I find myself concurring with the reviewer who put off watching the series, not sure of whether it would be to their taste or not, I'm so glad I decided to give it a go, The Innocents got me hooked, and this is another fine episode.
The story is very clever, so well and tightly written. The production values are fantastic, it's a glorious looking production, some fantastic costumes, the music and filmography work well too, talk about transported back to the sixties. An interesting insight into capital punishment, and the views on abortion, attitudes in general seemed very different.
In this episode we learn more about the character of Sergeant Bacchus, at this stage I find him somewhat unpleasant, definitely hypocritical, utterly against abortion, but happy to break his marriage vows, I think it's possible that Gently took a little pleasure in flattening him.
Great performances once again, for me Mark Williams shone brightest, an actor I adore in Father Brown, here he proves just how versatile an actor he truly is, a fantastic performance.
A very confident episode, enjoyed it very much, 8/10
The story is very clever, so well and tightly written. The production values are fantastic, it's a glorious looking production, some fantastic costumes, the music and filmography work well too, talk about transported back to the sixties. An interesting insight into capital punishment, and the views on abortion, attitudes in general seemed very different.
In this episode we learn more about the character of Sergeant Bacchus, at this stage I find him somewhat unpleasant, definitely hypocritical, utterly against abortion, but happy to break his marriage vows, I think it's possible that Gently took a little pleasure in flattening him.
Great performances once again, for me Mark Williams shone brightest, an actor I adore in Father Brown, here he proves just how versatile an actor he truly is, a fantastic performance.
A very confident episode, enjoyed it very much, 8/10