Manhunt Nightstalker is based on the detective's own book and probably as good a police procedural drama you will see. Professional clashes, mountains of paperwork and computer read outs, hours of boredom and missed opportunities. Martin Clunes plays it very well as the mild mannered but determined police officer.
The first meeting of Clunes and the stalker is supposedly true, but utterly bizarre. Let's have a chat about cricket!
Being pedantic, the only thing that jars (and was probably the fault of the media at the time) but there is a continual referral of crimes committed in SE London. Apart from the police team being based being at Lewisham nick, the bulk of the crimes appeared to have occurred in Palace country off the A23. I would call that south London.
Just finished Alma’s Not Normal. Very good, not belly laughs all the time but some brilliantly funny lines and a bitter sweet comedy. Sophie Willan has used her past to good effect and I am now a big fan - the latest in a line of clever female comedians. Great support performances also by Lorraine Ashbourne, Jayde Adams, James Baxter and the ever versatile Siobhan Finneran.
Finding it very funny and as you say some brilliant lines.
Has anyone been watching 9 Perfect Strangers on Amazon?
It looks like the sort of thing I would like....but just wondered if anyone else had seen it?
I've seen it. Worth a watch, some good acting in it, Melissa McCarthy and Michael Shannon particularly. Get's a bit weird at times, but worth persevering.
What the fuck was that ending in Silent Witness? More cheese than a hobo’s helmet.
It's gone all, well I don't know how best to describe it. You had the one armed white woman, black lesbians and then the two main white characters who had never shown any interest in each other looking like they are madly in love, out of nowhere. Plus the deaf girl story.
Oh and the plot was pretty crap and boring and was almost side lined by the personal stories they were cramming in for the sake of it.
Vigil also managed to cram in a lesbian relationship which was very boring and appeared to be there purely for the sake of it.
Brand new UKTV Original six-part series based on the hugely successful BBC Radio 4 drama, written by Nick Walker and starring Olivier-award-winner Nicola Walker (The Split, Unforgotten) as DI Annika Strandhed, an enigmatic detective heading up a specialist Marine Homicide Unit.
Brand new UKTV Original six-part series based on the hugely successful BBC Radio 4 drama, written by Nick Walker and starring Olivier-award-winner Nicola Walker (The Split, Unforgotten) as DI Annika Strandhed, an enigmatic detective heading up a specialist Marine Homicide Unit.
Well worth a watch.
Was a good series but felt the parts where Nichola Walker was talking to the camera annoying.
As a big fan of Z Nation, made by the same team, it couldn't be more different but I still enjoyed it. Completely different in tone, and devoid of any of the humour of Z Nation, it's as bleak as you like. I always like a show that kills off a character quite early on that you think is going to become a mainstay.
Probably much more realistic in terms of the "everyone for themselves" nature of humans that we're seeing signs of played out in real life.
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The first meeting of Clunes and the stalker is supposedly true, but utterly bizarre. Let's have a chat about cricket!
Being pedantic, the only thing that jars (and was probably the fault of the media at the time) but there is a continual referral of crimes committed in SE London. Apart from the police team being based being at Lewisham nick, the bulk of the crimes appeared to have occurred in Palace country off the A23. I would call that south London.
My Hubby worked on that case back in the day.
Operation Minstead.
Is it only on ITV?
Only way RTÉ will take it on is if there’s any Irish actors in it.
I'm not sure I have too many recollections of the actual case. I do recall reports of a man shining a torch in elderly people's eyes at night though.
OMG! 😳😳😳😳😍😍😍😍😍
You had the one armed white woman, black lesbians and then the two main white characters who had never shown any interest in each other looking like they are madly in love, out of nowhere. Plus the deaf girl story.
Oh and the plot was pretty crap and boring and was almost side lined by the personal stories they were cramming in for the sake of it.
Vigil also managed to cram in a lesbian relationship which was very boring and appeared to be there purely for the sake of it.
Annika
Well worth a watch.
As a big fan of Z Nation, made by the same team, it couldn't be more different but I still enjoyed it. Completely different in tone, and devoid of any of the humour of Z Nation, it's as bleak as you like. I always like a show that kills off a character quite early on that you think is going to become a mainstay.
Probably much more realistic in terms of the "everyone for themselves" nature of humans that we're seeing signs of played out in real life.
Solid 6/10.
Watched & enjoyed it so found the other3 on iplayer & stayed up until 1.15am to finish off the series.
Thought it was excellent with some very good acting performances by the cast too.