![]() ![]() ![]() The mysterious craft he saw was actually a top secret RAF test craft and it is the same craft lighting up the skies over Cooper Hill now. That “nothing since” of course carries a whole life story in it, and his dishevelled appearance and battered old caravan underline the fact. We never really believe aliens are involved and yet full credit to actor Steve Evets for almost convincing us as he recollects the moment: “I was never more alive than in those two minutes – nothing since has come remotely close.” Chief among the UFO-hunters is Carter Faulkner, who thirty years ago saw a mysterious craft in the sky. A neat, if occasionally bonkers, script deftly merges the two into a surprisingly cohesive whole.įundamentally ‘The Incident at Cooper Hill’ is about parents and children, and it is this underlying theme that knits the ‘whodunnit’ and the ‘little green men’ strands together. There are two things going on this week – the first is the suggestion that alien spacecraft are visiting the Home Counties, and one particular village in particular and the second is the plot. “You’re ruling out a UFO?” asks DS Nelson (fine performance from Gwilym Lee, getting his lines out without even a hint of a giggle) “I didn’t think I’d ever ruled it in,” says Barnaby drily.īut I’m getting ahead of myself. Viewers will probably also be reassured to know that, despite initial indications to the contrary, none of the murders is actually down to extra-terrestrial involvement. Regular viewers will be reassured to know that after last week’s impressive but murder-free season opener we are back to normal this week. RadioTimes.I expect the Midsomer Constabulary scores very highly in the police performance charts, given the ‘always get their man’ attitude that has prevailed there for nearly twenty years.īut the force’s zero tolerance policy towards unsolved murders has not always been so rigidly followed – and ‘The Incident at Cooper Hill’ revolves around a murder victim buried in a shallow grave in the woods outside Midsomer Stanton back in 1984, where it has lain undiscovered until now.How Manjinder Virk is shaking up Midsomer Murders.My fans are more of a select group, but I’m sure they more than make up with enthusiasm for what they lack in numbers. No one thinks, “That could happen to me when I’m walking the dog!” Nobody is watching Midsomer Murders and thinking, “Oh, that guy was on the roof of his castle when he saw a headless horseman and fell to his death from the roof… My God, that could have been me!” Or seeing people who are supposed to have been kidnapped by aliens and entombed in plastic shells with goo inside. We wouldn’t do anything bad to an animal, and certainly not to children, but otherwise, we’re very equal ops murderers.ĭo you fear society is scarred by all that killing? We’ll bump off anybody on Midsomer Murders, we’re not at all choosy. Scandi noir and its dark British equivalents seem to mainly murder women. Now, if there were aliens who wanted to find out about our civilisation by watching television, they’d think half the planet spends all its time trying to figure out how to kill the other half. When I was a boy, watching Z Cars and Softly, Softly, they might have a bit of burglary, or shoplifting. Today you’ve got to have several murders and serial killers. You’re 57 now – has TV crime drama changed much? If I did it properly, it might be tremendously difficult. My version is made with rice, tomatoes, onions, celery, lamb, chicken, prawns and chorizo. But mostly in the week I insist the family eats together, it’s important. Yes, we do! When Strictly is on, we can’t pause that, so we have tea on our knees. I hate to disappoint you, but I don’t even own a smoking jacket.ĭo you allow your kids to eat in front of the TV? I’ve just been cleaning out the guinea pigs in shorts and a T-shirt, so it’s not that bohemian, more like drudgery! I manage to get to the gym and do some shopping, but my life is mostly doing chores. She said, “What are you doing? You spend your whole life making it, why are you watching it?”Īway from Midsomer, do you live a bohemian lifestyle? I accidentally came across the beginning of an episode recently and thought, “I’ll just watch the first two minutes.” An hour later my wife found me still there. Do you watch Midsomer Murders in your small house?
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