LINE OF DUTY, BBC1, 9pm
I WAS left a little bit breathless by this week’s episode. It is packed full of wild incident and thrills, though I must be a wet blanket and say all this giddy action is at the expense of plausibility.
I still fear this show, since moving to BBC1, has shot off the realism scale and gone hurling into the stratosphere .
But no-one dares question its mad trajectory because, hush, it’s Line of Duty! There is a hefty list of spoilers for this week’s episode which I can’t reveal, but I can tell you that Roz’s arm continues to give her trouble.
Her GP leaves urgent messages for her to get straight to A&E but she has too much to do and ignores medical advice.
Steve does likewise, insisting on a return to work even though he’s having to struggle in a wheelchair.
And Maneet is able to pinch secret AC-12 files simply by asking Jamie for his username and password. Jamie happily obliges.
Wasn’t that covered on day one of police training? Another implausible moment, but it has some drastic consequences.
THE DURRELLS, STV, 8pm
THE eccentric family return for a second series in which we can follow their scrapes and adventures on Corfu. Keeley Hawes is Louisa, mother of the Durrell family who hastily decided to abandon their life in damp and dreary England for a new start on the Greek island where they awake to sunshine – and goats in the bedroom. With the Durrell brats moaning about the lack of mosquito nets or at not having a Full English on the table for breakfast, Louisa snaps: “For the last time, we are POOR!”. There is no prospect of crusty pies and kedgeree from Harrods, she cries.
They decide to start selling their tiny farm’s produce at the nearby market, but the locals shun the posh English newcomers, and it seems Corfu isn’t as warm and delightful as they’d hoped.
But with a possible love interest for stressed-out Louisa, things might be looking up.
Everything here is sunny, jolly and eccentric. If you loved the last series, then this promises more of the same recipe.
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