“When you really think about it, you are coming to work and making a bit of dinner. So why are people having breakdowns? Getting addicted to drugs and alcohol?”
Philip Barantini is the director of new BBC One drama Boiling Point. The series picks up the story and characters from his intense, Bafta-nominated film of the same name – which now resides on Netflix – starring Stephen Graham and Vinette Robinson and was filmed in one hugely complex 90-minute take.
The series, like the original film, shows just what it takes to make it through the night working in a restaurant. In the film, renowned head chef Andy Jones (Graham) is seen spiralling into a
