"Winter"

Looking forward to your first series 🤣

Delila

“Calendar and Blue” - sounds like a new detective duo DrWatson.

Ooh, I like the sound of that!

Are you up for it BlueBelle?

😂

“Calendar and Blue” - sounds like a new detective duo DrWatson.

I quite enjoyed it.

I watched it but found it really hard to hear, especially the female detective. I do have some hearing loss and usually have our tv volume at around 12-14, it goes up to 40ish! However I had it up to 17-18 and still had problems hearing it, a lot seemed mumbled.

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I watched on the strength of Richard Armitage being in it, and the Bristol setting.

I was just tucking into a tray supper when RA cut into a dead woman's chest and pulled both sides back!
NOOOOO!

Over to 'Colin from Accounts' for some fun.

'Silent Witness' scenarios just aren't my thing. Would keep me awake at night.

And to compound the disappointment, it might have been set in Bristol but it was filmed in Belguim!!!
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I'll watch some more and see how it goes. The talking to the corpse part reminded me of the policeman in 'The Brokenwood Mysteries' who does the same thing. I think it is done out of respect for the victims and shows some empathy.

I liked it but I did nod off for a bit. I shall watch the next one and try to stay awake.

Yes, poor comments but I thought it was better than the reviews which were not happy with him talking to a corpse. But rather odd feel to it— had a foreign feel, and we can see the plots coming. Some good twists- maybe less is more for twists.
Also why do programmes always have music backgrounds now? Usually strange ones.

I enjoyed, I guessed the ending but I don't mind that as it will continue over the next few episodes. I never liked silent witness I watched a few of the early episodes and I always thought the scenes were too dark and they mumbled , you could not hear or see anything.

The crits weren’t particularly flattering, but didn’t pan it. I might watch.

Mostly repeats, DrWatson ☹

For Calendar & Blue, and "not much else on", just in that Weds slot there were :- Scotland's Golden Coast, & The Human Body - Secrets of Your Life.

Also the Food Channel had 'Paul Hollywood, City Bakes', and elsewhere (Prof) Alice Roberts was showing 'Our Hospital Through Time'.

Drama Channel has the new series of the excellent 'Chelsea Detective', (Weds & Thursdays), and we have 20 or 30 recorded shows - some from weeks ago - that we struggle to find time to watch!

Talking Pictures channel for one has lots of old films - often quite rare - that we tend to record for a later view (some are at weird times, just scan the guide!). Last night (Thurs) they had 'The Proud and the Profane', with William Holden and the always watchable Deborah Kerr, with distinct similarities to the famous 'From Here to Eternity'. And in the next few days you could catch 'The Third Man', if you've never seen that classic. Etc etc.

MollyNew

The script was a bit clunky and it was strange the way Winter talked to the frozen body of the victim but we now have all the backstories - the DI, daughter of a well known Met cop, moving to Bristol with a shifty looking husband and unhappy teenaged children who didn't want to move. Winter, the maverick genius whose journalist fiancee was murdered in suspicious circumstances and who seems to have a good recipe for overnight oats. Plus the DI's sergeant who has a few funny lines and knows every criminal in town.

It's easy to watch so I'll probably stick with it.

Exactly MollyNew…🤔😁

I quite enjoyed it, but anyone else get flashes of Déjà vu ?
Maybe because it reminds me of the Italian ‘Ice Cold Murder’ series where the lead detective talks to his dead wife all the time, at home only just like this.
So the second Winter said ‘ Will you stay” or similar I knew she was a phantom!
I watch a lot of crime fiction, foreign especially and much prefer ‘Astrid…’ in French to the uk version Patience!
I wonder how similar to Rocco in ‘ ICM’ winter will turn out to be? Still just enjoying looking ar Richard Armitage for an hour is pleasant. And we all know the DI’s husband is up to no good already!😎

It got terrible reviews in both papers I read to-day .

Barely credible story line, mediocre acting. I'll watch the next episode to see if it improves but don't hold out much hope.

merlotgran

Happygirl79

Im enjoying it. A bit different. It reminds me of the film ' River ' and a bit like Silent Witness but much better.

Silent Witness is classy compared to this. 😂

But just as ridiculous and far-fetched!

(And I'd rather watch Richard Armitage)

Not the cut and thrust of similar programmes, but enjoyable enough.

Happygirl79

Im enjoying it. A bit different. It reminds me of the film ' River ' and a bit like Silent Witness but much better.

Silent Witness is classy compared to this. 😂

Indeed there isn’t Calendargirl so worth a try

And the usual excuse BlueBelle, ‘well, there’s not much else on’.

Did watch it, jury’s out at the moment I wasn’t delighted with it I wasn’t gagging for the next episode, I was a bit bored in places In other words it didn’t grip me at all, but sometimes they warm up (sometimes they don’t)
Time will tell

Im enjoying it. A bit different. It reminds me of the film ' River ' and a bit like Silent Witness but much better.

We watched it, quite enjoyable as fiction, although far-fetched and so full of inaccuracies that it was annoying.

As it was supposedly set in the Bristol area, we looked out for areas of interest but, apart from the Suspension Bridge, there didn't appear to be any.
Then I read that it's filmed in Belgium!