Very watchable series on solved crimes. The narrator is an actor but his over-the-top style does become irritating.
15 Reviews
Decent Crime Show - Narrators Voice is Irritating!
tadted22 January 2021
Watchable but not as captivating as other true crime shows
EPMD5727 March 2021
The reenactments are brief. This show instead focuses on interviews with the actual investigators, perhaps too much so. What I really don't like is that this 30 minute show covers two cases per episode, so there isn't a lot of chance to dig into a typical case. Keeping everything brief limits the likelihood of boring the audience, but it's only a moment after learning the details of the crime that they name the suspect and then solve it just as quickly. I think this really prevents the show from impacting its audience.
Ruined by awful narration
BBogus29 November 2021
Loving this show 😍
johnwwwatson15 January 2022
I don't care what cancel whiners are saying, this is a good show, good stories, good real detective re-enactments.
My only complaint is to see criminals in the UK getting short sentences. Even if you get 10, 25 to life, they will not serve it all unless crim ate a baby and gets 75 yrs to life.
My only complaint is to see criminals in the UK getting short sentences. Even if you get 10, 25 to life, they will not serve it all unless crim ate a baby and gets 75 yrs to life.
Find a new narrator - PLEASE !!!
deashaw22 June 2021
The series looks interesting but I am afraid that I couldn't get past the first 5 minutes of any of them because of the narrator's EXTREMELY irritating offering.
I could do much better at probaly a fraction of the cost!
Until you get rid of him, the series will not be a success.
I could do much better at probaly a fraction of the cost!
Until you get rid of him, the series will not be a success.
Pretty good British crime doc.
firballblaze-6968914 January 2021
Excellent British crimes series undermined by trashy narration and slovenly presentation
stusby12 June 2021
A poorly presented programme complete with tabloid clichés regurgitated by some actor and not even the date of the crimes. The police interviews are appropriately professional and compassionate which highlights even more the infantile narrator's script.
Having the female police Detectives giving accounts of their investigations instead of their managers is a big bonus.
Just having a retired detective (not a journalist) narrating a grown-up script would elevate this show from exploitative to informative.
Having the female police Detectives giving accounts of their investigations instead of their managers is a big bonus.
Just having a retired detective (not a journalist) narrating a grown-up script would elevate this show from exploitative to informative.
Interesting Programme regarding crime
echoecho-1298810 April 2023
The Narrator is just not the right person to do this job, he tries to make it exciting but fails, he is good on scammers but this sort of stuff is just not right for him. Rav wilding would be better or Jamie Theakston. Please if there is another series change him to one of the 2 above. Trying to make it interesting you need a specific voice narrating to find the right audience, this just makes people laugh and switch off. It's one of those things where he is doing too many things at the moment and pops up everywhere on tele to the point you think "not again" a good show apart from the narrators.
Ruined by narrator!!
gillkarran6 January 2022
Interesting but very bad narration
koellis-3284517 January 2022
Who hired the narrator?
kateculshaw21 January 2022
Couldn't tell you if the show is good or not, as the narrator is so poor, I couldn't continue watching. The upward inflection at the end of every sentence is excrutiating. Forcing people to listen to his narration could be used as a torture technique. Worse than fingernails on a blackboard. The show's producers really need to replace him or risk losing lots of viewers.
Couldn't stand the narrator
dvg75715 January 2022
Terrible narrator. His voice style is so annoying
jaslally-686338 May 2024
The whole series is lost by the terrible voice style of the narrator who is jarring to say the least. If I could watch it without sound, I would!
The entire series is ruined by Chuku Modu narrating in a style which grates and irritates throughout the programme. If one person who ruin an entire series, he does it. How did nobody at the BBC realise the mistake they made. Otherwise, it would have been an enjoyable series of events based on how forces were solving crimes and taking the perpetrators to justice.its a shame they didn't arrest Chuku Modu at the end of the series for impersonating a narrator!
The entire series is ruined by Chuku Modu narrating in a style which grates and irritates throughout the programme. If one person who ruin an entire series, he does it. How did nobody at the BBC realise the mistake they made. Otherwise, it would have been an enjoyable series of events based on how forces were solving crimes and taking the perpetrators to justice.its a shame they didn't arrest Chuku Modu at the end of the series for impersonating a narrator!
Can't stand the narration
pjranderson26 January 2022
Over use of our-of-focus camera work
jereth-284-12307514 April 2023
It's not the narrator that makes this programme aggravating - it's the blurred out images he talks over. Obviously blurring images to protect identities or even locations is crucial for a crime show. But... just about every library shot image and almost all reconstructions, are blurred. That means about half of the programme is blurred. Things like a close-up of a hedge, random rooftops, gloved hands, etc. It's pointless and really aggravating; making you strain your eyes to work out what the image is. I know the current trend is to blur images but this one goes too far. If that stopped, I think it's a well put together programme and some of the ire directed at the narrator would stop.
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