James Walton

Subtle, psychologically twisty drama: BBC3’s Bad Behaviour reviewed

Plus: the answer so far to the question ‘what’s not to like?’, about Sky Atlantic's The Lovers, is a slightly sheepish ‘nothing really’

Mean girls: Portia (Markella Kavenagh) leading her hench-women in Bad Behaviour. Credit: BBC/Matchbox Pictures
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