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ITV's Breathtaking is the best pandemic drama yet - even if it might make you dizzy, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Lurching between close-ups and chasing through wards, the handheld photography on Breathtaking was enough to bring on symptoms of dizziness.
This version, co-written by Line Of Duty's Jed Mercurio and based on a book by Dr Rachel Clarke, used news footage and archive audio from Covid press conferences to chart the progress of the disease from the earliest cases to full lockdown. In the most upsetting scenes, one nurse called Divina (Georgia Goodman) begins showing signs of Covid and is sent home after caring for patients who – according to the guidelines – cannot have the disease because they have not recently travelled abroad. The drone also picked up the boat of a poacher, trawling with nets and snares to catch crocodiles for the illegal meat, medicine and fashion markets — croc skin fetches high prices, as does oil from their fatty tissue.
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