Evil side of ‘Swingin’ London’ laid bare in ‘Ridley Road’
nypost.comAgnes O’Casey), who goes undercover to help fight the alarming tide of hatred sweeping through England — its flames stoked by neo-Nazi leader Colin Jordan, a real-life historical figure played here by Rory Kinnear who features prominently in Jo Bloom’s 2014 novel “Ridley Road,” from which the series is adapted.
When “Ridley Road” opens Vivien, 23, is living north of London in industrial Manchester with her parents (her father, David, owns a tailor shop) and her cousin, Roza (Julia Krynke), who survived the Holocaust in Europe.
Vivien is none-too-happily engaged to nebbishy Jeremy — their fathers arranged the marriage — and secretly pines for her true love, Jack Morris (Tom Varey), who shows up at her father’s store and rekindles their romance but tells Vivien he’s no good for her.
That’s all she needs to hear; she tracks Jack’s whereabouts to her estranged Uncle Soly’s (Eddie Marsan) clothing store in London (on Ridley Road), hops on a train and, before the day is done, is working at a hair salon, renting a room from nice Mrs.
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