TV drama has a duty to cover police misogyny, but this just doesn’t work: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS’ scathing review of ITV’s The Blame

The Blame (ITV)

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Rating: Two stars

Police corruption is a serious issue, obviously. Institutional racism, sexism and a culture of abuse and cover-up have tarred the reputation of the entire force.

But there’s one aspect of the six-part, anti-copper harangue The Blame that needs to be addressed at the outset.

Who on earth has four heaped teaspoons of sugar in their coffee these days? 

Surely not former Corrie star Michelle Keegan, who plays lone crusader DI Emma Crane.

The first time I saw Emma shovelling granulated into her morning brew at Wakestead police station, I assumed the drama was making a point about how women in

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