The Corner
October 31st, 2003
I see Channel 4 continuing their policy of scheduling good programmes at ridiculous times. On November 12th at 1.10am they’re showing the first episode of the six-part miniseries The Corner, an adaptation of David Simon’s book about inner-city life in Baltimore.
Simon’s previous book-to-TV adaptation resulted in a little series by the name of Homicide: Life on the Street (aka The Best Damn Show on Television) and his latest show, The Wire, has also been getting terrific reviews in the States, so naturally I’ve been keen to see The Corner show up on terrestrial TV. It’s just as well I was watching the listings carefully or I’d have completely missed the debut of The Corner. (Ironically, the only reason I spotted the show was that it took the slot previously allocated to an episode of the similarly mis-scheduled The Secret Life of Us.)