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Post by geometryman on Jun 1, 2017 9:54:18 GMT
I'm looking forward to this crime drama starring Laura Fraser, Siobhan Finneran and John Sessions. Featuring beautiful Loch Ness scenery, it's "another Broadchurch for ITV, but this time set in Scotland" says the RT. It will start at 9.00 pm on Sunday 11 Jun (i.e. clashing with Poldark): www.tvwise.co.uk/2017/05/itv-sets-premiere-date-loch/ |
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Post by sootycat on Jun 1, 2017 11:26:42 GMT
Looking forward to this...No problem for me as I don't watch Poldark.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Jun 2, 2017 10:13:21 GMT
Hmm, so it will clash with both Poldark and The Handmaid's Tale. One for ITV+1, methinks. And I do hope they rustle up some Scottish actors who actually are Scottish. John Sessions and Laura Fraser both are, not sure about the rest of the cast.
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Post by geometryman on Jun 8, 2017 11:57:01 GMT
My expectations of this have gone down slightly - RT describes it as "decidedly odd" with "many curious features".
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 12:03:33 GMT
Didn't like the decidedly shouty trailer. It completely put me off.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Jun 9, 2017 17:51:52 GMT
Haven't seen the trailer yet. Alison Graham of RT describes this as 'Hamish Macbeth Meets Hinterland Stopping at Broadchurch'. Oh, dear. I loved those three but don't fancy a mashup of them. Well, it can't be any worse than Paula!
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Post by geometryman on Jun 9, 2017 18:27:42 GMT
At least the cast looks reasonable, which is partly why I first noticed it. Siobhan Finneran is generally good, Laura Fraser isn't bad and John Sessions is an accomplished old hand. Also in it (episode 1 at least) are Alastair Mackenzie (Archie in Monarch of the Glen), and Simone Lahbib who made an impression in the only thing I know her from - a Downton Abbey Christmas special.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Jun 10, 2017 9:54:59 GMT
Simone Lahbib was in Monarch of the Glen as well, as a woman who inherited a wreck of a farm and tried to make a go of it while becoming Paul's love interest for a while (Paul replaced Archie). She was written out because she was pregnant but I don't remember the reason for her character's departure. She had a former business partner who turned up, trying to persuade her back into business, perhaps that was it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2017 21:31:56 GMT
I've taped it, hopefully like some things it's better than it's trailer.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Jun 12, 2017 8:23:37 GMT
I thought it got off to a promising start and will tune in next week. Nice to see Siobhan Finneran playing a figure of authority for a change.
Interesting to see John Heffernan as the homophobic doctor. I last saw him as Long Susan's creepy lawyer in Ripper Street, and as Jaggers in Dickensian. He seems to specialise in playing rotters – I wonder if that's through choice? Actors often say baddies are more interesting.
I imagine he is not the murderer in The Loch – I can't see him weighing someone down with a curling stone and chucking him in the loch, though he could have turfed him over the side of a boat I suppose. Are we meant to think the dead man is at the bottom of the Loch? This is Loch Ness, the deepest loch in the UK, so if he is there then he won't be found. He could be near the shore but if you're going to dispose of someone that way you would do it in the middle, surely?
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Post by Miranda on Jun 12, 2017 8:52:33 GMT
A curling stone? Those things are bloody expensive! He couldn't just use a rock from the shore?
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Post by geometryman on Jun 12, 2017 9:15:22 GMT
I thought it was a pretty good start too. Dubbing it MacBroadchurch, as some did, is a bit unfair (although we saw some blue twine!) - there was no serial killer in Broadchurch and experts weren't parachuted in to solve cases, though I suppose the small community aspect is similar. Also there's nothing particularly odd yet apart from the killer's actions - though Kieran's comatose brother suddenly opening his eyes was a bit supernatural. As is often the case with an opening episode, I was struggling to take in who all the characters are. I found this which is quite helpful: metro.co.uk/2017/06/11/what-is-new-itv-crime-drama-the-loch-about-and-when-is-it-on-6695841/ |
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Post by goodhelenstar on Jun 12, 2017 11:04:45 GMT
Yes, that's a good checklist. I didn't think the body in the loch had been found though – it was still submerged at the end of the episode, wasn't it?
I think the curling stone is meant to be symbolic – curling is popular in the north and they were curling at the start of the episode. Either that or it was handy!
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Post by LoopyLobes on Jun 12, 2017 11:07:08 GMT
I watched it and thought it was rather different, I'll carry on and see how it goes.
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Post by Miranda on Jun 12, 2017 11:12:34 GMT
I've watched it now and quite enjoyed it. Looking forward to seeing all the secrets being revealed. And the scenery is gorgeous!
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