What did you think about Murder in Provence?

Watched it on BritBox when it first came out. Wasn't impressed with the drama on BBC 1 last night set in an emergency control room.

I'm not sure. The scenery was nice, but I couldn't get used to French characters being played by very English actors. It grew on me, so I will watch again.

PollyDolly you were watching a different programme on BBC1 The Control Room.

It grew on me but I would not have liked to hear fake French accents. At least once I had sorted out the characters I did not have to give much thought to it. I will watch it again next Sunday.

I saw it on BritBox and thought it was a nice change. Thursday abroad!

I thought it rather stilted and slow, and wondered if they were going to dub it for French audiences. Fell asleep so not sure what happened so will watch again.

It’s pretty dire, in spite of starring my virtual husband Mr Allam

I thought it was awful.

I decided to watch it because I'm a Francophile, know part of Provence and love the two leading actors.

Wasn't looking for a complicated plot that is hard to follow.

In this heat and after a hot weekend I found it a light and relaxing watch.

I love Roger Allan and this didn't do him justice. It was all froth and no substance.

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Joseanne

I'm not sure. The scenery was nice, but I couldn't get used to French characters being played by very English actors. It grew on me, so I will watch again.

We've recorded it as DH wanted to watch the Control Room ut said he won't bother to watch any more, dark, dismal and depressing!

Rather like Maigret, Joseanne.
In fact lovely Roger Allam would have made a good Maigret.

FannyCornforth

It’s pretty dire, in spite of starring my virtual husband Mr Allam

I'm not divorcing him!

Saw this on another channel earlier this year. Underwhelmed. Love Provence but even the scenery didn’t encourage me to watch again.

Watched it on Britbox a while ago, I've forgotten much of the plot. only watched it because I love scenic Provence, I have cousins just outside Aix, but apart from the scenery it was pretty unexciting fodder to slump in front of and zone out really.

Are we talking about The control room or murder in Provence
There seems comments about both
I enjoyed The control room looking forward to more of it tonight

DH and I watched the series earlier this year and we both agreed that the French setting is lovely and the acting is good, but we didn't like the way viewers aren't given the opportunity to use the clues to work out who the murderer is, as everything was spelt out in the conversations between the two main characters as the story moves along. We'd have liked a bit more of a challenge.

My TV guide likened it to Death In Paradise, The Mallorca Files and Magnum PI. Have never watched any of those, but after sitting through the PM Debate beforehand, I fancied something a bit light and frothy, and I like Roger Allam.

Rather underwhelmed, it was just like I thought it would be. Fell asleep before the end, but wasn’t really bothered ‘who dunnit’.

We really enjoyed it actually. Enjoyed the performances of Roger Allan and Nancy Carroll and the banter between them.
Beautiful scenery and a light easy watch for a change.

I was looking forward to it -I like Roger Allam .
I think that I'd watched the credits when I dozed off .
I have yet to watch the recording !

Very disappointing. Even the short views of Cassis which was the first holiday with DH when both students (youth hosteling) wasn’t enough to redeem. Had really been looking forward to it.

I love Aix and enjoyed glimpsing parts of it. Cassis is stunning but the scene there didn’t look like how I remember it. I was disappointed that the actors were all English, even the extras looked English with no French body language.
2 niggles: casual unnecessary blaspheming language, and stupid amount of cushions on the bed that had to be removed before getting in.
Apart from that it was good Sunday evening entertainment.

I kept thinking how much my mother would have loved it. She enjoyed any detective dramas where the wife/partner was clever, stylish and loyal, often stealing the limelight.

I’m thinking Paul Temple and Steve, Maigret and Madame Maigret and the wife in Pie in the Sky.

I enjoyed Patricia Hodge playing the mother.

We watched for about half an hour and thought it pretty dire.
I loved him in Endeavour.

I tried to watch it with OH yesterday, but we both found it too slow. I tried again this afternoon and quite got into it. Needs more outdoor shots. I found it to be a lot like Midsummer murders.