20 h. ago The Revenge Club review – this starry divorce caper makes you want to laugh and cry at the same time

Martin Compston and Meera Syal are among the names in this tale of divorcees hitting back at their exes. It’s a thriller, comedy and psychodrama all at once – but could maybe do with being more simpleSometimes three-in-one type things are good. Phone chargers with lots of leads for all your devices that have stupidly different ports. Those woolly hats that cover your neck and lower face, so you look daft but are impregnable to winter cold. The Nars blusher stick that is also a lipstick and eyeshadow.When it comes to dramas, however, it’s best to stick to one field of endeavour. The Revenge Club is a gallimaufry of tones, styles and performances. Watching it is like looking through a kaleidoscope that someone twists for you every few minutes; it’s fun but quite disorienting after a while. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago ‘The angry Scotsman is always funny’: Martin Compston on new comedy drama series

The 41-year-old stars in new comedy drama series The Revenge Club, centred around a divorce support club.

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26 h. ago Line of Duty's Martin Compston admits going to 'dark place' in new role

EXCLUSIVE: The Revenge Club has just landed on Paramount Plus and Martin Compston opened up about his role.

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26 h. ago The Revenge Club cast from Line of Duty icon to Peaky Blinders star

The Revenge Club has arrived on Paramount Plus with a star-studded cast

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27 h. ago Line of Duty's Martin Compston on 'breaking down' filming new thriller

EXCLUSIVE: The Revenge Club stars Line of Duty's Martin Compston in an emotional thriller on Paramount Plus

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27 h. ago The Revenge Club cast in full from Line of Duty legend to Shetland star

The Revenge Club boasts a star-studded ensemble cast.

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27 h. ago Line of Duty's Martin Compston admits going into 'dark place' for new thriller

EXCLUSIVE: Martin Compston opened up about the emotionally-driven series The Revenge Club and how he dealt with such heavy topics.

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29 h. ago Martin Compston: ‘I don’t have many regrets in life, but that does give me cold sweats’

He’s about to reprise the role that made him a household name for the long-awaited seventh season, but first, the Scot is starring in a revenge thriller with a difference. He talks to Katie Rosseinsky about career near-misses, the ‘kernels of truth’ in the new ‘Line of Duty’ script and why he can’t wait for the World Cup

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30 h. ago ‘I live for playing cops and robbers!’ Martin Compston on love, Las Vegas and the new Line of Duty

He’ll soon be going back on the hunt for bent coppers – but not before a wild revenge tale of divorcees going rogue. The star talks feeling inferior to Meera Syal, his life in the US and why he’s thrilled to be typecastWhile we embark on the inhumanly long wait for the new season of Line of Duty, which starts shooting in January, you’ll see Martin Compston – the show’s hero and true north – a number of times. Twice as you’ve never seen him before, and once, in Red Eye, in the form that you’ve come to know and love him: brisk and taciturn, brave and speedy, the man you’d trust to save the world while the dopes all around him can’t even see it needs saving.But first, The Revenge Club, in which he is a revelation. The setting is a support group for divorcees, a ragtag gang united by nothing but the fact that they’ve been summarily dismissed by their spouses. “There’s no other reason for these characters to be in each other’s lives,” Compston says from his home in Las Vegas (more on tha...

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1 week ago The Revenge Club release date, cast and episodes for 'darkly funny thriller'

The Revenge Club stars Martin Compston and Aimée-Ffion Edwards in a darkly comic thriller

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1 week ago The Revenge Club release date and cast unveiled for Martin Compston thriller

The Revenge Club is a highly anticipated darkly comic thriller

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