I give it a 9 for acting & story line. But a ZERO for conclusion. The series was cancelled so we are just left hanging. Will one brother die? Will the other be torn between two women? Will the town fall apart. Will evil Coates take over? And poor fellow left shot in the street. NO JUSTICE I did love the fact that no F*** words. Excellent writing Why was this show cancelled? It is a travesty Do not waste your time watching, there is no conclusion & it is utterly frustrating. It is fascinating seeing a sort of Western set in Yorkshire. The actors are all wonderful. My husband & I love Jessica Raine from "Call the Midwife" & she has a major role in "Jericho." So we were excited about this series. It contains prostitutes, hard working men & women, people trying to survive in a hardscrabble town, building a viaduct. The interactions are fascinating. But as I say. Just WHAM. It's over. No conclusion & no apologies. We're furious about this

This series is simply a classic example of mainstream pulp fodder aimed to push modern political idealism by setting it in the past and trying to convince a mindless audience everyone has always thought what Hollywood wants us to think now.OK it wasn't directly made by Hollywood but a quick check on the production associates and the financial origins behind this rubbish will identify the link. Independent UK productions are just a dream of the past: now we have to suffer virtual Westerns set in Victorian Yorkshire.And we have to suffer the pulp of beautiful young women in carefully contrived modern make up playing mature mothers in poor villages 150 years ago. And colored bosses behaving as if civil rights had been won before time began. The plot is contrived and predictable, the sets are designed by fashion students and the acting gives as much feeling for the 19th century as Macauley Culkin in Home Alone.You are better off watching WWE wrestling: avoid if you value you time.

An American with 30 years experience put in charge of a British railway gang? In those days the British were way ahead of the Americans in railway building techniques, and most American bridges were still being made of wood, so why would he be a good man to be in charge of building a stone viaduct?As someone already pointed out, there were no Irish accents, but 3 black characters; one with an American accent, one West Indies accent and one Yorkshire. Hardly realistic for 19th century Yorkshire. My Grandfather was a navvy on the Yorkshire railways in the 19th century. (He had a Cheshire accent.)Otherwise an enjoyable drama.Also the IMDb cast list has credited the wrong Dean Andrews. It should be http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1080214/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8 who also appeared in "Last Tango in Halifax"

Another of those series I had high hopes for. Jessica Raine is a truly talented and very beautiful actress, but her agent seems to be working for the competition, firstly Partners in Crime, which flopped quite miserably, and then Jericho. The format of the show is interesting, and I find the subject matter quite intriguing, sadly I find the finished product rather lacking on several levels. The dialogue is definitely wrong, a few attempts with the odd 'yonder' and 'me fine lady,' but largely it felt out of place. I am struggling to believe that Jessica Raine is old enough to be the mother of her daughter, surely they're sisters?Everyone is too immaculate, for the time I could imagine it being a little more rugged, a bit more grimy and Earthy, it all feels too fresh and shiny. Quite a poor attempt. Channel Four made a drama called The Mill a few years ago, which captured the true harshness of the time, Jericho seems devoid of it.Mehh 4/10