Broadchurch

Broadchurch is a BBC series about the murder of an 11 year old boy in a small town in the south of England. It was remade as an American series, Gracepoint, and a will be remade into a French series Malaterra.

It is pretty gripping story, if a bit long. I would recommend it (on Netflix).

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Broadchurch is a BBC series about the murder of an 11 year old boy in a small town in the south of England. It was remade as an American series, Gracepoint, and a will be remade into a French series Malaterra.

It is pretty gripping story, if a bit long. I would recommend it (on Netflix).

Gracepoint was... not good. I watched it only for recognizing places in the city I live in. Five minutes of Broadchurch, and the acting is miles ahead of the US version... odd. Didn't watch it all, as I don't need to see it again quite so soon. Might watch season 2.

I think you also recommended Southcliffe... that was powerful, sad and depressing. Lots of looong silence and stares, and really had very few positive notes in it. It tells the tale of a man who goes on a killing spree in a small village in the UK, and the effects of it afterwards. Deals with grief, betrayal and loss. Fantastic TV in that was very uncomfortable watching it, but cause a reaction, which I say is the sign of good art. I can't imagine the US commercial TV doing something quite the same.

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I think you also recommended Southcliffe...

I didn't, but I will try and watch it. Sean Harris was in Prometheus.


I also liked Wallender (the British version). I did not see the Swedish version.

Scandinavian Noir, Tartan Noir, etc. all seem to embrace middle aged police officers whose careers and personal lives are failing, alcoholism, unrepentant theft, ethical violations, conflicts of interest, sexual relationships of questionable morality and at times questionable legality abound. Instead of the careful plodding of a by the book policeman in a French Roman Policiere novel there is more the inept stumbling of a near drunken, near dirty-old-man whose methods and morality are fit for the gutters in which he has spent his entire life.

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I didn't, but I will try and watch it. Sean Harris was in Prometheus.

Yep. It also stars Rory Kinnear, who does a good job of the middle class man with a huge chip on his shoulder despite all his privileges, here and in other shows. It's just not a pleasant show. Odd seeing him after seeing his Dad play fat fools, suffering side kicks and downtrodden dads. He died filming the Return of the Three Musketeers.

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Odd seeing him after seeing his Dad play fat fools, suffering side kicks and downtrodden dads. He died filming the Return of the Three Musketeers.

Not bad work for 30 years. Still it is a drawback of being fat. You can get a heart attack from unrelated injuries.

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It tells the tale of a man who goes on a killing spree in a small village in the UK, and the effects of it afterwards

It is amazing how much murder figures into British lit. Considering that USA has an intentional homicide rate that is 14X as high as UK. The Oxford University Murder Mysteries have been written now for over 8 decades, making some people calling it the most dangerous place to live outside of Cabot Cover, Maine.

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Not bad work for 30 years. Still it is a drawback of being fat. You can get a heart attack from unrelated injuries.

Oh wow, I forgot he was in The Hill. I should go back and rewatch that.

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It is amazing how much murder figures into British lit. Considering that USA has an intentional homicide rate that is 14X as high as UK. The Oxford University Murder Mysteries have been written now for over 8 decades, making some people calling it the most dangerous place to live outside of Cabot Cover, Maine.

I though Midsomer was the most dangerous place in the world:

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I though Midsomer was the most dangerous place in the world:

Midsomer is a fictional place. Of course, so is Cabot cove. Oxford is (of course) real, but the names of the colleges are almost always fictional.

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Midsomer is a fictional place. Of course, so is Cabot cove. Oxford is (of course) real, but the names of the colleges are almost always fictional.

As a big fan of Morse (and Endeavour), the town and gown episodes are normally the best. There's several in the series that lack something when you don't get a few academics in.