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Timothy Spall’s heartbreaking performance elevates Jack Thorne’s thumpingly British adaptation of “The Commuter” above the average.

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“Crazy Diamond”’s locations include the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking; Black Park (a regular haunt of Hammer horror); Brandy Hole marina in Hullbridge, Essex; Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset; and Dungeness Lighthouse.

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“Crazy Diamond” nods to “Shine on You Crazy Diamond”, a Pink Floyd song about original singer Syd Barrett – the record Ed plays is a cover of Barrett solo track “octopus”, by Graham Coxon and Robyn Hitchcock.

BEST LINE

Paula in “Real Life” (1.05): “Trust me, you’re not really a lesbian super-cop in the future in a flying car!”

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The pig-woman in “Crazy Diamond” is Joanna Scanlan, who was press secretary Terri Coverley in The Thick Of It.