In The Flesh's run on BBC Three has been shorter than most other BBC Three dramas in recent years, but this is due to budget cuts within the BBC, which has had a bad effect on drama commissioning. But with this has come some recent quality drama from the youth orientated channel this year. Chief among them, In The Flesh has pretty much been worth the time since its beginning, and with the third episode wrapping up the story, it cements itself as a future cult favourite, as well as introducing a new talented writer onto British Television in the form of Dominic Mitchell (
who I interviewed here.) The third episode takes a more psychological approach to the conclusion of the story, going through the characters' emotions and their beliefs and actions that cause them to go down these dark routes. The most fascinating journey we see culminate is the character of Bill Macy, whose sanity finally crumbles following the acceptance that his son and beliefs are not on the same line. This leads to an emotional and captivating scene between Kieran and Bill, which is both tragic and poignant to the story. Steve Evets shines in this episode, giving us a well developed and complex character with demons and dilemmas inside him. Luke Newberry also delivers another stunning performance and proves once again that he has a bright acting career in front of him, as long as the right people are watching him. To sum up In The Flesh as a whole, it was something fresh to watch on TV. With The Walking Dead becoming a cable phenomenon in the states, I could understand the BBC capitalising on the fan-base and trying to grow their own zombie series here in the UK. What we get is a more gritty, realistic approach to a community traumatised by war and death, and building themselves up piece by piece to move on. A risk to use completely new talent could have tanked easily, but for the most part, we've been introduced to fresh promising new faces to look out for in the coming years (Harriet Caines especially), as well as actors giving us something new (Ricky Tomlinson). I applaud BBC Three, Dominic Mitchell as well as the crew members who worked on a fascinating, thrilling miniseries that will be remembered by cult fans for years to come. What did you think of In The Flesh, episode 3? Share your thoughts below.