Viewers have been left in the dark about new big-budget BBC drama The Luminaries. Many slammed the show saying some scenes were so gloomy and poorly lit they could not see anything.
The series – adapted from Eleanor Catton’s 2013 Booker-winning historical epic – is airing on BBC1. It was watched by an average live audience of 5.3 million – the second highest launch for a BBC drama so far this year after The Salisbury Poisonings.
Bond actress Eva Green, Eve Hewson and Himesh Patel star in the adventure mystery set during New Zealand’s gold rush period in the 1860s.
Viewer Anna Chen said: “Ironic that a telly show called The Luminaries starts off so dark and shadowy that you can’t make out what’s happening.” Jil Fairclough said: “It is
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