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The style is very reminiscent of a lot of shows in the past 10 years or so.

A lot of Torchwood episodes also have a similar style.

The speaking direct to camera element is shared with Love & Monsters.

The characters warning of things to come combined with some to-camera acting is in The God Complex.

Alternatively as I've said that format of story telling has turned up in a lot of other TV story telling, so it might be something like Moffat's Sherlock that you're thinking of. Which also plays with similar styles and one of the most recent episodes of Sherlock was also directed by Colm McCarthy who also directed The Bells of St John.