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England Expects (2004)

England Expects poster
Directed by
Tony Smith
Genre
tv movie, crime, drama
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
2h
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A journalist investigates far-right extremist groups in Britain. His work threatens his personal safety and challenges his beliefs.

tensegrittythought-provokingurgentbleaksuspensefuldarkly serious

What happens

England Expects is a British television film produced by BBC Scotland in 2004. It stars Steven Mackintosh and was written by Frank Deasy. Nick Ryan, a journalist and the author of an exposé into far-right groups, worldwide (Homeland: Into a World of Hate), was the show's creative producer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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