Is it just me, but Julie Graham's character walking with a stick and wearing a dark jacket was a ringer for Herr Flick!
lol She was limping with the stick one minute and walking round the flat minus the limp and the stick the next. She was even limping on the other leg in one scene.
It was quite clever to link the Maltese villainess to her time working at a cypher station in Malta during the war and leading.
Story probably adapted from the Messina Brothers to fit The Bletchley Circle.
Although the writing could be stronger, the actresses are so appealing I hope this gets a third series.
I agree. The stories themselves are a bit rubbishy but the characters and acting are very good. I think it deserves another series but maybe with different writers.
I agree. I liked the first series and the first two parts of this one were fine but these last two just haven't cut the mustard. Anna Maxwell-Martin was sorely missed.
I agree. I liked the first series and the first two parts of this one were fine but these last two just haven't cut the mustard. Anna Maxwell-Martin was sorely missed.
I still like the premise.
I don't agree about AMM actually. I was suitably impressed by the new girl.
I agree it needs better writers - but I do very much like the characters - especially Millie - and would love to see it get a third series and make it all a bit less Enid B-like.
Its rare to get a show that has four women as main characters - let alone four highly intelligent women who used to be code breakers. They could do so much with it if they tried.
Have to admit Nick Blood's character was a sweetie- I say they keep him, bring AMM back and have the five women recruited in some way instead of stumbling upon cases -though it worked well for series one - and give them some far more complicated murders/crimes to solve!
I really liked this show. It works well and is a nice change having smart capable female leads who put themselves in harms way.
Considering the gangs and violent death in the post war years the ladies could find themselves in quite a few dangers situations that do not directly carry us back to enigma machines but that is a key part of the story.
If they bring back a third series they need it to be a longer (Six episodes in three stories) and they need to bring in a female former SOE or OSS agent to provide the other side to their wartime work.
As the code breakers at home faced danger but nothing like SOE on the continent and elsewhere. They could also do with this addition as they need someone who knows how to handle themself in a dangerous situation in a more practical way.
We only found out years after her death that an aunt of mine had been with SOE during the war and had been captured and tortured. By some miracle while being taken to train heading for a death camp the truck she was in was attacked by the RAF and she escaped. We never saw the scars and it was only while clearing out old family papers we found her war medals and some medical reports that we found out what had happened and how brave she had been. That is certainly another side to the story that still needs to be told.
A former SOE agent seeing the SS man who tortured her and her comrades living safe in London and she asks the circle to help bring him in. We could have a very moving scene where she has the man at gun point and Millie talks her down from killing him. If you recall in the first story Millie had some rather bad experiences while traveling that she never went into details over so could bring that out to talk her down from blowing the man's head off.
Definitely agree that the writing was very sloppy.
Unless I've missed something, the ending was risible.
Customs had been watching the unloading of the cargo. When they opened the crates they were empty and only because of the intervention of the Bletchly gang were the goods and girls found.
How and when were they landed?
Why would Marta do that anyway? In the general scheme of things the first (real) shipment would be just as likely to have been intercepted as the second. And she believed she was safe, anyway, because of her bent copper.
Pure tripe.
Which was a shame, because generally it's been quite a good series.
I've just caught up with this as I tend to watch episodes back to back.
I LOVED the first series and was looking forward to this so much but was hugely disappointed. The plots seem disjointed and none of it really them using their code detection skills. I agree with the poster who said its like a weaker Rosemary and Thyme,
If there is a third series, I doubt i will watch it. Shame because as others said this had so much potential.
Rachel Stirling confirmed this morning that the show has been axed.
Pity. The characters, cast and setting were great. If they'd just got a decent scriptwriter and made the storylines less complicated and Girls Ownish, it could have been a good series.
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I can't see this getting a third series.
Or preferably itvPlayer!
Sadly, I agree. A stronger bunch of writers are needed and a clear direction given to the show.
Story probably adapted from the Messina Brothers to fit The Bletchley Circle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messina_Brothers
I agree. The stories themselves are a bit rubbishy but the characters and acting are very good. I think it deserves another series but maybe with different writers.
Same here. I had it on series link but I just wasn't bothered about it last night so I didn't record it.
I still like the premise.
Just how I felt. It's run it's course I think.
I don't agree about AMM actually. I was suitably impressed by the new girl.
Its rare to get a show that has four women as main characters - let alone four highly intelligent women who used to be code breakers. They could do so much with it if they tried.
Have to admit Nick Blood's character was a sweetie- I say they keep him, bring AMM back and have the five women recruited in some way instead of stumbling upon cases -though it worked well for series one - and give them some far more complicated murders/crimes to solve!
Considering the gangs and violent death in the post war years the ladies could find themselves in quite a few dangers situations that do not directly carry us back to enigma machines but that is a key part of the story.
If they bring back a third series they need it to be a longer (Six episodes in three stories) and they need to bring in a female former SOE or OSS agent to provide the other side to their wartime work.
As the code breakers at home faced danger but nothing like SOE on the continent and elsewhere. They could also do with this addition as they need someone who knows how to handle themself in a dangerous situation in a more practical way.
We only found out years after her death that an aunt of mine had been with SOE during the war and had been captured and tortured. By some miracle while being taken to train heading for a death camp the truck she was in was attacked by the RAF and she escaped. We never saw the scars and it was only while clearing out old family papers we found her war medals and some medical reports that we found out what had happened and how brave she had been. That is certainly another side to the story that still needs to be told.
A former SOE agent seeing the SS man who tortured her and her comrades living safe in London and she asks the circle to help bring him in. We could have a very moving scene where she has the man at gun point and Millie talks her down from killing him. If you recall in the first story Millie had some rather bad experiences while traveling that she never went into details over so could bring that out to talk her down from blowing the man's head off.
Unless I've missed something, the ending was risible.
Customs had been watching the unloading of the cargo. When they opened the crates they were empty and only because of the intervention of the Bletchly gang were the goods and girls found.
How and when were they landed?
Why would Marta do that anyway? In the general scheme of things the first (real) shipment would be just as likely to have been intercepted as the second. And she believed she was safe, anyway, because of her bent copper.
Pure tripe.
Which was a shame, because generally it's been quite a good series.
I LOVED the first series and was looking forward to this so much but was hugely disappointed. The plots seem disjointed and none of it really them using their code detection skills. I agree with the poster who said its like a weaker Rosemary and Thyme,
If there is a third series, I doubt i will watch it. Shame because as others said this had so much potential.
Pity. The characters, cast and setting were great. If they'd just got a decent scriptwriter and made the storylines less complicated and Girls Ownish, it could have been a good series.