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Ridley 8-10pm itv with Adrian Dunbar as Ridley!

(67 Posts)
annodomini Mon 11-Aug-25 10:47:00

I loved Adrian Dunbar in Line of Duty, especially with the Northern Irish accent. Is that his normal accent or is it assumed for the role? I think it would be a hard one to 'borrow'.

Sadgrandma Mon 11-Aug-25 10:32:11

Watched to first series and was very disappointed as I really liked him in Line of Duty but found it really boring and as for his singing ……. Won’t be watching I’m afraid

merlotgran Mon 11-Aug-25 09:23:51

eazybee

Dull and boring.

Yes.

eazybee Mon 11-Aug-25 09:17:55

Dull and boring.

Calendargirl Mon 11-Aug-25 08:27:17

Well, at least he wasn’t doing ‘his turn’ at the end, which was how each episode in the first series finished.

Yes, he’s aged (haven’t we all!) and it’s all a bit contrived.

At least he’s having counselling for the loss of his family.

Don’t like Julie Graham, not sure why all these older men find her so attractive, she always looks rather hard nosed to me.

sassenach512 Sun 10-Aug-25 22:58:44

Finding it a bit 'meh' really. I like Adrian Dunbar as an actor but we're seasoned 'Vera' fans and it's just not doing it for us.
The singing bit is a bit naff too. We'll give it another couple of watches but if it still doesn't improve, we'll be hauling Vera back out ☺️

Charleygirl5 Sun 10-Aug-25 22:12:14

I certainly did not have to give much thought to what would happen next but it was easy watching.

Allira Sun 10-Aug-25 22:10:51

I kept saying to DH "This must be a repeat, I've seen it before".
He said I couldn't have, it's a new series. confused

Then I found out it was on Prime last year. It's ok, but it's not exactly Line of Duty and I don't understand why the nightclub and singing is necessary.

BlueBelle Sun 10-Aug-25 21:58:40

Oh dear very underwhelming found myself ‘wandering’ wouldn’t rush home for the it

lemsip Sun 10-Aug-25 21:57:52

bring back The Bill, that was better than this!

sodapop Sun 10-Aug-25 21:42:33

It's OK, easy watching. Sometimes it's nice to watch something that's not too convoluted.
I like Adrian Dunbar.

ayse Sun 10-Aug-25 21:37:41

We’re just watching the first series again before we watch the second. I find it a reasonable watch, nice and slow that doesn’t take much concentration.

I read recently there may be another Line of Duty on the way.

Grannmarie Sun 10-Aug-25 21:32:10

Oh, he's singing 🎶 again, can't remember the name of the other drama where he sang.

BlueBelle Sun 10-Aug-25 21:07:52

Grannmarie not gripping me either finding it fairly dull and a bit predictable Andrew Dunbar seems to have aged a lot
Perhaps it ll rev up 🙃…..perhaps !

Grannmarie Sun 10-Aug-25 21:01:40

It's not really gripping me so far, although I loved A.D. in Line of Duty.

lemsip Sun 10-Aug-25 20:45:49

anyone watching

lemsip Sun 10-Aug-25 20:24:24

new series Of Ridley..