Vocal Voices

Great first episode of 'The Politician's Husband' on BBC2 Thursday's at 9.00.pm. Excellent drama and I loved David Tennant in this. There's only three episodes so it is taut and full of intrigue with a superb cast of actors.

Fugi Loves DT!

Just not in Broadchurch, eh?

Yes I saw it and enjoyed it

Gal wrote:Just not in Broadchurch, eh?

Yes I saw it and enjoyed it

Exactly Gal! Still full of anguish and emotion but more believable in this part

Absolutely superb. You could hardly tell it was the same man as the detective in Broadchurch.

Rodo wrote:Absolutely superb. You could hardly tell it was the same man as the detective in Broadchurch.

He is a fine actor because to appear in two completely different dramas in two such contrasting roles proves it. I think I prefer him speaking with an English accent and not being so manic. Shame there's only three episodes as it reminded me of Borgen(Bergen?) and that had at least ten.

Rodo wrote:Absolutely superb. You could hardly tell it was the same man as the detective in Broadchurch.

I agree - but it's the same old Wycliffe and the same old Inspector Thursday.

Just like it's the same old Harriet from Prisoners Wives in Scott 'n Bailey.

Have we only got a pool of 20-odd actors and actresses uin the UK now? Has everyone else gone to Hollywood?

Fugi wrote: I think I prefer him speaking with an English accent

Yes, at least I could flippin understand him which is more than I could do in Broadchurch.

It was well acted, but even though I watched it and will watch the whole thing, I found that I didn't care.

TheOstrich wrote:Have we only got a pool of 20-odd actors and actresses in the UK now? Has everyone else gone to Hollywood?

That is a particular bee in my bonnet. same faces all over the TV, and not only actors!

Olivia Colman - Ellie from Broadchurch - is the star of a new costume drama on ITV and no doubt there will be a lot more familiar faces as well.

Well, it's over. In with a muted bang, out with a whimper. I found it all so "readable" that I was disappointed. With the cast it had it could have been so much better.

as ever WM, as ever

We thought, at the end of the day, that it would have been a better ending if they'd finished it at that point where Tennant broke down after his son gave him the Transformer toy ...... what happened after that was a bit trite.

We followed the final epidode by watching the first episode of "Murder on the Home Front" on ITV+1. Absolutely brilliant!

Two superb leads in Tamzin Merchant and Patrick Kennedy. More stereotypical characters than you could shake a stick at - police in trilbys and upturned collars, spivs with slicked back hair and pencil thin mustaches ..... the whole joint rocking to falling bombs and Remy "Snakehips" Kouakou-Kouame ..... gorgeous stuff!