Episode #1.1
- Episode aired Feb 28, 2022
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
434
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Antoine and Marine put their weekend getaway plans on hold when there's a murder at the local university.Antoine and Marine put their weekend getaway plans on hold when there's a murder at the local university.Antoine and Marine put their weekend getaway plans on hold when there's a murder at the local university.
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Did you know
- TriviaBoth Roger Allam and Keala Settle have sung major roles in productions of Les Misérables.
- Quotes
Marine Bonnet: That was the longest pee anyone's ever had in the history of peeing.
Antoine Verlaque: I used to just lift the lid and pee like a horse. Now it's like effing Morse code. Dot-dot-dash-dash. Be there all night.
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Marmite
I love Roger Allam.
Obviously known as being Fred Thursday, a lot of that character can be seen here alongside his character from the Radio 4 series Conversations From A Long Marriage.
There is a mention of Morse (code) and a ring road (something Oxford is well known for) so maybe there is a nod to Endeavour here.
Unfortunately, thee is also a mention of Marmite and, for me, there is a mixture of love and hate here It's great to see the views and some well known faces. Patricia Hodge is making a name for herself as the new Mrs Pumphrey in the channel 5 remake of All Creatures Great And Small and I hadn't seen Jeremy Clyde on screen for a long time; previously being the officer and gentleman in many a TV show.
The story introduces the main characters well but I hope that in future the murder happens sooner than the 10 minutes it took for this one to happen.
There seems a good rapport between the two main characters but I get the feeling that it really should have been Joanna Lumley in the role as the chemistry in the aforementioned Radio show that Roger Allam is phenomenal.
Now the downside.
Why did it have to be in Provence?. It reminds me of the original Morse, John Thaw in one of his most unsuitable roles in A Year In Provence.
Like Van Der Valk, the characters are native but everyone has British accents.
Ok, French accents would be off-putting and if French was the language used then there would be fewer viewers.
Why not set it in the UK and use British names?
I assume it's to do with tax breaks despite us leaving the EU.
It would be a great daytime show on BBC but with the length of the show, I suspect it will end up on ITV on a Sunday night in a few months time.
Watchable for the one liners but it did seem to drag a bit at times. More incidental music might help.
I suspect Provence is not going to resonate as a backdrop for many viewers.
It's probably on a par with MacDonald And Dodds but at least a fair amount of UK viewers will have been to Bath. Provence does seem rather grand. If it had to be set abroad then perhaps Costa Blanca or Gibraltar would be better options.
Will continue watching and hope for improvement.
Obviously known as being Fred Thursday, a lot of that character can be seen here alongside his character from the Radio 4 series Conversations From A Long Marriage.
There is a mention of Morse (code) and a ring road (something Oxford is well known for) so maybe there is a nod to Endeavour here.
Unfortunately, thee is also a mention of Marmite and, for me, there is a mixture of love and hate here It's great to see the views and some well known faces. Patricia Hodge is making a name for herself as the new Mrs Pumphrey in the channel 5 remake of All Creatures Great And Small and I hadn't seen Jeremy Clyde on screen for a long time; previously being the officer and gentleman in many a TV show.
The story introduces the main characters well but I hope that in future the murder happens sooner than the 10 minutes it took for this one to happen.
There seems a good rapport between the two main characters but I get the feeling that it really should have been Joanna Lumley in the role as the chemistry in the aforementioned Radio show that Roger Allam is phenomenal.
Now the downside.
Why did it have to be in Provence?. It reminds me of the original Morse, John Thaw in one of his most unsuitable roles in A Year In Provence.
Like Van Der Valk, the characters are native but everyone has British accents.
Ok, French accents would be off-putting and if French was the language used then there would be fewer viewers.
Why not set it in the UK and use British names?
I assume it's to do with tax breaks despite us leaving the EU.
It would be a great daytime show on BBC but with the length of the show, I suspect it will end up on ITV on a Sunday night in a few months time.
Watchable for the one liners but it did seem to drag a bit at times. More incidental music might help.
I suspect Provence is not going to resonate as a backdrop for many viewers.
It's probably on a par with MacDonald And Dodds but at least a fair amount of UK viewers will have been to Bath. Provence does seem rather grand. If it had to be set abroad then perhaps Costa Blanca or Gibraltar would be better options.
Will continue watching and hope for improvement.
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- xmasdaybaby1966
- Apr 4, 2022
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