Lesley Manville is exceptional in everything, and the book is a good read, but what went wrong here? I was willing to stick with it but had to turn off due to the excruciatingly bad acting of a female character that comes in half way through the first episode. Peppered with great actors who come and go with nothing much to do, all verging on overacting - director, hang your head - all to ridiculously overblown orchestral music to much plot set-up and no action. They all try very hard - too hard - but this misses the mark. Actually subscribed to Britbox to watch this, what a shame.
Review of Magpie Murders
