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Just what I expected

Beautiful, moving film.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

At last I found something the BBC had on that made paying the License Fee worth while, then low & behold after series three we don't get to see anymore.. I don't know who you employ to make these decisions but shame on you getting rid of this.. Only thing worth watching in years , god knows what "Trash" you will be giving us to watch now

I purchased two seasons of this series on DVD expecting it to be an intelligently written and directed period drama. I could not have been more wrong! Words fail me to describe how absolutely awful this series is. The writing is monumentally crude and heavy-handed - imagine an episode of a third-rate soap opera, and then, if you can, think of something many, many times dumber and cruder than that. Just wallopingly dumb and over-done. And then there's absolutely no sign that anything was done in the direction to try to introduce any subtlety or intelligence. With writing and direction like that, it's really not fair to even try to judge the actors - I'd imagine with better material most of them would be thoroughly professional. I really just could not believe how absolutely dreadful this was. The production values are OK - they spent some money on costumes and props. But... could the writers and directors really be this bad? Or are they just cynics who believe that only dreadful, crude, heavy-handed trash will succeed with the public? I don't know. But seriously, don't expect anything in the way of competence or finesse from this series. It is beyond dreadful.

This show has gotten better with age and new characters. Season one and 2 were OK, but season 3 beat all of them with the new Annie Taylor.The crimes getting more interesting. I like it a lot! So why not an evening slot? Hey person in control, we'd like to see season 4 in the evening prime time please. It would be a real shame if it ends here with this new lot! This season was also so funny!I see S3 is now on DVD too. I will be getting a copy of this and look forward of more of this fantastic show. Hurry up! (there just aren't enough episodesThank you!

Jennie Jacques portrays all the ambitions, fears & acceptances of young women in 1956 England. I let myself go when watching the case solving, but I forget the plot when the camera is focused on her. I literally have to shake my head at times to follow the story.I really like the scenes where she's not on camera. But from the first 5 minutes of episode one, she's the portrayed character I want to see next.Not her fault, but Jennie Jacques' eyes are too magnetic. That said, the little known supporting cast are drawn from the deep well of British acting talent. This was Britain in 1956.That I found Jennie Jacques' beauty distracting should not deter others from giving this a first viewing. She did what the writers & director dictated, & her performance is worthy of high praise.I mark this down because of formulaic writing, but I mark it up because of the ensemble performances. This is series worthy of watching.