath that he isn’t. It’s the survival instinct of a lifelong abuser. As the scene unfolds it becomes ever more chilling. Sean Bean gives a terrific performance as Kerrigan unravels, overwhelmed with conflicting emotions as he looks for closure by his confrontation with Father Matthew.

 This is Robert as we’ve rarely seen him. He’s played villainous before many times, but even his malevolent characters usually have a touch of humanity about them. Not so Father Matthew. It’s the sheer coldness of the performance that’s chilling to watch; the indifference to the suffering he inflicted on Kerrigan as a boy, the callous dismissal of his pain, the concern only with whether or not he will be found out (and his ice-cream will melt). The moment that gave us a shiver is the casual wave that Robert gives as Father Matthew wanders back into his house leaving the distressed Kerrigan on his drive….
http://www.janenightwork.com/robert-gillespie-features-jimmy-mcgoverns-broken/#.WUVVrGgrLIU




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Re: ‘Broken’
« Reply #208 on: June 18, 2017, 12:37:21 PM »
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Tune in to episode 4 of #Broken on #BBCOne - Tuesday 9pm.
Co-written by @KaneKanecolette. Ft. @LlaurenLyle @munaotaru @RochendaSandall

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« Reply #209 on: June 19, 2017, 08:45:11 AM »
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He's not been killed off so far... don't miss #SeanBean as Father Michael in #Broken on #BBCOne - Tuesday 9pm http://laproductions.co.uk/series/broken

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Post Production on Broken Completed in DaVinci Resolve Studio and Fusion Studio
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Blackmagic Design has today announced that picture post on BBC One drama “Broken,” including the conform, grade and VFX compositing, has been completed using an editorial pipeline featuring DaVinci Resolve Studio and Fusion Studio.

The references for “Broken” were pretty bold from the start, according to Hall. “The director and DoP drew inspiration from American reportage photography in the 1960s and 70s, guys like William Eggleston and Steven Shore,” he begins. “These photographers spent a lot of time exploring communities in the deep South of America, communities that had very little money, but who had very strong beliefs. It was a fascinating mirror of the characters in Broken, and the story we wanted to tell.”

The starting point for the entire grade was a series of five look up tables (LUTs) which allowed Hall and his team to emulate the different styles reflected in the various photographic references.

“As with any drama series, one of our greatest challenges was consistency. The emulation LUTs alongside Resolve’s ColorTrace proved particularly useful when it came to delivering multiple versions for international distribution. Copying grades across took seconds, rendering a complicated, time-consuming process relatively straight forward.”

VFX for the prime time drama was composited and rendered using Blackmagic Design’s Fusion Studio.

We had around 90 VFX shots across the series and then many more flares and OFX plugins which we introduced directly through Resolve,” reflects Hall. “In fact, we even relied on Fusion Connect during the offline assembly edit which afforded us the ability to send VFX shots into Fusion during the offline process as a rough cut. That was incredibly useful once we came to the conform as we were able to simply tweak those early Fusion files based on the online material.”

LA Productions carried out a range of VFX work including the generation of 3D rain particles and sky replacements. “Our production crew shot all of the train footage used on the series in one go. That presented continuity issues when using it across the series. It was our job to make it fit,” Hall explains. “In several instances we needed to add rain to the train window. We did that using Fusion’s particle generator and then applied motion blur to soften those effects and match with the original footage.
 
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/thewire/post-production-broken-completed-davinci-resolve-studio-and-fusion-studio/166604

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Re: ‘Broken’
« Reply #210 on: June 20, 2017, 12:04:55 AM »
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TONIGHT in #JimmyMcGovern's #Broken: Father Michael risks breaking the seal of confession to help Roz Demichelis @BBCOne 9pm #

https://twitter.com/LAProductionsUK/status/877138978541096961


Today  21:00  BBC One

Episode 4

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08w6cr0


Series 1 - Episode 4
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Jimmy McGovern’s highly charged, probing drama shifts its focus each week, bringing us a different troubled soul for Father Michael (Sean Bean) to help – or try to. This time the spotlight falls on Roz, the middle-aged mother of three who has confessed she plans to kill herself.

She is a woman who can cope with anything except the shame she knows is about to break over her head. Addicted to gambling machines in betting shops, she has embezzled huge sums from her boss.

The scene where he confronts her (she knew it was coming) is powerful and sadly plausible, like much else here. Watching Roz try to prepare her teenage kids for life without her – to cook and clean for themselves – is heartbreaking.

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With time running out on her deception, Roz phones Father Michael from work, ahead of a devastating and public confrontation with her boss. Given a grace period of 24 hours before she must face the police, Roz uses the time to make vital preparations for her family, while Father Michael has a moment of clarity and makes a decision which goes against his vows - but might just save a life. Elsewhere, Helen leads the community in a vigil outside the police station, as PC Andrew Powell struggles to make peace with what he has done. 
http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fq94vn/broken--series-1-episode-4/



http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/2713709/128547381/broken



http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2017/25/broken





 
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« Reply #211 on: June 20, 2017, 11:06:40 AM »
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Tune in to episode 4 of #Broken on #BBCOne - Tuesday 9pm.
Co-written by @KaneKanecolette. Ft. @LlaurenLyle @munaotaru @RochendaSandall

https://twitter.com/LAProductionsUK/status/876405644257054720

I'm really wondering what she wants him to do. Was Fr Michael naive enough to ask her if there was anything he could do for her?  I know what I'd say.
Yeah, yeah,  I'm a   :badgrl:.

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« Reply #212 on: June 21, 2017, 12:18:40 AM »
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Tune in to episode 4 of #Broken on #BBCOne - Tuesday 9pm.
Co-written by @KaneKanecolette. Ft. @LlaurenLyle @munaotaru @RochendaSandall

https://twitter.com/LAProductionsUK/status/876405644257054720

I'm really wondering what she wants him to do. Was Fr Michael naive enough to ask her if there was anything he could do for her?  I know what I'd say.
Yeah, yeah,  I'm a   :badgrl:.







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Next week in #JimmyMcGovern's #Broken: Father Michael mediates as Helen's homophobic brother clashes with her neighbour @BBCOne  #SeanBean

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Post Production on Broken Completed in DaVinci Resolve Studio and Fusion Studio

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LA Productions Explains The Post Work Behind BBC Drama Broken
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Broken is a six-part TV drama series, created by screenwriter Jimmy McGovern that first broadcast on BBC One. In this special interview, Patrick Hall, Head of Post at Liverpool producer LA Productions explains the main post workflow

The series focuses on Michael Kerrigan (Sean Bean), the priest of a community parish in suburban Northern England, who despite suffering from his own troubles stemming from a traumatic childhood, tries to guide a group of his most vulnerable parishioners through the trials and tribulations of everyday life.



What was it like to work with Sean Bean and Jimmy McGovern?

It was very inspirational. Jimmy actually first had the idea for the show many years ago, back in the 80s - initially as a 10-part drama with a catholic priest as the main character, with each episode being centered around one of the ten commandments.

He never got the permission to actually develop the idea though, especially as this was still relatively near the beginning of his career. Instead, he kept the idea of this catholic priest character quietly circling around in his mind and continued working on his other projects before finally coming back to this original idea, reworking it, and watching it finally become a reality today with Broken.

Sean was also incredible as the main character. He worked with the real priest who looks after the Liverpool based church where part of the show was filmed in, taking 14 weeks to learn what it was like to be a priest and how it really felt to help a community of people through the most difficult part of their lives.

Could you tell us more about the workflow involved at LA Productions in completing all the post production needed for the show?

There were six of us working on the post production of Broken, and as is always the case when it comes to TV shows, we had a pretty tight turnaround to contend with. We did everything from the full edit, conform, grade, and VFX all in-house at LA Productions.

It was all ProRes 4444, shot on the Panasonic VariCam, and all in 4K. For the BBC delivery we were still delivering 1920 by 1080 though, so we used Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve to do some real-time down conversions which was really impressive with the 4K footage.

Out of Resolve we then used the Fusion Connect plugin to easily select a section of the timeline and bring it into Fusion for all the VFX shots. We also used Mocha tracking as well and brought the tracking data into Fusion to do all the comps. Once we had picture lock we just sent the AFF straight to Resolve and put Resolve to the online files which were all 4K and everything relinked and we graded from there. The grade was completed for all the shots in Resolve and sent back as Avid files for playback and delivery after the Resolve online was complete.

We’re always trying to make things more efficient and increase the production values as much as possible.  What we’re capable of doing in house now even with the VFX is something we would have never imagined only just a few years ago. Even with the budget being considerably tighter we know we can deliver on time and on budget.

 What were your overall objectives in post production for how the show would look?

It’s interesting as the overall brief we received for the look of the show involved it being based around the work of these American street photographers from the 1960s and 70s like Steven Shaw. These street photographers were people who travelled around the states, especially in the impoverished, very religious areas of the south. These are communities that have very little money but a lot of faith, and that faith would always push them in one direction or the other - much like the characters of Broken.

These photographers would also always make very interesting use of color and framing to tell their stories and the film crew definitely used that as a major inspiration throughout the work on the show. The DoP was really good and gave us some lovely stuff to work with. The camera, for instance, would always linger on characters for longer than you would expect, which allowed the characters to have as much space to breath as possible and really brought a strong sense of emotional storytelling to Jimmy’s script.

When it came to grading, it was our job to try and match some of those photographers’ looks. The references were pretty bold so from the start I think we all knew that this was something that was going to have a very unique look and feel to it. Ultimately, we had about four or five film emulation looks to try to emulate that style directly from the reference pictures of the photography as a starting point, and built up the grade from there.

How did you handle all the flashback sequences involved on the show detailing the main character’s rather traumatic childhood, far before becoming a priest?

We definitely didn’t want these to be your typical black and white fare. We wanted them to be as vibrant and colourful as everything else on the show, and really not like obvious flashbacks at all.

Instead, we aimed to use the flashbacks to really transmit the idea that the ordinary can be extraordinary. Sean Bean’s character is remembering these things as though they have only just happened to him, they shouldn’t be a faded memory but a vivid one and therefore we wanted the colour palette used to be vivid too. There’s a slight sepia tone that gives it a feel that it’s old but we’re not talking years and years old, we did want to ensure it looked as though it had only happened fairly recently in his mind.

We also spent time making sure we gave all the various locations of the show their own look and feel based on the reference pictures. The church for example we purposefully made quite a lot warmer, to make it look like it was a sanctuary when compared to his real living quarters which are much more uncomfortable and dark in terms of look. The idea was to try to bring out interesting colors and maybe not the most obvious sort of colors, ones that would normally pass you by, the world around was very colorful and vibrant and diverse.

Were there any specific tools or techniques that you found particularly powerful throughout your work?

The tracking in combination with the ability to do masks, definitely. Because we were grading such a bold look, what we tried to do was at the end of our node tree bring a few of our original skin tones back in to make things look a bit more natural. We also did that with the highlights to do things like bring back detail from outside windows for a much richer image, which allowed us to truly control both the interior and the exterior and make the most of the footage we were getting back.

Another interesting technique involved the vintage Panavision lenses the show was shot in. They shot using these vintage Panavision lenses which were lovely and we got lots of really nice flares off them, but what we found was during the grade there were set ups where we wanted to add additional flares in. We actually did this completely within post in Resolve. Probably about half the flares across the series were actually made digitally in post within Resolve and we could match the right aperture and all that because we knew which lenses we’d used, which was really very powerful.

A big challenge was when we came to deliver the international versions, which are a different duration to the UK version of the show. We just reconformed it and used the Color Trace functionality to copy all the grades across in seconds which was insanely handy as a time saver for us and a real difficult process was rendered really straightforward.

Can you describe your VFX workflow on the show?

We did a mixture of things - we did a lot of sky replacements for things like to match the right time of day and ensure a degree of continuity between all the shots. The sky represents his internal sense of wellbeing as a main character as we go through the series so we ensured it did that too.

We also did a fair bit of cleaning up, so paint work putting patches in to cover things up. There was also some quite difficult stuff within a funeral scene in one of the episodes where there’s a funeral procession and one of the cars couldn’t drive straight behind the car in front like it was supposed to, we ended up using both Mocha and Fusion to remove the second car entirely using a clean bit of the plate and rotoscoped it back in line with the first car, that was quite a complicated shot.

We also generated some 3D rain for a train window our main character was riding in in one of the scenes - we used the particle generator within Fusion to generate those. This is also a bit of a spoiler, but in episode 1 one of the characters dies and we had lots of problems with the actress not being able to stay entirely still for these long takes. We had to paint her eyes closed and keep her chest from moving under the bed and things like that.
https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/content/entry/8829/la-productions-explains-the-post-work-behind-bbc-drama-broken#.WUpb0Blw9DA.twitter







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Re: ‘Broken’
« Reply #213 on: June 24, 2017, 12:15:57 AM »
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#Broken on #BBCOne - Tuesday 9pm http://laproductions.co.uk/series/broken

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Tune in to episode 5 of #Broken on #BBCOne - Tuesday 9pm. Co-written by Shaun Duggan. Ft. @munaotaru @DannySapani
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« Reply #214 on: June 25, 2017, 03:20:36 AM »
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How real is Sean Bean's @SeanBeanOnline priest in Broken @BBCOne ? Here's real Catholic priest Fr Paul Fox of #Rayleigh @BrentwoodRC
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« Reply #215 on: June 25, 2017, 05:12:56 AM »
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« Reply #216 on: June 25, 2017, 05:21:42 AM »
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For Christ's sake, let there be less drama-drama and suffering, and can a little comedy?
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« Reply #217 on: June 26, 2017, 02:38:07 PM »
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Don't miss episode 5 of #Broken on #BBCOne - tomorrow at 9pm. Co-written by Shaun Duggan. Ft. @munaotaru @DannySapani
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« Reply #218 on: June 27, 2017, 12:05:43 AM »
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TONIGHT in #JimmyMcGovern's #Broken: Father Michael mediates as Helen's homophobic brother clashes with her neighbour @BBCOne 9pm #SeanBean

https://twitter.com/LAProductionsUK/status/879685001620709377



Episode 5  Today  21:00  BBC One
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wzctf



Series 1 - Episode 5
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Fr Michael has faced several harsh dilemmas in this series. Playing him, Sean Bean is good at getting across the sense of a man on whom moral responsibility weighs like a sack of potatoes, his whole face sagging with the woes of the world.

Michael is an instinctively compassionate person, but that doesn’t help when he has to choose between two proud men who are both, to varying degrees, in the wrong.

In this episode, the uncle of dead teenager Vernon arrives from Trinidad, full of righteous religious conviction, and when gay neighbour Carl pays a call to leave flowers, the two of them clash. Ned Dennehy as Carl more or less hijacks the drama, which turns into a thoughtful meditation on tolerance – or the lack of it.

Summary

The arrival of Helen's brother Daniel immediately ruffles feathers when he gets into an argument with his sister's neighbour, Carl. Father Michael attempts to mediate, but when things escalate further, he's torn between doing what's right in the eyes of the law, and what he feels may resolve things between the two men without causing more upset to the grieving Helen. Elsewhere, Chloe Demichelis wants answers from the long suffering Michael. Drama, starring Sean Bean, Muna Otaru and Danny Sapani.   
http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/frmyh4/broken--series-1-episode-5/


http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/2721142/128735943/broken


http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2017/26/broken




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Racism and homophobia are introduced as themes tonight, which makes for another bleak slice of life in Michael’s (Sean Bean, left) parish.

Helen (Muna Otaru, centre) – the mother of the murdered teenager – gets a visit from her brother, but her joy is short-lived when he has a shocking confrontation with her gay neighbour, Carl.

It prompts a row between the pair and the police are called. And Michael is caught in the middle, although that means he’s faced with some difficult questions about the Catholic Church and its position on homosexuality.

Sean Bean is outstanding as the tormented priest, showing despair, understanding, patience, anger – and even a rare moment of elation when he goes bowling. Excellent too is Ned Dennehy as Carl, in a very sad tale indeed.
 
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3850388/whats-on-tv-tonight-shows-to-watch-on-tuesday-27-june-from-broken-to-the-hotel-inspector/



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Broken
9pm, BBC1

Jimmy McGovern’s state-of-the-nation drama interrogating faith and marginalised communities has been a timely, if gruelling, watch. With his parish still reeling from the killing of a black teenager by the police, Father Michael (Sean Bean) finds himself witness to a possibly homophobic attack. But there are vital moments of light amid the general darkness, whether it’s skinning up in a phone box or an unexpected Ban Ki-moon shoutout.
 
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jun/27/tuesdays-best-tv-hokusai-broken


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Broken

BBC One, 9.00pm

Jimmy McGovern’s bleak, bruising and brilliant drama continues with Sean Bean’s Father Michael struggling with the demands of his job. Bean is magnificent as a man on the brink of breakdown, and tonight sees another masterclass as Michael sinks ever closer to despair. 
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/tv-guide-tv-tonight/




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« Reply #219 on: June 28, 2017, 12:14:40 AM »
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Next week's finale of #JimmyMcGovern's #Broken: Father Michael makes a devastating confession as his mother faces her final hours @BBCOne

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Broken finale: Sean Bean BBC drama set to feature ‘DEVASTATING’ confession

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IT HAS kept viewers glued to their seats since it started airing over a month ago, now with only one episode left, Broken fans are in for quite the finale.
http://todayusa.news/2017/06/28/broken-finale-sean-bean-bbc-drama-set-to-feature-devastating-confession/