This was once quite a high-grade series, but what's happened?
I thought something might be amiss when I noticed early on a tiny thing: a totally anachronistic payphone. Very odd, when the rest of the set-dressing is meticulous. But that was nothing. The footballing was appalling. Production values close to zero. There was fog and floodlights shining into the camera to try to hide the fact that there were only about half a dozen players and hardly any spectators. The "stadium" was a sort of down-at-heel little amateur affair field suitable for perhaps a Sunday league. These were supposed to be sixth-round FA Cup matches with a player so famous that he is featured on This is Your Life and has a flashy lifestyle. Also there's some terrible hammy acting and the plot is a run-of-the-mill Morse-Lewis-Endeavour one with no redeeming features. I could go on.
I thought something might be amiss when I noticed early on a tiny thing: a totally anachronistic payphone. Very odd, when the rest of the set-dressing is meticulous. But that was nothing. The footballing was appalling. Production values close to zero. There was fog and floodlights shining into the camera to try to hide the fact that there were only about half a dozen players and hardly any spectators. The "stadium" was a sort of down-at-heel little amateur affair field suitable for perhaps a Sunday league. These were supposed to be sixth-round FA Cup matches with a player so famous that he is featured on This is Your Life and has a flashy lifestyle. Also there's some terrible hammy acting and the plot is a run-of-the-mill Morse-Lewis-Endeavour one with no redeeming features. I could go on.