Review of The Great and the Good

The final episodes in each series have seemed to struggle since being extended to 7 or 8 episodes and this is no exception. Too many coincidences make for an inplausable ending which strangely is unravelled by Tom to Joyce rather the writer letting the culprit explain themselves or being adequately spoken to by Tom. If they didn't have time to unravel the reasoning in this episode then they have no chance when the next series comes along with shorter running times to accommodate the additional commercial breaks ITV had now been allowed. It does seem strange that this show is generally filmed through the autumn and winter. Daffodils being clearly on show assumes this was filmed in March or April. Most shows are made during the long summer months but, living near Stratford upon Avon at the time, perhaps John Nettles spent his summer months with The Bard.