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Trigger Point season two review: Twisty Vicky McClure thriller is back with a boom

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The term “cliffhanger” arose in the early part of the 20th century. It was in response to the cheap thrills derived, in serialised fiction, from ending a story with a high-stakes, unresolved image, such as, to pick a random example, someone hanging from a cliff by their fingertips. The cliffhanger has become a staple of , not least in the world of British police procedurals like , ITV’s bomb disposal series which is returning this week for its second season. How, in

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