{"id":44656,"date":"2024-01-28T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1980422"},"modified":"2024-01-28T13:39:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T12:39:39","slug":"trigger-point-the-experience-puts-radiotimes-com-to-the-test","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/trigger-point-the-experience-puts-radiotimes-com-to-the-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Trigger Point: The Experience puts RadioTimes.com to the test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Could our Senior Drama Writer be expo material? (Spoiler alert: no.) <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By David Craig\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 28 January 2024 at 12:00 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The nerve-shredding events of ITV drama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/trigger-point-season-2-release-date\/\">Trigger Point<\/a> have led many of us to ponder whether we have what it takes to be an explosives officer. Now, I know with some certainty that I don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>An immersive experience in a South London warehouse threw me into one of the show\u2019s nightmare scenarios, casting me as an unlikely civilian assistant to a compromised expo.<\/p>\n<p>The officer had found herself trapped in a rigged van, channelling Vicky McClure\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/trigger-point-cast-itv\/\">Lana Washington<\/a> as she gave me some no-nonsense instructions for saving us both.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, she didn\u2019t anticipate my poor observational skills, jumpy persona and general inability to tell left from right.<\/p>\n<p>Against such adversity, could we get out of this mess to fight another day? Watch below to find out exactly what happened.<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: \"559b1b6ef7b90b1d7e0921d36cfcf3353bf36f9b\" <br\/>Mix ID: \"\" <br\/>Player ID: \"Tw3-XowQ\" <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn't appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"Tw3-XowQ\" content-id=\"559b1b6ef7b90b1d7e0921d36cfcf3353bf36f9b\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <p>Between the committed performances of the two actors involved, the mechanisms inside the rigged van and the enveloping sound that repeatedly gave me a little fright, this really was an intense simulation.<\/p>\n<p>While I was trying to keep things light for the cameras, my adrenaline was pumping as I scrambled around attempting to test and cut wires as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers were charitable enough to give me the illusion of victory, although in the corner of my eye I did note that the countdown timer had been at zero for some time.<\/p> <p>It\u2019s for this reason I continue to doubt my usefulness in a real-life crisis, but my appreciation for the work of the real expos has only grown. Truly, they are something else.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see more bomb-defusing action, don\u2019t miss Lana Washington\u2019s return this weekend, where she\u2019s thrown back into the deep end as a mysterious new threat targets London in Trigger Point season 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trigger Point season 2 premieres on ITV1 and ITVX at 9pm on Sunday 28th January 2024. 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