Being a fan of BBC series, I was happy to find this set at my library. After sitting through almost four hours of often-obscure plot and poor sound (why 2-channel stereo when surround sound is easy to do now?), I thought I'd share my impressions. The rating is for the actors who are often excellent (Bill Paterson is one of my favourites today, and Peter Capaldi is very fine here) rather than for the technical aspects and the script. This really should have been a 90-minute movie rather than a miniseries.
Some reviewers have complained about the Scots accents being too thick; I found the dialogue easy to understand with one exception: Valerie Edmond playing Ashley delivered her lines with a really heavy accent that forced me to use my headphones. But she does an excellent job with her character, so I didn't mind really.
Some reviewers have complained about the Scots accents being too thick; I found the dialogue easy to understand with one exception: Valerie Edmond playing Ashley delivered her lines with a really heavy accent that forced me to use my headphones. But she does an excellent job with her character, so I didn't mind really.