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    The Way on BBC One review: preachy, artless – Michael Sheen's directing debut is a criminal missed opportunity

    by George Chesterton Feb 19, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: BBC/Red Seam/Jon Pountney

    I deeply regret agreeing to review The Way, the BBC’s new three-part drama about a civil uprising in Port Talbot. It’s directed by Michael Sheen and everyone loves Michael Sheen, right? And the actors are all really good, too. Unfortunately, The Way is preachy and artless.

    The story follows members of the Driscoll family from Port Talbot in who lead a revolt following a strike over the future of the steel works. From this initial crisis the family become fugitives in a Britain that appears to have

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