River - BBC1 Drama

[fuzzpig]

Yet another crime drama heading to our screens. I'm watching heaps of shows like this at the moment. Anyone else planning to watch?

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06jkmtf

I won't be watching live but will try to get on catch up ASAP. Looks intriguing.

[2rebecca]

Nicola Walker's having a good month

[firefly78]

im watching. anyone else?

[PseudoBadger]

It's interesting

[HelenaDove]

A VERY modern twist on Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

[IndridCold]

I was thinking it was more Nordic Calvin and Hobbes!

[buddhasbelly]

I'm watching. Lots of crime dramas starting for the autumn season, keeping me busy.

Quite strange when a new character appears im wondering is this a dead person or alive (usually clarified within a minute or 2!)

[buddhasbelly]

Oh and I had to go and look up the Lambeth poisoner, he was a rather nasty man by all accounts!

[RomComPhooey]

I missed the first 10 min - came in as his colleague (the one that turned out to be dead) was telling him he needed a holiday. Did I miss much? Is it worth going back to watch it on demand?

[buddhasbelly]

Shows the close relationship he had with his deceased colleague.

I'm quite liking this, think it will be a promising series.

[MajesticWhine]

That was quite upsetting and weird. quite good though. I think you can manage without the first 10 mins RomCom.

[HelenaDove]

I amend what i said to Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) crossed with The Sixth Sense.

[HelenaDove]

Agree it looks promising. Quite poignant him hanging her last banana milkshake container on the wall.

[shggg245]

I thought it was quirky with some funny one liners - good cast and well acted. Quite interesting.

[shggg245]

Ps think Nicola Walker is very attractive and totally watchable in everything she does.

[Bakeoffcake]

Gosh that was different.

I really wasnt sure to start with but by the end thought it was excellent.

[BobandKate0]

Was nice to see miss walker smile ,i didn't realise she had teeth.
But i did have trouble following what case he was working on,guess it doesn't matter ,as its more about his chats with ghosts - which is a pity as i feel like i have seen this type of show before.
Call me stupid,but what was the room with the singing along all about - is it some trendy place that is all the rage ?

[sadwidow28]

I'll watch it on catch-up and give it a try. Insomnia is not very nice - and the dog gets sick of being walked yet again

Thanks for the recommendation.

[fuzzpig]

Ah, sympathies on the insomnia! I'm having a bad run of it myself.

I've got some child free time tomorrow though so I will be watching it online while hibernating, as I don't have a hope in hell of following a plot at this time of night :o

I also just remembered Jekyll and Hyde is starting on ITV soon which looked great from the adverts. I'm still plodding along through the BBC classics adaptations though. In the last few weeks I've gone from watching no actual TV to following loads of series.

I remember my parents watching Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).

[sadwidow28]

Okay, I've watched the 1st episode. I am not invested in the characters yet - but I think I have got the premise.

John River's police colleague Jackie "Stevie" Stevenson has been murdered. River is assigned to the case but he is not emotionally or mentally stable. He has a vested interest to bring the murderer(s) to justice because of his close friendship with Stevie. But as River pursues the case - he will find out things about Jackie "Stevie" that don't fit with his understanding of his best friend/colleague.

Is that right?

[sadwidow28]

I'll post this link to the River characters here so we can refer back if we need to:

River Characters: Meet the figures, both alive and dead, that fill the world of Detective John River

[member]

Bloody Tina Charles song as a middle of the night ear worm!! You're right sadwidow except that he's not assigned to the case to find Stevie's killer.

[NoahVale]

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/oct/13/river-bbc-skarsgard-season-one-episode-one

I like a good guardian review. the writer above appears to have loved. I did enjoy it. it was slow going though but I got into it eventually

[2rebecca]

Not my thing. More troubled angst ridden cops. Keep the ghosts in Doctor who.

[NoahVale]

I think it is mental health issues causing the ghosts here

[Lemonfizzypop]

Hmmm I wasn't hooked but will watch next week and see how it develops, but surely he would be signed off work if he's going rogue and walking around talking to himself etc?!