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Post by marion on Nov 12, 2024 18:37:55 GMT
Oh please, spare me! Hopefully in episode 1 waving her off from Heathrow!
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Post by sleepyp on Nov 12, 2024 18:44:27 GMT
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Post by marion on Nov 12, 2024 19:52:01 GMT
The new lead. A woman detective returning home to Australia.
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Post by sleepyp on Nov 12, 2024 22:45:44 GMT
Thanks Marion.. I hadn’t heard much about the programme, just googled and can’t say it appeals a lot tbh
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Post by linseed on Nov 12, 2024 23:01:23 GMT
I’ll give it a go, if only for the sunshine . According to IMDb Ardal O’Hanlon is in 2 of the 6 episodes.
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Post by geometryman on Nov 13, 2024 22:55:46 GMT
Ardal O'Hanlon plays the London-based boss of the main character Mackenzie Clarke, played by Anna Samson - who says she never actually met Ardal during filming, since all her scenes were shot in Oz and all his in London. So I guess Ardal will mostly be seen on the end of a telephone line.
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Post by kakewalk on Nov 14, 2024 12:40:20 GMT
So he’s not appearing as the character he was, he’s in it in a completely different role. How can they even think of doing that to an ex-lead?
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Post by Miranda on Nov 14, 2024 13:51:58 GMT
He was in the Met the first time. I'm guessing he's been promoted?
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Post by beverley61 on Nov 14, 2024 14:16:32 GMT
Do you think it's basically going to be similar to the spin off where they are in Cornwall and we have all the IVF stuff. I only watch that for the supporting cast who are brilliant.
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Post by Miranda on Nov 14, 2024 19:08:08 GMT
I don't think he's going to be in it much. So it will depend on the cast in Australia.
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Post by sleepyp on Nov 22, 2024 23:29:07 GMT
Return to Paradise?
After about 10 minutes of episode 1… no I don’t think I will
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Post by beverley61 on Nov 23, 2024 7:14:48 GMT
It was quite old fashioned, trite attempts at humour and badly acted wasn't it. I'll give it another go to see if that was just because we were being introduced to the main characters.
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Post by linseed on Nov 23, 2024 8:19:39 GMT
A lot of it was being introduced to the characters. I’ll stay with it, it was light hearted fun
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Post by marion on Nov 23, 2024 9:59:01 GMT
I shall stay with it for the sun but really, it was pretty naff. I did like the male DC and the pathologist. The lead was dreadful, with her twitching, and darting eyeballs. The female volunteer was obviously an attempt to copy the office woman from Beyond Paradise, but failed miserably. Lots of clichés I thought. Not good at all, but wallpaper TV for afternoons or evenings.
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Post by beatxt on Nov 23, 2024 12:33:14 GMT
I enjoyed it.
They seem to be doing it as tongue-in-cheek take-off of DIP (itself a tongue-in cheek take-off... etc..). I wasn't bothered much about the crime plot - it's more about the journey than the destination. Ridiculous characters - and they've even given them their own pathologist (with lab) on the doorstep.
There was a memorable one-liner where the ex-teacher/community officer complained her civil liberties were being infringed and the junior officer reminded her that the day before she'd asked if she could have a gun!
The lead reminds me of Sarah Parish circa W1A.
The bearded UK detective, Lloyd Griffith, (who I only recall from being on House of Games but seems to have been in loads of shows) every now and then made a gesture or said a phrase that sounded as if he was spoofing Ricky Gervais. (He seems to be speaking with a soft Birmingham accent, though Wiki-p says he's from Grimsby and was a choral scholar at Exeter Uni.)
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Anymore to come?
