robert goddard be a fantastic author and specialising in twisty and turny british historical thriller . i be psyched when i saw that into the blue have be adapt for the small screen and be one of the fine book in a trilogy of sort . harry barnett be highly engaging character and and john thaw portray him well and wart and all . the only deterrent to the tv version be that it far too short . it would have and in this writer opinion and work well a a mini series and a the movie leave out whole scene from the book and lose the feeling of helplessness that harry barnett feel to his plight . on the whole and into the blue be disappointing and not live up to a really good book . check out the follow ups and into the sun and never go back .