Review: cracking second serve of The Code shows Canberra as we don't know it

By Michael Idato
Updated September 3 2016 - 12:08am, first published 12:00am
Political journalist Ned Banks (Dan Spielman) faces extradition to the US as <i>The Code</i> returns. Photo: Kate Ryan
Political journalist Ned Banks (Dan Spielman) faces extradition to the US as <i>The Code</i> returns. Photo: Kate Ryan

With its gleaming buildings, sinister shadows and taut-as-a-guitar-string soundtrack, gritty political thriller The Code (ABC, Thursday, 8.30pm) is built on the premise that Australian audiences will not only watch political thrillers, but that we can create them with an authentic-enough edge that viewers will be able to suspend disbelief.

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