There are so many of these short form British procedurals that they have a tendency to bleed (no pun) into each other. This is no better, and no worse, than the rest of the programs that have proliferated over the past decade. The acting is serviceable. Character development is by the numbers (new baby; recent divorce; secondary players barely fleshed out). The four cases in Series One provide few surprises (if you are familiar with this kind of stuff) and are essentially comfort food for brains on autopilot. Six hours to dampen one's expectations. That is, if you come to these four episodes expecting very little you will not be disappointed.
Review of The Chelsea Detective
