012 Contemporary Comedy – Old
Despite some flaws, I really enjoyed the first series of DI Gwen Danbury- An Odd Body by Sue Rodwell. The second series wasn’t quite as good, but I
still found it worth listening to. The re-casting
of Gwen’s mother Joan was jarring at first, though I quickly got used to Stephanie
Cole in the role. The too-cheerful theme
music was annoying as ever and over-used.
Yet, despite all this, I listened to all three episodes of the second
series, because I like the characters, I like the writing, and I think Annette
Badland is great. In the first story,
Peter Marinker played an obnoxious American right wing speaker, who was coming
to Suffolk to engage a local feminist in debate. Joan and Gwen found themselves on opposite
sides of the protest. Directed by
Rosemary Watts, the cast also featured Liza Ross, Michelle Newell, Richard
Derrington, and Robert Lister.
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