This week British TV drama is represented by two very similar programmes on BBC and ITV. Both have children murdered at the very beginning, both are stacked with red herrings and both are set in small communities. Is anyone enjoying either one of them and what do they say about the state of British TV ?
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been following Mayday since it started - it's OK but not the best drama series around of recent times. quite gripping and, as you say, lots of red herrings and seeming dead ends, and some very very strange characters.
in fact I have no real idea wtf is going on!!
Taped Broadchurch, and haven't watched it yet...
Been watching Mayday... When it finished last night Suzie asked me if I thought we had even seen the real killer yet ???
Has to be the most disfunctional village I have ever seen, Do the residents committe reject prospective buyers for being norma ?
I think Seth is the sanest person there
you could be right about Seth - on the surface, loopy as fuck, but quite sane underneath.
I have my doubts about lots of them but Malcolm and Gail's son (name??) is on my watch list - he's quiet but has a creepy air about him
Enjoyed the first episode of Broadchurch, but there are some common themes seen in current tv dramas
- the detective with a 'past' - cue flashbacks and fuzzy moments
- his popular sidekick who wanted the top job - cue some rivalry
- the reporter from London who has already stolen a teddy bear from the memorial
(boo hiss etc)
I do like the family/close friend twists in the town i.e. the local reporter/dead lad's best friend both related to the female detective
...and unless he was Phillips Idowu he didn't fall from that cliff
C McL - do you understand the meaning of the word irony??
nah - my money's on the one you least expect - Steve
or maybe someone else....
nice twist at the end I thought and lots of unanswered questions
what happened to Seth after he was beaten up by Hattie's father? what's happening to Gail? etc
perhaps a Mayday2 to explore some of these??