Sway
- Episode aired Jul 13, 2014
- TV-PG
- 1h 29m
A housewife found choked to death in her own house marks the third strangling in a month, setting Oxford City Police on edge.A housewife found choked to death in her own house marks the third strangling in a month, setting Oxford City Police on edge.A housewife found choked to death in her own house marks the third strangling in a month, setting Oxford City Police on edge.
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Did you know
- TriviaColin Dexter: a passenger on a bus, while Joan and her mother assist a blind man with boarding.
- GoofsThe Remembrance Day poppies worn by various characters have green plastic stalks. In the early-to-mid 1960s the stalks of the poppies were bare metal wire.
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DI Fred Thursday: A policeman's lot is not a happy one, I'm told, but the lot of a policeman's wife hardly gets a mention. But while I've been out, running around, nabbing villains and uh generally playing silly buggers, the real brains of the outfit has made a house a home, rasised two children - our children - seen 'em off to school each morning, clean and smart, and somehow, even with all that to do, there's always been a hot meal for me when I get home. Twenty-five years ago I got the best bit of luck any man ever had. The toast is: my Win.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Unforgotten: Episode #1.2 (2015)
- SoundtracksSway
(uncredited)
Performed by Dean Martin
Composed by Luis Demetrio and Pablo Beltrán Ruiz
Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
The story somehow feels very much in keeping with the time frame, mysteries featuring cold blooded stranglers were very much in vogue in the fifties and sixties, so the premise works well. So much interesting character play, the roles reversed, with Morse enjoying his private life, and Thursday facing some personal problems.
They captured the feel of a sixties Department store beautifully, the formality and procedures brilliantly brought to life. The store made for a fantastic setting, with the killer lurking somewhere amongst the upmarket goods.
Fabulous use of music, glorious production values, and superb performances, Cécile Paoli (luisa) and Joe Bannister (Mr Burridge) were particularly good, those elements coupled with a first class script from Russell Lewis make 'Sway' a truly brilliant episode.
Loved it, 9/10
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Jul 22, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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