In The Herald, Damien Love also praised Eccleston's "brilliant" and "electrifying" performance, and said, "It's a strange, spiky programme, never perfect, but supremely watchable". The controversial second episode was reviewed by Pete Naughton for The Daily Telegraph, who said, "what McGovern tried and largely succeeded to do was to paint a compelling picture of the brutality that can arise when men under high levels of stress turn on one another" and that "it seemed clear early on that this was a drama about institutionalised bullying whose characters happened to be soldiers, rather than an attempt at a journalistic-style exposé of bullying within the Army". In The Guardian, John Crace found it "compelling": "McGovern remains one of the best TV writers in the business and if he does tend to get carried away with torturing his own characters, you can forgive him because of the pace and economy with which he delivers the story." Asking if it was good enough, Brian Viner for The Independent'' praised the acting and Crook's performance, and said: "McGovern's manifold skills shone through, too. ... However, I thought "Willy's Story" last week a finer piece of drama, character-led where this was issue-led, leaving too many questions unresolved." Although critically successful the show was not a ratings success. The show opened with 5.39 million viewers but ended with 3.19 million viewers. American adaptation In May 2021, Fox ordered an American adaptation of the series. It will be co-produced between Sony Pictures Television, All3Media America and Fox Entertainment and scheduled to premiere in the 2022–23 television season with Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa and David Shore as executive producers. It had premiered on January 22, 2023. Awards and nominations References External links 2010s British drama television series 2010 British television series debuts 2012 British television series endings 2010s British anthology television series BBC television dramas 2010s British legal television series British legal drama television series English-language television shows International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series winners Murder in television Rape in television Television series by All3Media