Scots can be as many serial killers as they like - what I was saying was why did he have to portray an Englishman? He had no Scottish accent so therefore he was not playing a Scot.
No real idea, but his character's very significant love of Paradise Lost, which is probably one of the most famous poems written in English, and is always considered strongly inspired by English historical and religious issues of Milton's time, would have sat slightly oddly if he'd been portrayed as Scottish? Obviously not being initially aware off the actor's nationality I gave this issue little or no thought during viewing, but those are my observations.
But the plumber's 'mate' - he must surely be the most unconvincing 'tradesman' of all time surely!?
How do you know he was English? Are we Scots not allowed to be serial killers?
Incidentally, I noticed that the detective in the scenes where he's first arrested is also Scottish (actor is vaguely familiar but can't place him), and that the uniformed officers seemed to be wearing Scottish-style caps with chequered bands.
Anyway, I wonder if the script writer has possibly seen "Silence Of The Lambs"...
I think the detective was the midwife in Only Fools and Horses when Raquel gave birth. (his wig fell off).
I'm sure that's where I recognise him from.
I know the episodes are out of sequence and something might have occurred in a previous episode that explains this but does anyone else agree that Nikki seems 'colder' and more 'somewhere else' than usual? Maybe she's grieving for her father who popped his clogs in the first episode of this series? In real life people who suffer the loss of a loved one often seem to have had the life sucked out of them for quite a long time afterwards so maybe that explains it?
As someone has said before, implausibility is allowed, it is not a documentary, but last nights programme was an insult to my intelligence. Far too many "as ifs!". For example, as if the plumbers mate would get into the pm room unaccompanied; as if Nikki wouldn't have gone straight to the police with the human bone; as if she would have gone to a house with a complete stranger who had given her a human bone. And so on, and so on.
I accept some dramatic licence, but this one is just ridiculous.
Exactly.
I would add to that all the doom music, darkly lit sets, and funny camera angles, trying to conjure up an atmosphere of peril when all we are really seeing is a harmless woman walking around.
Episode 2 of this rubbish tonight?- No thank you, and I usually like SW.
Can this programme get any slower? I, and my partner, find ourselves yawning waiting for something of interest to actually happen and all of this nothing-happening-of-any-interest stretched out to an hour with another hour to follow tonight. It could be so much better without long, lingering scenes of no real consequence. Will I tune in to see the conclusion? Probably not, chances are that I'd fall asleep and miss the end of a two hour episode that would have easily have been a gripping half hour story.
Just a thought whilst writing, is Emilia Fox's character really so stupid as to go alone to the home of a young chap who's brought her human bones? Come on BBC, don't take us all for fools, you can take dramatic license just a tad too far.
I thought they were using flashbacks to start with, the appropriate adult was dressed like someone out of the 1950s. I'm struggling to follow this one , though no doubt all will become clear tonight. Was the discredited pathologist actually dead at the end or was that all a dream.
Who was wee laddie running thru the church in the beginning, dressed in 1950's shorts and woolly?
Yesterday's theme seemed to be "wandering thru restricted places unchallenged"
Young plumbers mate handling stuff in PM room, Annie in a building /demolition site, Harry wandering thru my bedroom....
Who was wee laddie running thru the church in the beginning, dressed in 1950's shorts and woolly?
Yesterday's theme seemed to be "wandering thru restricted places unchallenged"
Young plumbers mate handling stuff in PM room, Annie in a building /demolition site, Harry wandering thru my bedroom....
LOL...I don't think that last bit actually happened....:D
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No real idea, but his character's very significant love of Paradise Lost, which is probably one of the most famous poems written in English, and is always considered strongly inspired by English historical and religious issues of Milton's time, would have sat slightly oddly if he'd been portrayed as Scottish? Obviously not being initially aware off the actor's nationality I gave this issue little or no thought during viewing, but those are my observations.
But the plumber's 'mate' - he must surely be the most unconvincing 'tradesman' of all time surely!?
I think the detective was the midwife in Only Fools and Horses when Raquel gave birth. (his wig fell off).
I'm sure that's where I recognise him from.
*searches for a 'dunno' icon*
Exactly.
I would add to that all the doom music, darkly lit sets, and funny camera angles, trying to conjure up an atmosphere of peril when all we are really seeing is a harmless woman walking around.
Episode 2 of this rubbish tonight?- No thank you, and I usually like SW.
I suppose they wanted an elderly actor with an air of menace, which Cosmo does very well.
Just a thought whilst writing, is Emilia Fox's character really so stupid as to go alone to the home of a young chap who's brought her human bones? Come on BBC, don't take us all for fools, you can take dramatic license just a tad too far.
He was.
The actor's name is Ken Drury who often turns up in dramas.
If you watch Law and Order UK then you might know him as Mr Justice Pedotti.
He has also played 5 different characters in Taggart and The Bill over the years.
full CV: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238636/
She's dead because the trailer for tonight's episode showed the pathologist in a body bag.
Yesterday's theme seemed to be "wandering thru restricted places unchallenged"
Young plumbers mate handling stuff in PM room, Annie in a building /demolition site, Harry wandering thru my bedroom....
Previous story had one commit suicide and another get arrested.
This week... another suicide.
Leo's work load won't allow time for mandatory snogging.
LOL...I don't think that last bit actually happened....:D
When the pathologist who died at the end of the episode walked into his office I said "Careful, he'll try to kiss you!".
Honestly, what is it with these pathologists? It wasn't so long ago we were discussing Harry's tendency to try it on with anything that moved.
Leo is researching the novel idea of doing postmortems on live women using his tongue.
So would you have actors only playing characters that are the same nationality as themselves?
Is there somewhere I can sign up to help?
A Peter Vaughan type, you mean......but I imagine he's a bit too elderly these days.
I think my hubby said something along those lines
I liked the direction of this story - had just a hint of Hitchcock / Du Maurier about it.