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The Trick is a 2021 British television film directed by Pip Broughton and produced by Adrian Bate. It aired on BBC One on 18 October 2021.[1] The film is a dramatisation of the Climatic Research Unit email controversy.[2]

This article needs a plot summary. (October 2022)

The Trick
Directed by	Pip Broughton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Adrian Bate
Running time	89 minutes[1]
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	18 October 2021 (2021-10-18)

Cast

• Jason Watkins as Phil Jones
• Victoria Hamilton as Ruth Jones
• George MacKay as Sam Bowen
• Jerome Flynn as Neil Wallis
• Aneirin Hughes as Trevor Davies
• Ade Edmondson as Edward Acton
• Pooky Quesnel as Stella Acton
• Tara Divina as DS Anita Suppiah
• Rhashan Stone as Gareth Ellman
• Justin Salinger as DSI Julian Gregory
• David Calder as Sir David King
• Andrew Dunn as Graham Stringer

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Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, there were four critics' reviews with an average rating of 60%.[4] The Daily Telegraph's Anita Singh gave the film a rating of two out of five stars, concluding that the attempts to force the story to be a thriller fell flat.[5] The Independent's Ed Cumming found the characters boring and also rated the film two out of five stars.[2] The New Scientist's Elle Hunt wrote that the film was lacking in action, but felt that the filmmakers deserved kudos nonetheless for tackling such an important story.[6]

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