the audience applauded

Good movie but grossly overrated

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

I noticed this on a Canadian television schedule one Wednesday evening and I taped it to watch later. I had seen it on the TV guide before but had not looked at it closely. Once I did I realized I recognized the two Indian actors from previous work and knew they were British. I love the British dramas so was ticked off I'd obviously missed the first episode.Nevertheless I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was a pretty good show and I figured out the characters and story lines quickly. Beautifully shot and acted, I'm very impressed. I do miss Heartbeat and The Royal and this is a good replacement. The first series just finished and I'm looking forward to series 2 starting next week.

Yes it pulls at the heart and yes it has some wonderful humor of situation and yes with only three short five episode seasons it's just way too short. Prem Sharma, Sanjeev Bhaskar, arrives from India with his wife, Kamini. His wife, who is accustomed to a comfortable life in India replete with servants and mixing with the best people, is horrified to see her new home in South Wales. The town is a backwater replete with the usual cast of idiosyncratic British oddballs--think Doc Martin ( Martin Clunes) and the inhabitants of Portwenn. If the first series, Prem must fight for the hearts and minds of the locals against a rapacious mine supervisor in the form of Richard Sharpe, Mark Williams (think Harry Potter and Father Brown). Prem must also fight against some inner demons arising from the loss of his daughter in India. And, yes he is successful. But he must endures gossip about a non existent "relationship" with Megan Evans (whose husband is dying of emphysema), the gossip of a busybody shopkeeper, and shenanigans of Dan Griffiths the local child hooligan. The second season centers around a smallpox outbreak; and the third, about bringing the sleepy town into the swinging 60's big time. Every member of the cast rings true and you cheer for the good guys and want to hiss the villains. Only downside here is just three short seasons.

I was pleasantly surprised by the wonderful cast, stunning scenery, accurate and thoughtful storytelling, and gorgeous HD picture quality. This really belongs in prime-time on a Sunday night because there are so many storyline threads that were not able to be resolved in just five 45 minute episodes, and I need to know what happens next to all the characters! With ITV foolishly cancelling Heartbeat and The Royal, the BBC should take advantage of this and commission another series of this feel-good family drama now. The cast were wonderful, very likable, and the 1963 setting - complete with a musical soundtrack of the day - was pure heaven.Please, please, please BBC - let's have more of this series please and preferably in an early Sunday evening time-slot.

This little gem of a series should not be hidden away in the daytime schedules, it should be on later, perhaps on a Sunday evening?. The doctor in question, played by the brilliant Sanjeev Bhaskar comes to a small Welsh mining village in the early 1960's and the 5 part series follows him and his wife on the many problems they and the doctor's patients face. I liked this very much, not least because Dr Sharma could easily be my own GP who is Indian and dresses exactly the same. Sanjeev Bhaskar does a great job and is very believable in the role.MORE please BBC, and in a better time slot.