Vicki McClure solves crimes while defusing bombs.
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The last time we discussed Trigger Point Season 3, it was in the context of star Vicky McClure's potential scheduling conflict with the show that made her famous, Line of Duty. Like many series on the BBC, LoD was never canceled. It just petered out after Season 6
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ITV recently confirmed that filming for Trigger Point Season 3 had commenced in the U.K., an unsurprising development considering the show's viewership numbers in the U.K. made Season 2 the second-most-watched drama series on ITVX. However, for those who have been keeping their ears to the
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It's been about a month since Trigger Point Season 2 concluded on BritBox, the second season to stream on the niche British streaming service after Season 1 arrived in early 2024. Season 1 was imported directly from where it has been lost on Peacock since 2021; Season 2
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In the course of Trigger Point’s second season, bomb disposal officer Lana (Vicky McClure) saw the love of her life fall to his death, a woman with a bomb collar around her neck explode seconds before Lana could save her, and terrorists plant a bomb in her parents’ house.
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Okay, let’s all do some deep breathing exercises. Maybe some yoga? A massage? You have my permission to eat all the chocolate you want. Because we need to do something to calm down after the extraordinarily stressful final two episodes of Trigger Point. Okay ... inhale ... exhale ... let’s get
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Things are not going well for Lana as Trigger Point Season 2 hits the halfway point, and frankly, I don’t know how much more this poor woman can take. I took the liberty of looking at possible Starbucks jobs in the London area because I really think a career
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Well, friends, it appears that Lana Washington (Vicky McClure) did not take my advice at the end of Trigger Point Season 1 and get a job working at Starbucks. In the six months that have passed since the first season finale, Lana has not been making lattes, catching up on
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Once upon a time, not so very long ago, PBS had two nights of British programming a week. Masterpiece Theater, launched in 1970, was a Sunday night staple of public broadcasting and remains so. However, due to specific funding stipulations during its early years, Masterpiece Theater could only air period
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Streaming platforms have a way of making everything old new again. Look no further than people discovering Suits and Sex and the City on Netflix. Or the fact that those who weren’t even born when Friends premiered now binge-watch the show on Max. Trigger Point, the 2022 British series
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Jed Mercurio's Line of Duty didn't so much end as disappear without a word after its sixth season, the most watched to date. The show was the BBC's biggest hit at the time, but in true U.K. TV fashion, it just never got
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Trigger Point was one of several British acquisitions picked up by Peacock in 2022 to expand its footprint in the streaming world. Had the streaming service a better edge in the market, the series could've been the breakthrough title the struggling service needed. Unfortunately, it didn't
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Peacock initially debuted in 2020, boasting a slate of British imported originals, including the David Schwimmer-starring Intelligence and the bold thriller The Capture, playing up its Downton Abbey connections. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, its bench wasn't very deep, and even though The Capture Season 2 was already