Is anyone watching this? Its on Thursday at 9pm or watch first 3 eps on catch up if you can't wait. I've watched first one and it wasn't bad.
New Blood (BBC One)
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The trailer looked suspiciously like that terrible cop show from last summer - the undercover one which I abandoned after 2 episodes. I'll give it shot.
We watched it last night - only intended to watch the 1st ep but ended up watching all three.
We all really enjoyed it - I think the comic elements won't be to everyone's tastes but we all laughed out loud several times. The two young male leads ( a kind of metrosexual Bodie and Doyle) and the Mark Addy character were all well played - although I can see how some of the things that are enjoyable at first might start to grate after a while.
We all really enjoyed it - I think the comic elements won't be to everyone's tastes but we all laughed out loud several times. The two young male leads ( a kind of metrosexual Bodie and Doyle) and the Mark Addy character were all well played - although I can see how some of the things that are enjoyable at first might start to grate after a while.
Haven't seen it yet, only on iplayer at the moment isn't it ?
I'm rather put off by the fact that some reviewers say it's for "young adults", I don't tend to like things that are aimed at a particular demographic.
I'm rather put off by the fact that some reviewers say it's for "young adults", I don't tend to like things that are aimed at a particular demographic.
Originally Posted by RichmondBlue:
“Haven't seen it yet, only on iplayer at the moment isn't it ?
I'm rather put off by the fact that some reviewers say it's for "young adults", I don't tend to like things that are aimed at a particular demographic.”
“Haven't seen it yet, only on iplayer at the moment isn't it ?
I'm rather put off by the fact that some reviewers say it's for "young adults", I don't tend to like things that are aimed at a particular demographic.”
It does have a "young adult" BBC3 feel about. I'm quite surprised it is on BBC1.
I watched all three episodes on iplayer, and I agree that it has an enjoyably funny humour about it but one which could easily grate after a while (i.e. you might find yourself muttering under your breath that you wish these two guys will lay off of the buddy-cop funnyfunny bit and get on with focusing on solving the crime a bit more. It comes off a bit immature at times).
On the whole I liked it more than I disliked it. It was good to see a different kind of male protangonist taking center stage for instance: Asian and Polish. I do like their budding relationship.
PS: Who is that Scottish actor? All he ever seems to play in some government stooge involved in some cover-up, the last role in the weird strange Undercover drama.
I have watched the first two and looking forward to watching the third tonight. Its all a bit preposterous but it doesn't take itself too seriously and as a consequence is very enjoyable. I thought it have a bit of a seventies vibe to it in the sense that it has jettisoned all the portentousness which tended to come with cop-dramas after Morse and Prime Suspect.
Originally Posted by Nihonga:
“It does have a "young adult" BBC3 feel about. I'm quite surprised it is on BBC1.
I watched all three episodes on iplayer, and I agree that it has an enjoyably funny humour about it but one which could easily grate after a while (i.e. you might find yourself muttering under your breath that you wish these two guys will lay off of the buddy-cop funnyfunny bit and get on with focusing on solving the crime a bit more. It comes off a bit immature at times).
On the whole I liked it more than I disliked it. It was good to see a different kind of male protangonist taking center stage for instance: Asian and Polish. I do like their budding relationship.
PS: Who is that Scottish actor? All he ever seems to play in some government stooge involved in some cover-up, the last role in the weird strange Undercover drama.”
“It does have a "young adult" BBC3 feel about. I'm quite surprised it is on BBC1.
I watched all three episodes on iplayer, and I agree that it has an enjoyably funny humour about it but one which could easily grate after a while (i.e. you might find yourself muttering under your breath that you wish these two guys will lay off of the buddy-cop funnyfunny bit and get on with focusing on solving the crime a bit more. It comes off a bit immature at times).
On the whole I liked it more than I disliked it. It was good to see a different kind of male protangonist taking center stage for instance: Asian and Polish. I do like their budding relationship.
PS: Who is that Scottish actor? All he ever seems to play in some government stooge involved in some cover-up, the last role in the weird strange Undercover drama.”
Derek Riddell.
It's a bit daft but I found it good fun and addictive. Ended up watching all 3 episodes back to back on the iplayer.
watched all 3 episodes on iplayer... i like it!! only thing that puzzled me is why the director allowed the rash actor to make those unnecessary faces-- can be quite distracting and looks very amateurish
Originally Posted by abrightyz:
“watched all 3 episodes on iplayer... i like it!! only thing that puzzled me is why the director allowed the rash actor to make those unnecessary faces-- can be quite distracting and looks very amateurish”
“watched all 3 episodes on iplayer... i like it!! only thing that puzzled me is why the director allowed the rash actor to make those unnecessary faces-- can be quite distracting and looks very amateurish”
The mugging face-pulling by both actors is a bit loose, I think, which detracts from a very good piece of telly (not sure either of the leads are really good actors, but their characters are likeable). I was surprised by how silly and cartoonish it got in places--but this is no bad thing: it reminded me of The Wrong Mans, which I liked.
Anthony Horowitz is one of my favourite crime writers, and he always delivers clever, complicated plots. Plenty of mileage in this show and I shall enjoy watching the later cases.
Originally Posted by Nihonga:
“PS: Who is that Scottish actor? All he ever seems to play in some government stooge involved in some cover-up, the last role in the weird strange Undercover drama.”
“PS: Who is that Scottish actor? All he ever seems to play in some government stooge involved in some cover-up, the last role in the weird strange Undercover drama.”
That is actually Mark Bonnar.
I liked it, watched all 3 eps in 2 days. It's a bit daft but once you get past the silliness is very enjoyable. I also liked to see some new faces as the leads.
Originally Posted by Nihonga:
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PS: Who is that Scottish actor? All he ever seems to play in some government stooge involved in some cover-up, the last role in the weird strange Undercover drama.”
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PS: Who is that Scottish actor? All he ever seems to play in some government stooge involved in some cover-up, the last role in the weird strange Undercover drama.”
It is indeed Mark Bonnar as VicsMum says. He has played a similar role recently in Undercover, If you want to see him play someone very different check out Catastrophe.
Mark Bonnar also played a very different character in Shetland, where he was the ne'er-do-well real father of Perez's step-daughter, and in Line of Duty, where he was a corrupt senior police officer. He gets about!
Does anyone know what the music is in the trailer for this show please? I know I've heard it before...
Originally Posted by VicsMum:
“That is actually Mark Bonnar.
I liked it, watched all 3 eps in 2 days. It's a bit daft but once you get past the silliness is very enjoyable. I also liked to see some new faces as the leads.”
“That is actually Mark Bonnar.
I liked it, watched all 3 eps in 2 days. It's a bit daft but once you get past the silliness is very enjoyable. I also liked to see some new faces as the leads.”
Originally Posted by mustard99:
“It is indeed Mark Bonnar as VicsMum says. He has played a similar role recently in Undercover, If you want to see him play someone very different check out Catastrophe.”
“It is indeed Mark Bonnar as VicsMum says. He has played a similar role recently in Undercover, If you want to see him play someone very different check out Catastrophe.”
Thank you both.
I love his accent
I agree it is nice to see new faces as the leads. I don't know when episode 4 will be shown. (There was a trailer showing clips of the next episode.) Or is that the end of the series? Horowitz is a wonderfully creative writer. I do like his TV work.
Originally Posted by abrightyz:
“watched all 3 episodes on iplayer... i like it!! only thing that puzzled me is why the director allowed the rash actor to make those unnecessary faces-- can be quite distracting and looks very amateurish”
“watched all 3 episodes on iplayer... i like it!! only thing that puzzled me is why the director allowed the rash actor to make those unnecessary faces-- can be quite distracting and looks very amateurish”
The face-pulling was a bit cheesey but I must admit I found it quite funny. They need to be careful not to overdo it though - it's one of the things I was alluding to earlier in the thread when I said some aspects of the show could start to grate.
It's refreshing to have cop show where the leads are young, fun and enthusiastic - a welcome relief from the current vogue of cynical old grumps with dreary private lives that revolve around a bitter cocktail of marital, psychological and alcohol problems etc etc.
Mark Bonnar lurks in dark corners BOOO! 
It was better than I feared, a bit "pop video" at times but the story is an interesting one, timely in fact with the news that Boots CEO has resigned after a Guardian investigation regarding that companies relationship to the NHS and drug use.
It was better than I feared, a bit "pop video" at times but the story is an interesting one, timely in fact with the news that Boots CEO has resigned after a Guardian investigation regarding that companies relationship to the NHS and drug use.
Watched the first one on broadcast now onto episode 2 on iplayer. strikes me that Anthony Horowitz who wrote this, borrowed straight from his days writing Poirot by killing a character by pushing her down an escalator, a method that was also used in one of itv's Marples
Originally Posted by Doghouse Riley:
“Wasn't bad, shame Kathryn Drysdale (Louise from "Two Pints") had such a small part.”
“Wasn't bad, shame Kathryn Drysdale (Louise from "Two Pints") had such a small part.”
Ah that's where I recognise her from I loved her in Two Pints
Originally Posted by Borefest:
“Ah that's where I recognise her from I loved her in Two Pints”
“Ah that's where I recognise her from I loved her in Two Pints”
She was excellent in that, still as "hot."
For those unaware.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YSH3f0jXMg
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