In the 1980s, John Nettles was the star of an excellent BBC detective series called Bergerac, set in Jersey. In the late 1990s, a more girthsome Nettles assumed the lead of this blatant Inspector Morse rip-off. Like Morse, Nettle's character has a naive younger deputy and investigates murders in a pretty area of the country. Sound familiar? Of course it does. If only ITV would realize they aren't going to beat the great writing and central performance of Inspector Morse with the safe choice of John Nettles and some attractive scenery.
It isn't offensive, but it isn't inspired either, and John Nettles doesn't look too interested. Neither should you be.
It isn't offensive, but it isn't inspired either, and John Nettles doesn't look too interested. Neither should you be.