James Walton

Touchingly free of cynicism: C4’s Somewhere Boy reviewed

Plus: the return of Sky Atlantic's Gangs of London provides a welcome adrenaline rush

Lewis Gribben as Danny in the touchingly uncynical Somewhere Boy. Credit: Channel 4

At the start of Somewhere Boy, an 18-year-old boy is rescued from an isolated house by his aunt Sue following his father’s suicide – and what she, the police and social services regard as a lifetime of abuse. Since he was small, Danny’s father, Sam, had forbidden him from going outside, telling him the world was full of monsters who’d kill him if he did.

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