LAST MONTH ON THIS BLOG (OR NOT)

Reviews, news and a visit in Thailand.

REVIEWS

- Captain America: Civil War:

http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/04/captain-america-civil-war_28.html  

- Capitaine Marleau (France 3):

http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/04/capitaine-marleau-les-mysteres-de-la-foi.html (Les mystères de la foi)

- I Want My Wife Back (BBC One):

http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/04/i-want-my-wife-back-bbc-one.html (Episode 1)

- The Five (Sky 1):

http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/04/the-five-sky-1.html (Episodes 1 and 2)

- Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahn Polizeï (RTL):

http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/04/alarm-fur-cobra-11-cobra-ubernehmen-sie.html (Cobra, übernehmen Sie!)

- El Ministerio del Tiempo (La 1, Series 2):

http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/04/el-ministerio-del-tiempo-series-2.html (Episodes 7 & 8)

- Undercover (BBC One):

http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/04/undercover-bbc-one.html (Episode 1)
 

NEWS

- Partners in Crime (D8):

http://tattard2.blogspot.fr/2016/04/agatha-christies-partners-in-crime-on.html

In Spain, La Embajada, the new series of Bambú Producciones (Bajo Sospecha, Velvet) started last monday on Antena 3. Circumstances didn't leave us some time to review the first episode, a tedious "Dallas-esque" visit in Thailand (thanks to some vfx wizardry). This said, the premiere caught 4.034.000 viewers (22.5%). Most regrettably, it was against the return of the second series of the excellent El Ministerio del Tiempo after a three-week break. 1.911.000 viewers (9.9%) for the Ministry. Ouch...

I WANT MY WIFE BACK - EPISODE 1 (BBC ONE)

Back to Brighton from another work trip, Murray learns that his beloved wife Bex left him on the day of her 40th birthday. Too bad for the surprise birthday party he has arranged...

The bottom line: What Richard Poole did next.

Writers Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresni and comedian/actor Ben Miller, who gave us The Worst Week Of My Life (2004-2006), team up again for I Want My Wife Back. This six-part BBC One sitcom is produced by Mainstreet Pictures, the indie prodco of former ITV drama execs Laura Mackie and Sally Haynes, with Bussell and Sbresni's Busby Productions.

Ben Miller is Murray, the hapless husband of Bex, played by Caroline Catz (DCI Banks, Doc Martin). I Want My Wife Back is supposed to be a "romantic comedy" though this first episode is neither funny nor humourous. Murray looks like a thinly disguised version of Miller's DI Richard Poole in Death in Paradise. Unfortunately, there's no trace of the extraordinary sense of social satire and comedic pace usually displayed by the actor in things like The Armstrong and Miller Show.

Also starring Priyanga Burford (Nereesha), Kenneth Collard (Grant), Susannah Fielding (Emma), Jan Francis (Paula), Cariad Lloyd, Abigail Thaw, etc. Music by Grant Olding. Co-produced by Guy de Glanville. Sally Haynes and Laura Mackie exec produce. Created, written and produced by Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresni. Directed by Paul Norton Walker.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-04-18/ben-miller-wants-to-resurrect-the-romcom-and-armstrong-and-miller
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/04/18/i-want-my-wife-back-episode-one-review/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3546517/A-funny-rom-com-divorce-Nope-pure-cringe-com-writes-CHRISTOPHER-STEVENS-night-s-TV.html
http://dvd-fever.co.uk/i-want-my-wife-back-episode-1-the-dvdfever-review/