Alistair Petrie
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Probably not expensive.
Do you think that's where you got the idea from?
Really, again, same thing as any sort of lovely show.
I mean, the first season we did 10 years ago, but it was the same thing.
You just think, oh, let's hope people like it.
And then that went kind of gangbusters, unicorn type show.
And not only reviews, but also people loved it.
They also, the BBC were really smart.
They put it on at 9pm on a Sunday night.
And I think then there was a real culture of, oh, let's get a nice period drama.
Everyone's winding down before the working week.
And then they banged out this brilliant,
Well, not even bonkers, but this sort of high stakes international James Bond-y thriller, telly, crime, whatever, spy thriller.
And it was a piece of genius on their part to put it on.
And everyone suddenly, whoa, cry, perked up.
I tell you what, it was... The abiding memories actually was, funnily enough, the read-through.