简介：LeeInglebygivesaperformanceofthoughtfulintensityasDavid,thetitularNatureBoyinthisBBCdramawhichcombinesapersonalquestforanabsentfatherwithcontemporaryenvironmentalthemes.Thefirstepisodefinds17-year-oldDavidincare,illustratinghisloveofanimalsandthepeacehefindsatanearbywildlifereserve.Followingshockingviolence,andhauntedbyvisions(recallingthestronglyenvironmentalEdgeofDarkness)ofhisfather(PaulMcGann),Davidgoesonamodern-dayodysseythroughoutwhich,likeTomJonesbeforehim,womenfindhisnaïveinnocentcharmirresistible.Davidthough,fallsforenvironmentalactivistJenny(JoanneFroggatt)andbecomesinvolvedwithindustrialpollutionandthebattletosaveanancientwoodland.Aftertheexcellenceofthefirstthreeepisodes,thefinalemovesintonotentirelyconvincingsciencefictionterritory,andoffersaresolutionwhichraisesasmanyquestionsasitanswers.NeverthelessNatureBoyisanatmospheric,movingriteofpassage,withsomethingofthefeelofKestoit,whichavoidssimple-mindedpolemics,andpacksarawedge(andlanguage)thatsomewillfindshocking.--GarySDalkin--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.…