I think that Martin Clunes is good value on TV and 'Manhunt' which finishes its three-evening run tonight has been very interesting so far. I didn't know about the case that the programme is about, following a murder in Twickenham in 2004. Good cast and Clunes has been doing a fine job as the central character. It's certainly giving Mrs C fewer nightmares than 'Luther' did recently.
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Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostI think that Martin Clunes is good value on TV and 'Manhunt' which finishes its three-evening run tonight has been very interesting so far. I didn't know about the case that the programme is outab, following a murder in Twickenham in 2004. Good cast and Clunes has been doing a fine job as the central character. It's certainly giving Mrs C fewer nightmares than 'Luther' did recently.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostApparently there is quite a lot of controversity around this programme: the Dowlers and the family of the girl murdered in Gunnersbury Park saying insufficient time has been allowed to elapse.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostI have to confess to having enjoyed it, treating it as a sort of satire. Successfully bringing off the characterisations (apart from the Cumberbatch character, who was presented "straight"), since they were caricatures of readymade real-life caricatures, was probably going to be problematic in the first instance. I think the idea was to try to see the personalities involved from his unsympathetising but at the same time unsympathetic viewpoint, and that, too, was going to be difficult, since neither he nor they would come out of it with any semblance of principle or integrity. The unfolding plot rushed and convoluted all salient detail beyond the point of comprehensibility, though this may be because my wit is now dimmed, but the ending was mind-blowing, and I had to go outside and take a walk to re-compose myself.
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Originally posted by DracoM View PostBrexit - the Uncivil War: deeply, deeply disappointing, and such a surprise with a cast like that. Good Grief!
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Excellent discussion of Brexit: The Uncivil War with James Graham and my hero, Carole Cadwalladr (treated appallingly by both Banks and Farage)...here...
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostExcellent discussion of Brexit: The Uncivil War with James Graham and my hero, Carole Cadwalladr (treated appallingly by both Banks and Farage)...here...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...he-uncivil-war
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Originally posted by edashtav View PostThat's a fascinating interview, Jayne, providing a wealth of context. I enjoyed and was troubled by the programme. The interview has helped me sort some of the fiction in its faction and that's important because issues vital to our polity have yet to be fully explored.
The inside story of our award-winning investigation into the political consulting firm and its use of Facebook profiles• Read our other top stories from 2018
etc etc...!Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 09-01-19, 16:58.
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostThanks to Carole and others we know quite a lot.... none of it good....
The inside story of our award-winning investigation into the political consulting firm and its use of Facebook profiles• Read our other top stories from 2018
etc etc...!
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Originally posted by edashtav View PostA brilliant drama and I agree with S_A's intelligent analysis.
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Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostI think that Martin Clunes is good value on TV and 'Manhunt' which finishes its three-evening run tonight has been very interesting so far. I didn't know about the case that the programme is about, following a murder in Twickenham in 2004. Good cast and Clunes has been doing a fine job as the central character. It's certainly giving Mrs C fewer nightmares than 'Luther' did recently.Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostApparently there is quite a lot of controversity around this programme: the Dowlers and the family of the girl murdered in Gunnersbury Park saying insufficient time has been allowed to elapse.Originally posted by Stanfordian View PostManhunt - Clunes in fine formOriginally posted by johncorrigan View PostOriginally posted by DublinJimbo View PostAgreed. Gripping stuff.
I did wonder about how the factual aspects of the story - which I remember very clearly - had been fictionalised, and how the surviving relatives (it wasn't that long ago) might respond to this. Some TV Police Procedural clichés (the snappy boss in the office upstairs; the lead detective's frictious domestic life; the insider passing on information to the press; the grumpy young DS looking for promotion) gave it more of an air of fiction. I think these are valid reservations in what was nonetheless - as DubJim says - "gripping stuff".[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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