Roadkill (Season 1)

Roadkill (2020) is a BBC political thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Hugh Laurie stars as cabinet minister Peter Laurence, a charmer whose conscience clocked out long ago.

Laurence has just beaten a reporter's corruption claim in a libel suit, and his star is rising. Then an illegitimate daughter surfaces, serving time in prison, a secret the Prime Minister, played by Sidse Babett Knudsen, may already hold over him. The higher he climbs, the louder his marriage cracks and the thinner the line he has to walk.

Written by playwright David Hare, it cuts sharper than the usual Westminster drama, and one of Helen McCrory's final performances gives it real weight. Four lean episodes for anyone who likes smart stories about power. Stream every episode of Roadkill online on iFILM.