Strike

2022 - 12 - 11

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Strike: Troubled Blood Episode 1 Review - A Lacklustre Opener (Den of Geek)

With a flashback and exposition-heavy first episode, Strike: Troubled Blood gets off to a slow and disappointing start.

Then there’s the son of the police officer who lost his mind and was replaced on the case by the police officer father of the police officer that Cormoran and Robin are in with on the Met. [Strike: Troubled Blood](https://www.denofgeek.com/strike/) continues on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 9pm on BBC One. [Strike](https://www.denofgeek.com/strike/) has to fall back on the investigation, and this one is immediately less satisfying than most. We see them scrolling though news clippings (and for some reason, explaining what a subscription to an online news archive is) and take delivery of a slide projector. Flashbacks are overused – presumably, and understandably, in an attempt to pep up this evidence-gathering phase with dramatisations – but the end result leaves us neither here nor there. And then the all-important bubble of tension is popped when [the Rokesby diaspora](http://Strike Series 5 Episode 1 Tom Burke Holliday Grainger)“, who’s pushing for a reunion between Strike and his estranged dad. There’s no electricity-pulsing reunion or meaningful silence, just a rejected offer of biscuits and on with the job. Granted, everything that really matters with these two is always left unsaid, and with Cormoran’s adoptive mother’s illness and Robin’s divorce, this is hardly the time for action, but throw fans a crumb? Instead, it’s always been about the chemistry between leads Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger, and an all-round sense of And here comes Robin, driving her clapped-out Land Rover all the way from London to St Mawes, a knight on a white steed come to rescue our man. As a TV show, Strike‘s appeal has never been the ingenuity of its cases, with their cardboard characters, pantomime twists and baroque plotting.

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Strike Troubled Blood cast and creatives on Robin and Strike's ... (BBC News)

Private detective Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke) is visiting his family in Cornwall when he's approached by a woman, Anna Phipps (Sophie Ward) asking for help ...

It dawned on me that he was in the army and he became a private investigator and of course, he can sort of hide in London, he can be anonymous and he can keep his head down, but going back to Cornwall has forced him to have kind of relationships and contact with family that he’s probably shied away from. And we see, particularly a side of Strike that we’ve not really seen in the series before. You think you’re gonna behave in a certain way and nine times out ten, you don’t, and I think it’s the same with characters. But then he was constantly being wrenched out of that and so, telling the story of how dysfunctional his upbringing was, helps us understand Strike in a way that we haven’t up till now. I think we understand Strike much better for seeing him down there, both as a child struggling and wondering where his mother was in the world, and as an adult reconciling himself to the fact that this has been his home. It is that side of Strike that we get to learn about in this series, which makes a lot of the aspects of his character make a lot of sense. Part time mum, in and out of his life, and Ted and Joan in Cornwall represented a time of stability and calm and love. It’s also true that she has been in a relationship with Matthew and no one else for a very long time, they started going out together when they were at school and Matthew is the only man that she has ever been in a relationship with. This is the first time that we go to Cornwall and we see a bit of his background. Troubled Blood is the first time we truly explore the disjunct between Strike as we’ve come to know him, living above his office on Denmark Street in the heart of London, and Strike as he once was, a kid, often foisted on his Aunt and Uncle in St Mawes, worrying that his mother might never come home, given her wildness and her seeming lack of regard for her progeny. And I think that also goes hand in hand with her career, she’s now a partner in the business with Strike and she’s got much more experience. Troubled Blood focuses on a cold case, Robin and Strike are investigating the disappearance of a doctor in the 1970s.

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Strike: Troubled Blood review – the show's real hook: will Robin and ... (The Guardian)

Never mind the murder investigation: the will-they won't-they relationship between the two detectives is the beating heart of this Robert Galbraith (AKA JK ...

The sleuths’ personal lives are what fans are here for: in a crime drama that lacks a distinctive location, community, era or criminal modus operandi, Strike and Robin are the USP. But it’s not enough to distract us from the thought that really, Strike is a Sunday-night detective like all the others. Internet sleuths pin the blame on Dennis Creed, a notorious abductor and murderer of women; the detective who investigated at the time appears to have indulged more elaborate theories, to the extent that he lost himself and did not work again. The new client’s mother, Margot, was a GP in Clerkenwell, London, who left her practice one night in 1974 to meet a friend in a pub, did not arrive, and has not been seen since. The evidence that brings the breakthrough at the end of episode one is a suitably old-school reel of Super 8 film, albeit one with disturbing contents that intensify the ongoing theme of Robin, a rape survivor, finding some solace and empowerment in her growing confidence as a detective, while also having to relive her trauma through her work. Spoiler: the answer isn’t that satisfying and is, after such a huge buildup, somehow sudden and rushed.

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Ministers prepare to send in army as Christmas strike misery looms (Financial Times)

Contingency plans for military personnel to staff border controls and drive ambulances.

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UK Steps Up Contingency Plans as Weeks of Strike Chaos Begin (Bloomberg)

Rishi Sunak's government is planning for military staff and civil servants to cover for striking workers at air and sea ports as the UK braces for ...

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London Bus drivers strike over weekend (Morning Star Online)

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Abellio is a vastly wealthy multinational company that could and should be paying its workers a fair pay increase.

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Troops training to drive ambulances as ministers hold emergency ... (Sky News)

Ambulance workers are set to strike, leaving the public concerned about needing one in an emergency but their union has said it is in the government's power ...

"Speaking to unions about improving wages can work wonders as the Scottish government has found. They should stop talking tough, put a proper pay plan on the table and get the unions in to discuss it." Unison said the government has the power to halt the strikes by making an effort to "put a proper pay plan on the table". "But it is right that each department across government plans for disruption and put in place the appropriate contingency measures to limit it as much as possible over the coming weeks." [NHS](https://news.sky.com/topic/nhs-5893) hospital trusts across the UK to "familiarise themselves with vehicles" ahead of ambulance [strikes](https://news.sky.com/topic/strikes-5989) planned for 21 and 28 December. Over the weekend, government sources said a decision had not yet been made to put in a formal request to the Ministry of Defence but said a decision was "not far off".

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Strike Troubled Blood cast: Who stars in the J.K. Rowling adaptation ... (The Irish Sun)

Strike is ready to take on a very difficult 40-year-old case along with his partner Robin Ellacott. Tom Burke. Tom Burke will portray Cormoran Strike. 11.

He also took part in films such as The Man with the Iron Heart and The Trial of the King Killers. [Ben Crompton](https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/television/2223028/who-is-ben-crompton-strike-career-of-evil-actor-who-starred-in-game-of-thrones-and-man-stroke-woman/) takes on the role of Shanker, Strike's friend and former flatmate. Some of the cast that will also take on the roles of witnesses or criminals are: He also played the role of Paul Mann in BBC One's The Scottish actor starred in a series of shows such as The English actor is known for the role of Athos in the BBC series The Musketeers. The Scottish actress has been in a series of shows such as The Casual Vacancy. [Tom Burke](https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/television/1432365/who-is-tom-burke-strike-the-cuckoos-calling-actor-who-plays-detective-cormoran-strike/) will take on the role of [Cormoran Strike](https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/television/2222837/how-did-tom-burkes-amputee-cormoran-strike-lose-his-leg-and-did-the-actor-wear-a-prosthesis/) - a private detective visiting his family in Cornwall. She also played the character of Kate Beckett in BAFTA award-winning children's series Roger and the Rottentrolls. Apart from the case, Robin is also caught up in the middle of a divorce and unwanted male attention, however, she is also trying to hide her feelings for Strike. [Holliday Grainger](https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/1431644/holliday-grainger-strike-lethal-white-bbc/) will play the role of Robin Ellacott, who's working on Margot's case alongside Strike. Who is in the cast of Strike Troubled Blood?

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Britain on brink of strike chaos as Government calls emergency ... (The Irish Sun)

BRITAIN will go on a crisis footing from today to confront strike action set to unleash weeks of chaos over Christmas.Soldiers are heading to hospital.

We wanted to spend the time together. He said the Government was guided by an independent pay body “to take the politics out of this sort of stuff”. We have tried the bus, but they are booked as well. “The only option is to drive down and pick her up on Christmas Eve but it is a nine-hour round trip.” “The disruption to services is bound to have a big effect.” “It’s a tradition, and the train ride is a big part of it. [Wes Streeting](https://www.thesun.ie/who/wes-streeting/) urged the Tories to “grow up” and speak to the unions, a sentiment echoed by Tory peer Ros Altmann who said: “This is life and death — literally it could be.” “It is the first duty of the Government to make sure that people are protected.” [Rishi Sunak](https://www.thesun.ie/who/rishi-sunak/) would be introducing laws to ban strikes by ambulance and fire crews, a move first revealed by The Sun. [Oliver Dowden](https://www.thesun.ie/who/oliver-dowden/) said: “I’ll be chairing Cobra meetings over the next weeks to ensure our plans are as robust as possible, and disruption is kept to a minimum. “But the only way to stop the disruption completely is for union bosses to get back round the table and call off these damaging strikes.” Ministers will today hold the first of a series of emergency Cobra meetings to fine-tune arrangements to try to ease the strikes’ impact.

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Ministers to hold emergency Cobra meeting amid wave of strikes (BBC News)

The government is to discuss contingency plans for upcoming strikes, including using the military and civil servants to cover Border Force staff, ...

Without enough employees in the NHS, patients will go on waiting too long for ambulances and for treatment to start." The action will affect non-life threatening calls only. "I will be chairing a series of Cobra meetings over the coming weeks to ensure our plans are as robust as possible, and that disruption is kept to a minimum." Members of The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) - who represent 75% of all passport control staff - voted to take action in support of a 10% pay rise which they say will help border workers who are "struggling with the cost-of-living crisis". "The government will do all it can to mitigate the impact of this action, but the only way to stop the disruption completely is for union bosses to get back round the table and call off these damaging strikes. "The stance the unions have taken will cause disruption for millions of hardworking people over the coming weeks," he said.

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Ministers refuse to negotiate with nurses on pay to prevent NHS strikes (The Guardian)

In what had seemed the first sign of a possible solution to the first UK nurses' strike, beginning over Christmas, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the ...

Cleverly added: “He [Barclay] wants to talk to health professionals about how we drive performance in the NHS, how we make sure that it’s a job they want to do, all these things. Unions had said “very reasonably” that they would suspend strike action if there were talks, Streeting said. Ultimately, independent bodies are there for a reason, to take the politics out of this kind of stuff. But as I say, independent pay review bodies do what we ask them to do, which is to review pay independently of the government. I think it’s irresponsible. I think it’s reprehensible.

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Nurses' union wants health secretary to talk pay (BBC News)

The Royal College of Nursing wants pay talks with the government, but a minister says it's not their role.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Please include your name, age and location with any submission. Mr Cleverly said Health Secretary Steve Barclay had already met with union officials, but added: "Ultimately, salary negotiations are done between union leaders on behalf of their members and their employer. Has your treatment been affected by the strike? Share your experiences by emailing The Department of Health and Social Care said the government accepted the recommendations of the independent NHS Pay Review Body in full, meaning newly qualified nurses had a 5.5% increase while those on the lowest salaries, such as porters and cleaners, received a pay rise of up to 9.3%. "Ministers have had constructive talks with unions, including the RCN and Unison, on how we can make the NHS a better place to work - and have been clear the door remains open for further talks," a spokesperson for the department added. Both Mr Cleverly and Prof Powis said the NHS was prepared for the strike and wanted to minimise any disruption. NHS England's medical director Prof Stephen Powis said pay was a matter for the independent review body and the government. Prof Powis said there was "trouble brewing this winter" for the NHS, with an increase in people arriving at A&E and a rising number hospital patients with flu. Asked if the union could accept a lower pay rise, Ms Cullen said: "Come to the table and let's have the discussion." [RCN union is calling for nurses to be given a pay rise of 5%](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63561305) above the RPI inflation rate, which was 14.2% in October.

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Britain braces for winter of strike action as nurses walk out (Reuters)

British nurses will go on strike this week, hitting already stretched hospitals and cranking up pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to quell the biggest ...

The army will be drafted in to "I think the world that we're in is one where we get more prominent union activity," Pickering said. In many cases, the action is also about working conditions. "(For nurses) the job is getting harder and harder all of the time for a salary that is worth less and less," Patricia Marquis, director of the RCN in England, said. "There's the potential for them to stretch out and (for striking workers to) dig themselves in and then that could really be something that we haven't seen for quite a long time," she said. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

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