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The Walk-In begins with a far-right lunatic man walking into a store with a knife, shouting “White Power!” and attacks anyone for whom he doesn’t like their colour. Based on the CCTV footage, he’s understood to be a member of National Action.
Enter Matthew Collins (Stephen Graham – Boiling Point), a lecturer teaching his class how 1 in 5 terrorists behind bars are white, because they’re Neo Nazis. He reveals that 20 years ago, he used to be one of them, but his lesson of the day is about how he’s changed.
Meanwhile, local layabouts Robbie (Andrew Ellis – Dough) and Stan (Kent Riley – Little Boy Blue) – the latter of whom thinks every Pakistani man is in a grooming gang because he’s been brainwashed – go to knock on a door, pretending ot fit an alarm, with the intention of gaining access to the house because of the Muslim family within, but they’re not bright, and the homeowner won’t allow them in because neither are married, and the man has his daughters in his house, so for the idiots to enter is a no-no.
However, we see that this is just the first stepping stone into the evil world for Robbie.
Meanwhile, Matthew is tasked, by Nick Lowles (Jason Flemyng – The Iron Mask), with infiltrating the far-right gang, with this opener also taking in the murder of MP Jo Cox, after which National Action want to start from there and ramp things up a few gears.
This is a promising first episode, but does rather feel like just a taster of what’s to come.
NOTE: I’m avoiding spoilers in this, and I’ve only seen the first episode, but I’ll check out more as they come, and update this review.
The Walk-In begins on Monday October 3rd on ITV at 9pm. It’s not yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD.
After each episode is broadcast, they will be on the ITV Hub.
Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Producer: Jo Johson
Writer: Jeff Pope
Composer: Lindsay Wright
Cast:
Matthew Collins: Stephen Graham
Nick Lowles: Jason Flemyng
Robbie Mullen: Andrew Ellis
Alison: Leanne Best
Dean: Danny Cunningham
Asif: Irfan Shamji
Jo Cox: Bryony Corrigan
MP: Anne Hornby
Chris Lythgoe: Chris Coghill
Robbie’s Mum: Kate Robbins
Jack Renshaw: Dean-Charles Chapman
Garron Helm: Ezra Watson
Matt Hankinson: Bobby Schofield
Natalie: Molly McGlynn
Jerzey: Greg Kolpakchi
Ben Raymond: Josef Davies
Zack Davies: Samson Cox-Vinell
Peter Fuller: David Nellist
DS Donker: Ryan McKen
DC Buckley: Jodie Prenger
Danny: Alexander: Charles Plumbly
Billy: Sami Amber
Stan: Kent Riley
Attacker: James Buller
Member of public: Kate Anthony
PC Wright: Joshua Hayes
Simon: Graeme McKnight
Peter: Leigh Kelly
Householder: Haqi Ali
Far Right Spokesperson: Eddie Eyre
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