Independent Research Analysis - Kidnapp and Ransom

I was introduced to a crime drama which goes by the name "Kidnap and Random", it is a British television miniseries, shown on ITV1. The series revolves around the latest cases for expert British hostage negotiator Dominic King, played by Trevor Eve. The first episode aired in January 2011. I viewed an episode of the latest series(2) on ITV iplayer so it is still access able on the the ITV website, to be more specific this episode aired on February 23, 2012. I felt that the beginning sequence to this episode was completely different to what I have ever seen in a crime drama and that element of this specific episode "Wowed" me. There wasn't any special effects as the series is realist, the begining intro is silent and only photos and words of the actors appear, there is a redy colour which is illustrated in the intro, could it link to blood?

In the new series, we join Dominic King in Srinagar, Kashmir negotiating the release of the Mehtas, a British Asian family kidnapped while on holiday visiting their son Mahavir. As the handover is completed, the police arrive and a shoot-out ensues.Dominic gets most of the family to safety but the kidnappers get away with Mahavir. In their panic they board a tourist bus, taking all those on board hostage. As this series is still new there has still been no rating on IMBD but the rating for season 1 was at 6.7/10 with 132, this illustrates the reduced population that Kidnap and Ransom has, especially compared to Luther (132 - 7022). It also could be that I have never actually seen an advert for "Kidnap and Ransom" and that could reduce the viewings dramatically. Each episodes around about 45 minutes so it doesn't bore the audience. Due to the dramatic scenes when adverts approached I became furious as I wanted to see what was going to happen next and I wanted it as soon as possible.

I felt that the episode as a whole was very interesting and unique. Instead of us finding out the killer like CSI we knew who the criminal was but the problem catching him. I felt the episode went really fasted as it is a very fast paced crime drama and gets into the action very quick, even though I know its a 45 minute episode it felt like 20 minutes. I really enjoyed the unique twists that this episode had and due to this I will be watching the new episode and staying tuned to the series as a whole.