Unforgotten.

She is 76.

She looks too old to be the mother of the autistic boy.

This is one of my favourite series on TV. I binge-watched the latest to the end into the early hours of this morning.

As always, I enjoyed the way the team work together and finally get to the truth through meticulous investigation, but this story was too heavy on issues.

Without giving anything away, the ending was too similar to a case Sunny had investigated with Cassie and not altogether plausible but it didn’t detract from the clever way the stories of the various characters are interwoven.

NanKate

Did any of you recognise Michelle Dotrice (Some mothers do have ‘um’) the bedridden mother of the lad with mental health issues?

They made her look so old. She was married to Edward Woodward. She lived in Stratford upon Avon in her teens, as I did. Her father was a famous Shakespearean actor Roy Dotrice.

Enough of my teenage memories.

I was trying to work out who she was, NanKate and couldn't, so thank you.

We'd never watched the previous series and found this one confusing, mumbly and wondered if we might not bother to watch any more. Don't like the main woman detective at all.

Please tell me it might be worth persevering!

You should probably watch the old series first Allira, to get into the ‘feel’ of the programme.

Nicola Walker was the original DI and was much missed when she left.

The new Irish one is growing on me, but not the same. Always comes across as hard, unlike Nicola who did an excellent job, but seemed much more empathetic with both her team and the families she dealt with.

But some good plots, need a bit of following though.

We were gripped from the first episode. So much so, we sat up until 12 midnight last night watching all the episodes. In a way a predictable ending but it was very gripping. I like the new lady, I think she is good in the part. No she’s not like Nicola Walker but maybe she doesn’t need to be. It’s more believable than the woman replacement in Shetland I think. A really good programme but probably got to wait again until next year for a new series now. I like the multi layered character approach.

This is series six and there is a progression. I think it helps to watch the earlier series to become familar with the format; several different characters whose lives have all been linked in some way in the past but it can take up to six episodes to figure out how. Some big names in those early ones.

I was irritated a tad with series five, neither Jesse nor Sunny on top form as both had personal problems plus Cassie left big shoes to fill, but I took to Jesse more once she and Sunny reset. For me, he is the consistent, steady, beating heart of the series.

Jesse has a different style to Cassie but I think it was important not to have a carbon copy. Also, I think her slightly abrasive style contrasts well with Sunny’s much quieter calmer approach.

Nicola Walker was always going to be a hard act to follow so I wonder if Sinead Keenan deliberately steered the role the other way. She's a great actress herself - played the Mother in Little Boy Blue wonderfully.

I think once they both opened up to each other in the last series their relationship has definitely softened and I'm enjoying her in it.

Probably we should do that Calendargirl, I don't know why we never did watch it.

I loved Sunny's "Nah!" story, the way he told it! He's such a good actor.

I was thrilled to see this return, I love the complex plots and red herrings; I thought it would not be the same without Nicola Walker but her replacement is growing on me. I agree that there are a lot of different threads and characters to the story but I can't wait to see episode 3.

Probably just me but I wish we could have a new thread about this series instead of a continuation of a very old one as I keep getting muddled up and reading old bits before I find the beginning of this new one ok just me!!

I certainly wouldn’t have recognised the boys mother as Michelle Doltrice but I think the young man is playing an excellent part as an autistic adult

That’s my fault BlueBelle, carrying on the old thread, but I thought it was a bit pointless starting a new one.

I find it interesting picking up old comments.

I just start reading from the latest dates to see what others think about it.

I love it and only have the last episode left to watch.

I'm enjoying it. A good strong drama.

I think where separate threads would be helpful would be if we had one titled say Unforgotten Series Six with Spoilers and Unforgotten Series Six No Spoilers Please. for those who like to watch week-by-week.

I see I am not alone in having binge-watched this but it's hard to discuss in any detail until the whole series had aired.

I've just finished binge-watching it. No spoilers but I will just say I thought it was terrific - terrific acting, terrific storyline - really recommend it.