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This is a great thread- maybe I should watch it!

As my grandsons say- sometimes it's so bad it's good!

Emma was a bit slow on the uptake for a barrister. I was yelling, ‘She didn’t say it was her daughter’ at the nasty policewoman but then I probably watch too many crime dramas.

This one put Midsomer Murders to shame! 😂

Calendargirl

^Why does Jill Halfpenny end up in these ridiculous dramas?^

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Well yes, I can she why she accepts the roles, but why is it always JH or SL who is offered them? Oh, and Sheridan Smith gets her share, too. They must be able to command decent money, and it would be better spent on good scripts. This one had such a good cast - they must have been expensive, and though the location would have been cheap a six part series will have cost a lot. Whoever does the commissioning for C5 drama does seem to like a ludicrous end to an initially promising story. ITV's not much better, to be fair.

I enjoyed it in a bizarre sort of way but I'm left confused.

So she coincidentally chose a builder to quote for the extension who knew Adam beforehand and had hatched the sabotage plan? There was no mention of Adam recommending him.

Yes, agree merlotgran - that was so obvious when the police officer referred to "her" and "she".

I'm doubtful that a solicitor would set out to deliberately lie to, and deceive, the bench.

Both parents seemed less concerned than normal about their missing teenager who was chained to an oven for 3 hours - 3 days? Who knows. With no food or toilet facilities.

Presumably Marcus left because of the Father but made no attempt to let the Mother know he was ok, let alone alive?

And Derek stabbed Adam because he killed some magpies? Is that right?

We’ve only just watched episode 1, so I'm trying to avoid spoilers, but it is appallingly bad and yet watchable!

With just a smidgen more hamming it up they could have billed it as a comedy.

Got the name wrong, not Derek doing the stabbing, it was the security guy, I think his name was Nick.

They were all awful, weren't they?

Selfish Emma
Adulterous John and Thingy
Nosy and murderous Nick
Violent and criminal builder
Wife beater Derek
Neurotic Barbara
Duplicitous Adam
Insane policewoman
Stroppy daughter
Swindling dad

What is Marcus thinking, moving in with that lot (but I suppose half of them are dead)?

All acting their little socks off - what a waste of talent.

Allira

I just wondering how they filmed it. Did they ask householders if they could film there, anyone wanting an extension built for free with neighbours who were happy to move out for a while? Or were all the interiors filmed in a studio?

I noticed in the first shots of the street in episode 1 that a lot of the houses had curtains tightly drawn and wondered if the residents didn’t want their privacy invaded, but closed curtains went on to become a theme in the story.

Gin

Found the last episode so confusing. Time wise, I could not fathom out how long daughter was chained up. They managed to get three houses on the market and husband arrested and prison visits all whilst she is on the floor attached to the cooker. Just did not make sense.

Just watched it as I was out last night.

Yes, all rather muddled. The police and forensic team had been in and the house was fairly well cleaned up so that would take time. All that time the daughter was handcuffed to the oven door. My oven door lifts off for cleaning but perhaps a teenager might not know that. Good point about the issues with toileting, Calendargirl!
Only one house was on the market, I thought, which was Alan and Sonia's but perhaps I stopped concentrating by then so could be wrong.

eazybee

Such rubbish.
There is more than enough drama in a kitchen extension without any need for dead magpies, or dead bodies.

😂😂😂
Or even just a new kitchen! 😂

merlotgran

Emma was a bit slow on the uptake for a barrister. I was yelling, ‘She didn’t say it was her daughter’ at the nasty policewoman but then I probably watch too many crime dramas.

This one put Midsomer Murders to shame! 😂

Wasn't she slow!!
I was shouting at her then, not very sharp for a barrister, was she.

Doodledog

They were all awful, weren't they?

Selfish Emma
Adulterous John and Thingy
Nosy and murderous Nick
Violent and criminal builder
Wife beater Derek
Neurotic Barbara
Duplicitous Adam
Insane policewoman
Stroppy daughter
Swindling dad

What is Marcus thinking, moving in with that lot (but I suppose half of them are dead)?

😂😂😂

Loving this thread!

Where has Marcus been all this time? Timbuktu?

Stroppy daughter oh, I think that's probably the most normal bit!

Even Larry Lamb seemed as wooden as a flagpole

BlueBelle

Even Larry Lamb seemed as wooden as a flagpole

He did have a rather desperate expression. Maybe he couldn’t believe the script.

merlotgran

BlueBelle

Even Larry Lamb seemed as wooden as a flagpole

He did have a rather desperate expression. Maybe he couldn’t believe the script.

😁

Some programmes in Channel 5 have left me wondering how it all works. Do they employ certain writers, producers, actors, presenters for their dramas and docu-series so that they have to produce one thing after another?

Allira

merlotgran

BlueBelle

Even Larry Lamb seemed as wooden as a flagpole

He did have a rather desperate expression. Maybe he couldn’t believe the script.

😁

Some programmes in Channel 5 have left me wondering how it all works. Do they employ certain writers, producers, actors, presenters for their dramas and docu-series so that they have to produce one thing after another?

Yes, they do Allira

I did stick with it because I've sprained my ankle and needed to rest it, but it was utter tosh!

I'm still confused about why he was murdered

Ziggy62

I'm still confused about why he was murdered

I think it was because he killed the magpies - but honestly, I'm not sure!

ferry23

Ziggy62

I'm still confused about why he was murdered

I think it was because he killed the magpies - but honestly, I'm not sure!

Yes, when he was confronted about killing the magpies by the Neighbourhood Watchman he said they were "just birds", I think.
That enraged Nick, the Neighbourhood Watchman, who is a keen ornithologist, so he killed him.

I might have that wrong of course.

Ps but why did he kill the magpies and threaten his neighbours with them? Was it because he suspected his wife and John were having an affair?

I'm just catching up on the final 2 episodes as we were out.
I'm more confused than ever! In whose house was the daughter chained to the oven?
As someone said earlier, it's so bad, it's good!

I’m more confused than ever! In whose house was the daughter chained to the oven?

The young policewoman’s house - she wanted revenge on the girls mother.