This was made by the same team that made Death in Paradise, and they proudly state that in the opening credits, but seeing as that series started off ok but then dived into an abysmal bore, Its not good that they should tell us that.
It also has copied another TV series - Doc Martin, whereas that is set in a pretty Cornwall seaside village, this one is set in a pretty Devon seaside village, both with local odd characters, one of the actors from the Doc Martin series is also in this!
They run the story that the lead character - Humphrey, has returned to England from his stint in the Caribbean (Death in Paradise), and has moved with his wife to this Devon village, with similar crime plots to the Death in Paradise series, despite the change of scenery, it has not really improved much, the first few episodes benefitted from it being a bit fresher (new place/new characters), but it soon descended into the dross that Death in Paradise did, the last episode did not feature a murder, which was, a little different, but it ended with Humphrey (and his partly estranged wife) going back to the Death in Paradise Island. Indicating the experiment with the Devon setting was over. However there is a Xmas Special and a new series in the pipeline, so I am assuming they are returning to Devon?
I hope his wife (character) does not reappear, the crime plots and acting/storylines about them were ok, although descending into boring repetition, but the plot involving his on/off relationship with his wife was mind numbingly annoying, and her character was bringing the series down, she was like the iceberg sticking into the Titanic!
The other actors did ok, their roles were better than the ones in Death in Paradise, and the Sergeant role was better than the one in Death in Paradise, getting more involved. But the side storyline of Humphrey's relationship, his wife and her ex, was bringing it all down.
If they are doing more episode/series, they really need to ditch that storyline, and his wife character, otherwise it will be terminal for the series.
As far as this series goes, I give it 5 stars, for the acting of (except the wife and her ex), and the slightly different criminal storylines, if it didn't have the storyline about his wife, I would have rated it much higher.
It also has copied another TV series - Doc Martin, whereas that is set in a pretty Cornwall seaside village, this one is set in a pretty Devon seaside village, both with local odd characters, one of the actors from the Doc Martin series is also in this!
They run the story that the lead character - Humphrey, has returned to England from his stint in the Caribbean (Death in Paradise), and has moved with his wife to this Devon village, with similar crime plots to the Death in Paradise series, despite the change of scenery, it has not really improved much, the first few episodes benefitted from it being a bit fresher (new place/new characters), but it soon descended into the dross that Death in Paradise did, the last episode did not feature a murder, which was, a little different, but it ended with Humphrey (and his partly estranged wife) going back to the Death in Paradise Island. Indicating the experiment with the Devon setting was over. However there is a Xmas Special and a new series in the pipeline, so I am assuming they are returning to Devon?
I hope his wife (character) does not reappear, the crime plots and acting/storylines about them were ok, although descending into boring repetition, but the plot involving his on/off relationship with his wife was mind numbingly annoying, and her character was bringing the series down, she was like the iceberg sticking into the Titanic!
The other actors did ok, their roles were better than the ones in Death in Paradise, and the Sergeant role was better than the one in Death in Paradise, getting more involved. But the side storyline of Humphrey's relationship, his wife and her ex, was bringing it all down.
If they are doing more episode/series, they really need to ditch that storyline, and his wife character, otherwise it will be terminal for the series.
As far as this series goes, I give it 5 stars, for the acting of (except the wife and her ex), and the slightly different criminal storylines, if it didn't have the storyline about his wife, I would have rated it much higher.