Cormoran Strike is a very modern detective and this adaptation maintains a balance between raw authenticity and the hokier demands of the genre. This looks like a job for Cormoran Strike. And how can a character called Cormoran Strike introduce himself to strangers with a straight face? In the new BBC adaptation Strike: The Cuckoo’s Calling (BBC1, Sunday), most of these difficulties are at least acknowledged. That’s a bit Roger Rabbit.” Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke) is himself is a very modern PI: he lost a leg in Afghanistan, and he is also the estranged son of a rock star.

Source: The Guardian August 28, 2017 04:52 UTC