Originally Posted by thomscn:
“Difference of opinion it is then, arhh well!, onward and upwords
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“Difference of opinion it is then, arhh well!, onward and upwords
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K.B.O. as a famous statesman used to say.
Maigret - ITV
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Originally Posted by roddydogs:
“So the wife tried to get mum to take the rap? why did he hate his wife? was he really gay?”
“So the wife tried to get mum to take the rap? why did he hate his wife? was he really gay?”
Maigret said that one of them killed the last woman, and the other one would be jealous. All he had to do was accuse one of them because he knew the real killer would admit it.
Originally Posted by Faust:
“K.B.O. as a famous statesman used to say.”
“K.B.O. as a famous statesman used to say.
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I have no idea what that means
, am I going to feel stupid ?
It was fine. A welcome change from the usual. Hopefully Atkinson will flesh out Maigret's character in the next episode. I'm assuming he played him the way he did because of the storyline (5 dead women and unable to find the killer) and won't be quite as emotionally reigned in next time.
Originally Posted by holly berry:
“It was fine. A welcome change from the usual. Hopefully Atkinson will flesh out Maigret's character in the next episode. I'm assuming he played him the way he did because of the storyline (5 dead women and unable to find the killer) and won't be quite as emotionally reigned in next time.”
“It was fine. A welcome change from the usual. Hopefully Atkinson will flesh out Maigret's character in the next episode. I'm assuming he played him the way he did because of the storyline (5 dead women and unable to find the killer) and won't be quite as emotionally reigned in next time.”
As a hardened policeman he'd be used to seeing awful things so wouldn't be overly emotional. However I think Rowan Atkinson did show emotion but in a subtle way.
Originally Posted by thomscn:
“I have no idea what that means, am I going to feel stupid ?”
“I have no idea what that means
, am I going to feel stupid ?”
Keep Buggering On, advice attributed to Winston Churchill, essentially it just means to not lose heart and stay on course.
Originally Posted by thomscn:
“I have no idea what that means, am I going to feel stupid ?”
“I have no idea what that means
, am I going to feel stupid ?”
Winston Churchill - keep buggering on!
Originally Posted by tiv:
“Likewise - Rowan Atkinson not a good fit for the role.”
“Likewise - Rowan Atkinson not a good fit for the role.”
Well I thought he did very well
Originally Posted by Puterkid:
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However, the convenient piece of material with a button attached was a perfect rectangle, so how did the woman get it?”
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However, the convenient piece of material with a button attached was a perfect rectangle, so how did the woman get it?”
No idea how she got it but it solved the case. Maigret is a Chief Inspectors and all his assistants appear to be Inspectors.
Originally Posted by Horza's Drone:
“I thought it was total shit even by ITV's low standards. Atkinson was woefully miscast and the story was just dull.”
“I thought it was total shit even by ITV's low standards. Atkinson was woefully miscast and the story was just dull.”
I thought it was excellent.
The only problem I have with it is that there was only one. They should have broadcast at least 3 episodes so people could get to know the characters. By the time they show the next one, I'll have forgotten who they are our what they did.
Originally Posted by niceguy1966:
“The only problem I have with it is that there was only one. They should have broadcast at least 3 episodes so people could get to know the characters. By the time they show the next one, I'll have forgotten who they are our what they did.”
“The only problem I have with it is that there was only one. They should have broadcast at least 3 episodes so people could get to know the characters. By the time they show the next one, I'll have forgotten who they are our what they did.”
It'll probably be repeated on ITV3 before the next one, probably a week before
Originally Posted by H of De Vil:
“It'll probably be repeated on ITV3 before the next one, probably a week before”
“It'll probably be repeated on ITV3 before the next one, probably a week before”
I never watch repeats. I have enough trouble finding time to watch things once! My PVR is full of whole series I haven't even started to watch!
Originally Posted by Verence:
“Two more episodes ordered
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a7...-films-on-itv/”
“Two more episodes ordered
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a7...-films-on-itv/”
Shame they could not have got Roger Allam for the title role.
Originally Posted by iamian:
“Shame they could not have got Roger Allam for the title role.”
“Shame they could not have got Roger Allam for the title role.”
That would have meant he'd have to quit Endeavour though
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I really enjoyed the first episode. I've lost all interest in this one though. Maybe it's me, I'm feeling ill. but I'm finding it pretty hard going.
Roll on 'Witness for the Prosecution' tomorrow and Tuesday. I know the story and its brilliant twists but really looking forward to watching this new version.
Roll on 'Witness for the Prosecution' tomorrow and Tuesday. I know the story and its brilliant twists but really looking forward to watching this new version.
Seems ridiculous no-one in the cast bothers to do a FRENCH accent! If 'Allo 'Allo! could do I don't see why Maigret can't!
Can you imagine if a French tv company wanted to make their version of Morse, filmed the show in Oxford, UK, and the actors spoke French! LOL
Can you imagine if a French tv company wanted to make their version of Morse, filmed the show in Oxford, UK, and the actors spoke French! LOL
I thought tonight's episode was great and glad that evil gangster and horrible mother got thier commupense.
May not have the action film feel or the clever plot twists and red herrings of the Sherlock Holmes stories but good old classic detective story.
May not have the action film feel or the clever plot twists and red herrings of the Sherlock Holmes stories but good old classic detective story.
Originally Posted by digitalspyfan1:
“Seems ridiculous no-one in the cast bothers to do a FRENCH accent! If 'Allo 'Allo! could do I don't see why Maigret can't! ”
“Seems ridiculous no-one in the cast bothers to do a FRENCH accent! If 'Allo 'Allo! could do I don't see why Maigret can't! ”
The trouble with that is that if everyone put on a French accent too much of the reviews would be taken up by commenting on the accents particularly if they weren't up to scratch.
In any event no-one in the Michael Gambon version from the 90s did a French and I doubt anyone from the Rupert Davies version from the 60s did either
Atkinson's stillness at the centre of this I find appealing. Even if you didn't take to the story, just bathe in the production design. Happy for ITV to make more of these and remind us all what they used to do as a matter of course.
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