Bouquet Of Barbed Wire: ratings and review

MediaTel have published the ratings for last night.

ITV1's Bouquet of Barbed Wire won the 9pm to 9.30pm slot with a peak of 5.5 million viewers and 22% share, before settling down to an average of just under 5 million viewers, and 19.9% share.

The Arts Desk has posted a great review of the first episode. Read it in full on the website.

There’s some fine acting amongst a great cast...

...the equally watchable Norris plays his wife with a brittle, anguished restraint. When Prue introduces her parents to the repugnant Gavin (a convincingly horrible Tom Riley) she gamely tries to keep up appearances, trying to steel herself against each snarky quip as though she is taking a slap in the face. As we see next week, her brittle edifice crumbles – and she gives in to some pretty unsavoury longings herself. Do tune in.