Neil Forsyth
- Writer, producer and executive producer
Press clippings Page 3
Guilt, BBC Two, review
An unexpected Scottish treat with a pitch-black tone.
Sarah Hughes, i Newspaper, 20th November 2019Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives (trivia: they are old schoolfriends from a Leith primary) are Max and Jake, who run over an old, dying man as they drive back tiddly from a wedding. And, of course, try to cover it up. There are welcome Coen brothers echoes here, though it's written by Neil Forsyth (Eric, Ernie And Me, the much-missed Brian Cox vehicle Bob Servant), and it's also got something of Scott Smith's A Simple Plan about the plot, in the inexorability of tiny lies leading to outrageous, yet just credible, developments. It's very funny, and inlaid with a bittersweet dose of unwholesomeness, like sucking on a furry boiled sweet from too long under the sofa. Also: much decent music trivia - well, what's your standout Bowie album? And was there really a fine "early Rod Stewart... before one of the great artistic collapses of our time"?
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 3rd November 2019Guilt, series one, episode two review
Eight months and many thousands of programme hours in, the new BBC Scotland channel has an appointment-to-view hit on its hands with the comedy drama Guilt.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 1st November 2019Guilt review
Plenty of guilty pleasures from darkest Scotland.
Joe Clay, The Times, 31st October 2019Guilt, BBC Two review
Neil Forsyth stylish drama gathers conviction and momentum after a slow start.
Markie Robson-Scott, The Arts Desk, 30th October 2019Guilt, review
The writing was sharp, bleak, and of-the-moment.
Barbara Speed, i Newspaper, 30th October 2019Guilt: A fabulously funny black comedy
In this moral satire, two Scottish brothers discover the perfect victim. Can they get away scot-free?
Peter Crawley, The Irish Times, 30th October 2019Guilt, episode 1 review
This witty, gritty new thriller is no guilty pleasure.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 30th October 2019Two estranged brothers take on the guilt in question following a drink driving hit-and-run that leaves an old man dead in this new drama from writer Neil Forsyth. The ensuing coverup pushes the brothers deeper and deeper into compromising territory. A heart-thumping watch. (This will be shown on BBC Two in the rest of the UK on 30 October.)
Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 24th October 2019Guilt, BBC Scotland/BBC2: meeting writer and cast
The channel's first scripted commission is a darkly comic tale of two brothers involved in a hit-and-run. Vicki Power meets writer Neil Forsyth and the cast.
Vicki Power, Broadcast, 23rd October 2019