Or the same channel's four-part drama Top Boy, a richly detailed, eye-opening depiction of how young men living in inner cities can get embroiled in crime and amorality, based on months of research by its writer Ronan Bennett.
Martin Scorsese's new film, "Silence," opens with a depiction of horrors the torture, crucifixion, and execution of Christians in Japan in 1633 along with a description, in voice-over, by a Portuguese missionary named Ferreira (Liam Neeson), who witnessed the terrifying events.
The film opens with the depiction of an almost identical incident, following afterwards a fictional story in which the Turkish protagonist seeks retaliation against the American Commander responsible for the incident.
Indeed, by opening the film with a depiction of sailors Rachel Brownstein opines that the director is confronting a common complaint of Austen's works – her failure to mention the Napoleonic Wars.
Others have applauded its open-minded depiction of Muslim girls expressing themselves without an overpowering message.
In 2006 a redback spider stamp was designed as part of a "Dangerous Australians" stamp series, but was withheld from general circulation by Australia Post due to concerns that the realistic depiction would scare people opening their letter boxes.
The opening pages of "A Happy Marriage" are a wonderful depiction of the sheer electricity that can occur upon first meeting the person one is destined to love.
The opera opens with a fitful depiction of the storm at sea, driven by skittish bursts and slashing dissonances.
Among the more genuinely startling elements of "Open" is its scornful depiction of Ms. Shields as shallow, materialistic, dense and not sufficiently interested in Mr. Agassi's career.
The oratorio -- without its original Part 1, as generally performed these days -- opens with a vivid depiction of the plagues visited on Egypt during the Israelites' captivity, colorfully rendered here.
"Concussion" opens with a painful depiction of Webster's descent into his personal hell.
