There are a lot of very good supporting actors in this series but it is most obviously a Keeley vehicle. She is on screen 95% of the time and has all the best lines. Don't get me wrong this is not a bad turn of events as she is excellent. Isn't she always? In this her comic timing is superb and she manages this while being believable as a recently bereaved, harassed partner of the deceased and mother of school age daughter.
It is certainly a benefit for the series that Hawes and Nigel Havers etc are so good as the plot is not too hot, some of the scenes trashy and the characters mostly predictable. Yet, Keeley Hawes and the cast make it an enjoyable if not an essential watch. therefore, as it ends suggesting there is more to come I find myself thinking I'll probably not bother with the next series.
It is certainly a benefit for the series that Hawes and Nigel Havers etc are so good as the plot is not too hot, some of the scenes trashy and the characters mostly predictable. Yet, Keeley Hawes and the cast make it an enjoyable if not an essential watch. therefore, as it ends suggesting there is more to come I find myself thinking I'll probably not bother with the next series.