Episode #1.3
- Episode aired Mar 10, 2023
- 58m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
390
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The team investigate when a beloved painting disappears in a seemingly impossible heist that rocks the community.The team investigate when a beloved painting disappears in a seemingly impossible heist that rocks the community.The team investigate when a beloved painting disappears in a seemingly impossible heist that rocks the community.
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- TriviaHumphrey vists HQ, which is shown to be South West Police. The series is set in Devon, which would make Shipton Abbot part of the Devon and Cornwall Police, South West Police is entirely fictional.
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written by Alexander Oriet / David Phelan / Nathan Evans
performed by Nathan Evans
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Light-hearted mysteries, without needing murders!
We've seen three of these so far, and the people wailing because it's not Death in Paradise should give their heads a wobble. No, it's not the Caribbean, well done, but as the vast majority of British series are set here, so what?
The stories look set to be mysteries, not all murders, and that's fine too. We got used to the barmy spectacle of Midsomer Massacres wiping out half of southern England, the Oxford population being decimated (Morse), and that small West Indies island also having a murder rate slightly worse than the Colombian drugs suburbs.
The show looks like they've got a good cast, with a variety of characters to give the viewers a few funny moments along with the impenetrable crimes, the station has a well-meaning idiot, a nerdy junior detective, an old sourpuss, and Marshall's eccentric DI Humphrey, newly shifted to Devon as his fiancee has moved back home. Sally Bretton gives expert help in that role, and - JOY - the wonderful Barbara Flynn is playing her mother. Flynn can do no wrong - though we have to excuse her that recent ITV Kate & Koji tosh she was in, everyone has bills I suppose?!
This show should catch on, decent plots for the crimes, and a bit of a twist with Humphrey's lady having her ex boyfriend (ex-fiance apparently!) as her new business partner, bailing her out (Jamie Bamber in that role). Given the many series that the original DiP show has had (so far, more to come), the viewers clearly like this type of thing, a little mystery to consider, and sympathetic characters, with a few funny lines thrown in. A further twist is the relative novelty of dropping the 2 detectives into the crime scenes as they work through the plot possibilities, a kind of enhanced flash-back? Seems to work well so far.
So, clever plots, a good cast, nice scenery, and the cases are hard enough to give viewers a chance to solve them without being too easy (this one had a good clue re an escapologist interest!) . Hopefully further series will be commissioned!
The stories look set to be mysteries, not all murders, and that's fine too. We got used to the barmy spectacle of Midsomer Massacres wiping out half of southern England, the Oxford population being decimated (Morse), and that small West Indies island also having a murder rate slightly worse than the Colombian drugs suburbs.
The show looks like they've got a good cast, with a variety of characters to give the viewers a few funny moments along with the impenetrable crimes, the station has a well-meaning idiot, a nerdy junior detective, an old sourpuss, and Marshall's eccentric DI Humphrey, newly shifted to Devon as his fiancee has moved back home. Sally Bretton gives expert help in that role, and - JOY - the wonderful Barbara Flynn is playing her mother. Flynn can do no wrong - though we have to excuse her that recent ITV Kate & Koji tosh she was in, everyone has bills I suppose?!
This show should catch on, decent plots for the crimes, and a bit of a twist with Humphrey's lady having her ex boyfriend (ex-fiance apparently!) as her new business partner, bailing her out (Jamie Bamber in that role). Given the many series that the original DiP show has had (so far, more to come), the viewers clearly like this type of thing, a little mystery to consider, and sympathetic characters, with a few funny lines thrown in. A further twist is the relative novelty of dropping the 2 detectives into the crime scenes as they work through the plot possibilities, a kind of enhanced flash-back? Seems to work well so far.
So, clever plots, a good cast, nice scenery, and the cases are hard enough to give viewers a chance to solve them without being too easy (this one had a good clue re an escapologist interest!) . Hopefully further series will be commissioned!
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- Tony-Holmes
- Mar 11, 2023
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- Runtime58 minutes
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