Coma review: A sweatily entertaining drama which takes sadistic delight in putting Jason Watkins through the wringer

How the Germans managed to distil 'taking pleasure in another person's misfortune' into a 13-letter word that's a pleasure to say is a mystery for another day. The mystery with Coma is how three hours of watching Jason Watkins being put through the wringer – emotionally and physically – could peter out in such a pedestrian way.

His twitchy, fearful Simon goes through agonies as his neighbour – seemingly senile Harry – drops hints about knowing what Simon did, the police just won't leave him alone, and secrets pile up on secrets. It's a delight watching him go through it all – that schadenfreude kicking in at every turn – as newspaper headlines proclaim Simon a hero, the CCTV he must somehow erase, the way Paul involves him in the hunt for his Jordan's assailant. There's some good lines too.

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