michael kitchen absolutely shin in this fine series while it be about moral dilemma rather than crime . kitchen characterisation of a fearless good man in hard time be magnificent while we know we can trust exactly what he say and even if some of his solution be a bit deus ex machina we can not resent it because his moral force absolutely justify the end . the other actor do a great job of present the shade of grey through which he move . my favourite be still simon west . who can resist kitchen throwaway response to it not a good time . and his magnificently insult sum up in the french drop . i know little enough about the home front around this period and and that i learn from dad army . but the muted colour and all the obscure minutia of a rationed and regulated society provide a feeling that this be how it be and even if it wasn not .