I watched after seeing the advertisements on Hulu. I love a good mystery/thriller. However, this is a terrible show. The little black girl is murdered and her biological father, who is innocent, is automatically thrown in jail. The one who actually committed the crime, the foster dad, goes unpunished and free. Little girl gets no justice and neither does the family of her biological dad. This is a terrible series.

Another magnificent performance from the peerless Sarah Lancashire. Finn Bennett who played the son Si, the tortured, confused, unloved, observant, awkward teenager who knew that his father had murdered Kiri but chose not to turn him in, preferring to punish him by condemning him to live alone with his bitter, twisted, unfaithful liar of a wife while he was dumped at an expensive boarding school to cure him of his bitterness. The drama ended suddenly, unsatisfyingly in a way, we were guessing what the outcome of the trial would be, might Si decide to contact the police and tell them the truth or would he protect his mother from prosecution for perverting the course of justice. We will nevr know, but one this is certain, our Social Service system is broken, and their methods of placing and protecting children in the care system needs to change, to allow foster carers and adopters to know the history of the damaged children they hope to provide a loving, stable family.

I like the program its a good Drama was waiting for it to come on enjoying watching it until the F word came up again i enjoy watching dramas like this but why oh why do we have to put up with the swearing it does not add to it at all there are hundreds of programs on and people watch them because of the story the actors the theme NOTHING TO DO WITH OH MY GOODNESS YOU HAVE TO WATCH KIRI BECAUSE THEY SWEAR IN IT i find it off putting and i think im not the only one yes in life people swear at the pubs the clubs at work etc but we dont have to have it all through the dramas as well Afraid i wont be watching the rest of it for that reason .

.....they are all despised by the the Tabloid Press and a large percentage of its readers. As a result of several tragic high - profile cases in recent years,local government Childrens' Services have been vilified and individual Social Workers hounded out of their jobs and the sterling work that most of them do it is conveniently forgotten. "Kiri" starts off with a compassionate and well - meaning social worker making the decision to allow a young black girl about to be adopted by white parents visit her blood grandparents. When the child fails to return home and is rather quickly found murdered,Miriam (Miss S.Lancashire ,convincing dowdy - down but not out;hanging in there) is hung out to dry by her superiors,all keen to distance themselves from her. "99% of the time you're a brilliant social worker...." her boss says as she spears her in the back. Sporting a convincing Bristol accent,Miss Lancashire has no trouble sweeping "Kiri" along in her wake.Not since "Happy Valley" has British TV presented a female character so dominating. In this first episode most of the other characters are hastily sketched,leaving Miriam alone to be fleshed out as a real human being. This may change as the series continues,but right now we are looking at yet another triumph,another award - winning role for one of our best T.V actresses. She is in danger of giving Social Workers a good name.