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Old 07-02-2015, 22:09
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I think their programmes are normally only available for 7 days - would be nice if they were there longer like the BBC iPlayer.
Yes, longer than one week would be better. At least I'll get to see one of the episodes I miss while away.
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Old 08-02-2015, 00:27
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I've got next week's ep set to record already - don't want to watch live as it clashes with Wolf Hall at the moment.
Wolf Hall is my preference but have managed to cope with watching MM 8-9 then Wolf Hall and MM 10-11 on +1.
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Old 08-02-2015, 17:05
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Amanda Burton really can't act she just looks smug all the time.
I agree with that, she always has a smug look in all her characters. My OH has always disliked her since her days in Brookside when she played Heather and was awful to her husband, I think his name was Rob. She was a real bitch in that and then when she joined Silent Witness he refused to watch it. Anything she is on we have the same discussion about her playing a bitch.
Also when Nelson arrested the killer didn't he give her the old arrest speech. Another thing that grates on my OH. What has happened to the researchers, don't tell me they have been killed off by the MM team.
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Old 08-02-2015, 17:36
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I agree with that, she always has a smug look in all her characters. My OH has always disliked her since her days in Brookside when she played Heather and was awful to her husband, I think his name was Rob. She was a real bitch in that and then when she joined Silent Witness he refused to watch it. Anything she is on we have the same discussion about her playing a bitch.
Also when Nelson arrested the killer didn't he give her the old arrest speech. Another thing that grates on my OH. What has happened to the researchers, don't tell me they have been killed off by the MM team.
We were the same. Good program but AB really grated.
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Old 08-02-2015, 17:41
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We were the same. Good program but AB really grated.
Same here - this is why we like this French and Saunders sketch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQOGElzRyOk
Love Emilia Fox though.
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Old 08-02-2015, 21:54
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Same here - this is why we like this French and Saunders sketch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQOGElzRyOk
Love Emilia Fox though.
Yes, I think she is good too. I miss Harry and Leo though Leo got a bit soft towards the end. But I have grown to like Jack more each week. He is very good with Clarissa, she knows how to handle him as well.
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Old 12-02-2015, 00:00
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Tonight's episode was the best of the new series by far! I thought it was great. And I correctly guessed the murderer's identity.
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Old 12-02-2015, 00:14
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And with a bowl of eggs and a beer garden umbrella continuing the pioneering work in unusual murder weapons.

My tip for next week is a frozen leg of lamb.
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Old 12-02-2015, 07:21
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Tonight's episode was the best of the new series by far! I thought it was great. And I correctly guessed the murderer's identity.
Well it wasn't that hard the murderer was about the only one left.

Slightly annoyed cos every episode now we a mad dash to some location to save the supposed next victim. This series has a been a bit murder by numbers.
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Old 12-02-2015, 09:08
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Well it wasn't that hard the murderer was about the only one left.

Slightly annoyed cos every episode now we a mad dash to some location to save the supposed next victim. This series has a been a bit murder by numbers.
The "mad dash" last night began in the village in broad daylight and finished in the dark. Just how far away from the village was this house in the woods? If I remember correctly the character, Melody, had walked there so it couldn't have been too far away.

It was also hard to believe that London would have been the slightest bit interested in having the Lower Crosby Musical Festival in the city. All it was were a few locals singing in the pub.
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Old 12-02-2015, 09:16
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Tonight's episode was the best of the new series by far! I thought it was great. And I correctly guessed the murderer's identity.
Yes, I thought it was the best one with Neil Didgeon in it, mind you the bar was very low.

And with a bowl of eggs and a beer garden umbrella continuing the pioneering work in unusual murder weapons.

My tip for next week is a frozen leg of lamb.
The parasol opening was very funny. (Re Leg of Lamb- That would be an Unexpected Tale!!!!)

It was also hard to believe that London would have been the slightest bit interested in having the Lower Crosby Musical Festival in the city. All it was were a few locals singing in the pub.
I Think Cropredy was the inspiration, big festival with Pubs around the area also having smaller gigs.
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Old 12-02-2015, 10:33
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And with a bowl of eggs and a beer garden umbrella continuing the pioneering work in unusual murder weapons.

My tip for next week is a frozen leg of lamb.
How was he drowned in a bowl of water, the bowl tipped up and most of the water ran out, and if it didn't it would have been easy enough for him to grab the bowl and tip it.?
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Old 12-02-2015, 10:39
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And with a bowl of eggs and a beer garden umbrella continuing the pioneering work in unusual murder weapons.

My tip for next week is a frozen leg of lamb.
It'll have to go a long way to beat being killed by a massive wheel of cheese
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Old 12-02-2015, 10:46
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Painfully slow episode. As for the camerawork, first hour was OK but then, for no reason, they decided to go all shaky. Switched off soon after.
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Old 12-02-2015, 13:16
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Well it wasn't that hard the murderer was about the only one left.
I mean I guessed in the first half, when there were still a number of suspects in the frame.
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Old 12-02-2015, 14:20
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I'm afraid this is past its sell by date for me.
I watched about five minutes of my recording, then deleted it and took it off "series record."
The main characters are poor.
The new "Barney Bee," should go back to doing what he was best at.................chauffeuring Miss Bradley.
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Old 12-02-2015, 15:58
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Painfully slow episode. As for the camerawork, first hour was OK but then, for no reason, they decided to go all shaky. Switched off soon after.

Agreed!

Looking increasingly tired in content and production.

Since the change of EP the quality has declined
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Old 12-02-2015, 16:50
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I mean I guessed in the first half, when there were still a number of suspects in the frame.
My apologies, but I would point that under the universal rule of extended murder mystery, after the first murder who of those introduced was THE LEAST likely to be guilty then that is your killer. Again a trait increasingly obvious in the later series of MM.
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Old 12-02-2015, 16:51
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Lucie Jones was great
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Old 12-02-2015, 18:15
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Tried my best with the 'new bloke' but seriously
find Neil Dudgeon's style (in this at any rate) to
be lethargic , bordering on comatose. And his new
sidekick looks like a Worzel Gummidge stand in.
Plus 'New Barnaby's' wife is playing the same sort
of wooden 'educated woman' that she did in the
'Heartbeat' series, only a bit older. I still like the ones
that get repeated with John Nettles though, no matter
how ludicrous the plots!
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Old 12-02-2015, 18:38
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Tried my best with the 'new bloke' but seriously
find Neil Dudgeon's style (in this at any rate) to
be lethargic , bordering on comatose. And his new
sidekick looks like a Worzel Gummidge stand in.
Plus 'New Barnaby's' wife is playing the same sort
of wooden 'educated woman' that she did in the
'Heartbeat' series, only a bit older. I still like the ones
that get repeated with John Nettles though, no matter
how ludicrous the plots!
I miss "Cully."
She and Joyce were only there to make Barney Bee seem less one-dimensional. Cully played by Laura Howard, was presented as an out-of-work actress, who drifted in and out of episodes for most of the time.
I guess "life imitated art," in the end, as she was eventually written out. Maybe to spend more time doing actual theatre work.
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Old 12-02-2015, 21:17
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I'm still loving it. Hope 'Sykes' the dog gets a story soon! Brilliant actor!
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Old 13-02-2015, 03:13
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It'll have to go a long way to beat being killed by a massive wheel of cheese
Ah the wheel of cheese - yes, that has to be one of, if not, the best weapons.
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Old 13-02-2015, 06:58
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Last episode was spoiled by the ridiculous speaker murder, those speakers you could see were no more than balsa wood or even inflated they were literally bouncing on him, I actually thought the murderer was going to kill him I never thought they would make out they were heavy enough to crush him.

When he put the things in his mouth it reminded me of the Inkpen-Thomas murder.
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Old 13-02-2015, 11:50
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I'm still loving it. Hope 'Sykes' the dog gets a story soon! Brilliant actor!

Hopefully one where the mangy cur gets run over by his owner who, in an uncharacteristic burst of action, drives his car over him on the way to another poorly acted finale.

Sadly, this series is slowly but surely sinking into oblivion.

Looking at the endless repeats of the original is a reminder that, even with some bizarre story-lines, it could still be entertaining.

Certainly not the current bore-a-thon.
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