I loved the Agatha Raisin books- and thought the first two series were terrific. Yes-Agatha was now Scots-and blonde- but the atmosphere of the books was recreated and I loved them.
I rewatched episode one of series 1 last night-and could cry at the utter mess they have made of the series. It's not the casts fault. They are as good as ever- but whoever directs this has the characters behaving outrageously over the top- like pantomime dames!
Exaggerated grimaces and comedy stage whispers and ridiculously flamboyant gestures are destroying any atmosphere it once had.
Talking of pantomime dames- Agatha's wardrobe??? What on earth are they playing at? Agatha dresses expensively, yet is chic.
The costumes they have her wearing are utterly ridiculous! A swarm of large Bee brooches over the front and back of her dress? A lurid silk kimono jacket- with a massive pink satin bow on the back?
Ashley Jensen is lovely-and played Agatha's insecurities wonderfully with the smallest of facial expression-usually with her eyes.
Now she grimaces and gurns like a mad person. The rest of the cast are equally afflicted- so I can only blame the director.
Please- get this sorted!
I rewatched episode one of series 1 last night-and could cry at the utter mess they have made of the series. It's not the casts fault. They are as good as ever- but whoever directs this has the characters behaving outrageously over the top- like pantomime dames!
Exaggerated grimaces and comedy stage whispers and ridiculously flamboyant gestures are destroying any atmosphere it once had.
Talking of pantomime dames- Agatha's wardrobe??? What on earth are they playing at? Agatha dresses expensively, yet is chic.
The costumes they have her wearing are utterly ridiculous! A swarm of large Bee brooches over the front and back of her dress? A lurid silk kimono jacket- with a massive pink satin bow on the back?
Ashley Jensen is lovely-and played Agatha's insecurities wonderfully with the smallest of facial expression-usually with her eyes.
Now she grimaces and gurns like a mad person. The rest of the cast are equally afflicted- so I can only blame the director.
Please- get this sorted!