A NEW television drama part-filmed in west Dorset has received rave reviews ahead of its release.
Say Nothing, a drama capturing the tragedy of the Troubles, may be set in Northern Ireland but features scenes filmed in West Bexington.
Critics are raving about the 'sensational' Disney+ series, which will be released on Thursday, November 14.
In its five star review, The Telegraph says: "This sensational series sketches a complex and devastating portrait of Northern Ireland and the lives ruined by conflict.
"A history, a tragedy, at times a caper as well as a brutal thriller, Disney's Say Nothing is a sensational amalgam.
"The first task of any TV drama is to tell a good story and in this Say Nothing excels."
Say Nothing is based on the New York Times best selling book of the same name by Patrick Radden Keefe.
Last year, film crews were spotted on West Bexington beach and the adjacent car park, with a prop police car with the word 'Garda' on it, which is the national police and security service of Ireland.
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Residents of West Bexington also saw a hole being dug, and some small shelters and props including bunches of flowers.
Spanning a time period of four decades, the series opens with the shocking disappearance of Jean McConville, a single mother of 10 from Belfast who was abducted from her home in 1972 and murdered by the IRA.
The central figure is Dolours Price, who oversaw some of the IRA's covert and high-profile operations.
The series stars Lola Petticrew (Tuesday) as Dolours Price and Hazel Doupe as Marian Price, young women who became potent symbols of radical politics, Anthony Boyle (Derry Girls) stars as Brendan Hughes, a charismatic but conflicted military strategist.
In its four star review of the series, the Financial Times says it's 'compellingly acted' and 'carefully constructed'.
But it says: "It could have devoted more time to the victims of the IRA murders and their families."
The Telegraph adds: "Say Nothing should be watched as a whole, because it soon develops into something more elegiac and profound.
"It is a bravura tapestry with none of those characters underwritten and all of them superbly played."
Say Nothing is on Disney+ from November 14.
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