THE Ipcress File viewers have raged ‘that’s six hours I’ll never get back’ as they blast the drama’s ‘train-wreck’ ending.
The second episode of the ITV drama aired on Sunday, however the whole six-part series is also available as a boxset on ITV Hub.
It means some viewers have binged the whole show in advance of its weekly installment on a Sunday, with many taking to social media to advise those who haven’t not to bother.
One disgruntled viewer tweeted: “If you’ll forgive me, a few thoughts on ITVs do-over of The #Ipcress File.
“Initial impression: What a wasted opportunity. A woeful misuse of a what was clearly a sizable production budget. A key mis-casting of the lead. An absolute train-wreck of an ending.”
Another wrote: “Having watched all 6 episodes of #ITV #theipcressfile I can promise you don’t need to.
“That’s 6 hours of my life gone forever watching a pile of wooden acting c**p. If it had been parody, it would have failed.
“As a homage to bad 60s plots, it succeeds in the worst possible way.”
Meanwhile a third added: “Ok, the end of The Ipcress File is hokey nonsense. It’s still been quite enjoyable on the whole though.”
However, others had much nicer things to say, with one writing: “Finished our binge watch of all six episodes of #theipcressfile last night.
“Terrific stuff – exciting, well acted, beautifully shot (if rather too many tilting camera angles) and Lucy Boynton’s 60s wardrobe is to die for. And Tom Hollander is surely a National Treasure.”
Another shared: “That went so quickly. Just brilliant, best thing ITV have done for ages. #theipcressfile.”
The Ipcress File is about the protagonist, Harry Palmer, a British army sergeant based in Berlin in 1963.
This brings him into contact with everything and everyone – until the law catches up and it all comes crashing to a halt, resulting in eight years in a grim military prison back in England.
However, Harry’s impressive network has piqued the interest of British intelligence, who have a proposal.
To avoid prison, Harry must become a spy and his first assignment: The Ipcress File.
This undercover mission will take Harry from swinging London to the Berlin Wall, and from Beirut to the white-hot sands of a nuclear atoll, as he uses his links to try and solve the case of a kidnapped British nuclear scientist.
The Ipcress File is available on ITV Hub.
