CRITICS OF "Intruder - Season 1"

Radio Times

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April 19, 2021

After watching the first episode of Channel 5's Intruder, you might be inclined to believe that it could warm up as it sputters along. It's my sorry duty to report that isn't the case.

London Evening Standard

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April 05, 2021

Simply too terrible for me to overlook its hysterical twists and turns. But it does feature a very nice house.

Guardian

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April 19, 2021

I think, so far, it's meant to be high drama. There is no humour in the script or anyone's faces. But somehow constant comic undertones persist, as inescapable as they are intangible.

The Mail on Sunday (UK)

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April 12, 2021

It possesses the kind of one-star stupidness that, if properly embraced, can take you to a place of five-star wonder and amusement.

Observer (UK)

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April 19, 2021

It's when the maxim of "show, don't tell" is so laughably flouted, as in the examples above, that you start to fully appreciate the tremendous subtleties of, say, Unforgotten or Line of Duty.

Times (UK)

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April 19, 2021

Did anyone else watch the finale of Intruder and think: "Hold on - have I accidentally taken mind-bending drugs?"

The Arts Desk

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April 07, 2021

We're obviously heading for a lurid and sensational climax. It isn't King Lear, but it's got enough going on to keep you watching.