Roadkill
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Roadkill (2020) is a documentary and sports series from MotorTrend. It has built a run of 4 episodes. It premiered on October 18, 2020. Viewers rate it 7.9 out of 10. It is currently ended. It runs 1 season.
What Roadkill Is About
Roadkill is about self-made, forceful and charismatic politician Peter Laurence. Peter’s public and private life seems to be falling apart – or rather is being picked apart by his enemies. As the personal revelations spiral, he is shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, expertly walking a high wire between glory and catastrophe as he seeks to further his own agenda whilst others plot to bring him down. However, events show just how hard it is, for both an individual and a country, to leave the past behind. With enemies so close to home, can Peter Laurence ever out-run his own secrets to win the ultimate prize?
What to Expect When You Watch
The format keeps each instalment self-contained enough to drop into, the full run covers 4 episodes, spread across 1 season and it leans into its documentary/sports roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on David Freiburger, Mike Finnegan and Steve Magnante to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
David Freiburger, Mike Finnegan, Steve Magnante and Tony Angelo lead the cast.
Key roles include David Freiburger as Host; Mike Finnegan as Host; Steve Magnante as Guest host; Tony Angelo as Guest host.
Why It Stands Out
Fans of documentary and sports have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside MotorTrend’s other originals, a 7.9/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2020 and carried by MotorTrend with the series still ended, it lands hardest with documentary and sports viewers.
How Roadkill Compares
If Roadkill lands for you, the next stops are Clarkson's Farm, The Grand Tour and Fast N' Loud, which share its documentary/sports lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
Roadkill comes from MotorTrend. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole Roadkill is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its documentary/sports roots, It has held up since 2020 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
Roadkill is a safe bet for anyone already inside the documentary and sports lane, at 4 episodes it is an easy run to work through, the audience score holds around 7.9/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 7.9/10. Watch it if you want documentary/sports you can settle into.
