Rules of the Game is a four-part British television drama series, written by Ruth Fowler. It stars Maxine Peake as a sportswear executive who deals with the fallout of an employee's shocking death in her company's office building. It aired on BBC One from 11 to 19 January 2022.[2]
Sam (Peake) is the chief operating officer at a family-run sportswear business in Northern England. When an employee turns up dead in the foyer, seemingly by suicide, Sam is forced to reflect on the company's problematic culture and events stretching back an entire decade, and another death.
Fowler was inspired to write the series by the Harvey Weinstein scandals. The series was filmed in Manchester, the north west of England and also in Frodsham.[3]
Lucy Mangan of The Guardian awarded the first episode four stars out of five, praising the writing and its weaving together of commentary and mystery elements, and dubbed Peake's work 'another barnstorming performance'.[4] Anita Singh of The Daily Telegraph also gave it four out of five stars, calling the show 'high on entertainment value'.[5] Ed Cumming from The Independent gave the first episode two out of five stars, claiming 'the script and performances have all the subtlety of a boss’ hand up a skirt at the Christmas do.'.[6]
Referencesedit
^"BBC One - Rules of the Game, Series 1, Episode 4". BBC. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^"Rules of the Game release date: cast, plot and trailer for BBC thriller". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^"Rules of the Game filming locations: Where is the BBC drama set?". HELLO!. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^Mangan, Lucy (11 January 2022). "Rules of the Game review – Maxine Peake is barnstorming in a rich, meaty murder mystery". Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via The Guardian.
^Singh, Anita (11 January 2022). "Rules of the Game, review: plenty of fun – and a furiously vaping Maxine Peake – in this mad MeToo thriller". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^"Maxine Peake abusive workplace drama Rules of the Game lacks nuance – review". The Independent. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
rules, game, series, rules, game, four, part, british, television, drama, series, written, ruth, fowler, stars, maxine, peake, sportswear, executive, deals, with, fallout, employee, shocking, death, company, office, building, aired, from, january, 2022, rules,. Rules of the Game is a four part British television drama series written by Ruth Fowler It stars Maxine Peake as a sportswear executive who deals with the fallout of an employee s shocking death in her company s office building It aired on BBC One from 11 to 19 January 2022 2 Rules of the GameGenreDrama ThrillerCreated byRuth FowlerWritten byRuth FowlerDirected byJennifer SheridanStarringMaxine Peake Rakhee ThakrarComposerEdmund ButtCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of series1No of episodes4ProductionExecutive producersGeorge Faber Ayela Butt Mark Pybus Lucy RicherProducerSimon MeyersCinematographyMilos MooreRunning time60 mins Production companyThe ForgeOriginal releaseNetworkBBC OneRelease11 January 2022 01 11 19 January 2022 2022 01 19 1 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Episodes 5 Reception 6 References 7 External linksSynopsis editSam Peake is the chief operating officer at a family run sportswear business in Northern England When an employee turns up dead in the foyer seemingly by suicide Sam is forced to reflect on the company s problematic culture and events stretching back an entire decade and another death Cast editMaxine Peake as Sam Rakhee Thakrar as Maya Susan Wokoma as DI Eve Preston Kieran Bew as Gareth Jenkins Ben Batt as Owen Jenkins Dario Coates as DS Peter Alan Callie Cooke as Tess Jones Megan Parkinson as Gemma Thompson Tanya Vital as Beth Taylor Katherine Pearce as Carys Jenkins Zoe Tapper as Vanessa Jenkins Alison Steadman as Anita Jenkins Amy Leeson as Amy Dixon Dominic Vulliamy as Duncan StephensonProduction editFowler was inspired to write the series by the Harvey Weinstein scandals The series was filmed in Manchester the north west of England and also in Frodsham 3 Episodes editNo TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers millions 1 Episode 1 Jennifer SheridanRuth Fowler11 January 2022 2022 01 11 N A 2 Episode 2 Jennifer SheridanRuth FowlerTBATBD 3 Episode 3 Jennifer SheridanRuth FowlerTBATBD 4 Episode 4 Jennifer SheridanRuth FowlerTBATBDReception editLucy Mangan of The Guardian awarded the first episode four stars out of five praising the writing and its weaving together of commentary and mystery elements and dubbed Peake s work another barnstorming performance 4 Anita Singh of The Daily Telegraph also gave it four out of five stars calling the show high on entertainment value 5 Ed Cumming from The Independent gave the first episode two out of five stars claiming the script and performances have all the subtlety of a boss hand up a skirt at the Christmas do 6 References edit BBC One Rules of the Game Series 1 Episode 4 BBC Retrieved 9 July 2023 Rules of the Game release date cast plot and trailer for BBC thriller Radio Times Retrieved 9 July 2023 Rules of the Game filming locations Where is the BBC drama set HELLO 12 January 2022 Retrieved 22 August 2023 Mangan Lucy 11 January 2022 Rules of the Game review Maxine Peake is barnstorming in a rich meaty murder mystery Retrieved 9 July 2023 via The Guardian Singh Anita 11 January 2022 Rules of the Game review plenty of fun and a furiously vaping Maxine Peake in this mad MeToo thriller The Telegraph ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved 22 August 2023 Maxine Peake abusive workplace drama Rules of the Game lacks nuance review The Independent 11 January 2022 Retrieved 9 July 2023 External links editRules of the Game at IMDb nbsp nbsp This drama television program related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article relating to a television programme from the UK is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rules of the Game TV series amp oldid 1204081958, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
