The Wives

Avoid this series like the plague, absolutely terrible script, unfortunately the acting is even more terrible. At no time does the plot make any sense, it seems to consist of quaffing large glasses of red wine, every other comment being about sex then a big row then everyone all friends again , and so it goes on around and around.

It takes about one minute into the first episode to realise this is a must miss, it made me miss the days of the test card being screened.

Anyway that's enough of the goods points !

The only plus side to it is that as it is a channel 5 production it means it didnt come out of license fee money.

This is not a perfect series but I loved the acting. Angela Griffin is an underrated British actress and I thought her performance was very believable. Tamzin Outhwaite is perfectly cast as a "cougar". She's beautiful and believable as a 40 plus a woman. I was disappointed with Jo Joyner. I found her acting stilted self-conscious and unbelievable. It's a run-of-the-mill story. Somebody goes missing on a holiday but what's unbelievable is all the friends and family go back and live their lives like it's never happened. I didn't hate it but I didn't love it and I wanted to love it. If you like a story with no conclusion and no promise of a second series, watch it. If you like everything tied up in knots like I do give it a miss.

Okay to watch, but there's no end to the story.

For some reason the writers, director, producers, etc think they're far smarter than they are and left it on a whimper instead of a bang. Could have been so much better than it was, if it had contained a start, middle and ending that were clearer about story, characters and point to the whole thing. As it was who had married whom got lost along the way, as did several other plot lines, and whole areas weren't addressed at all (where did the chips come from? Why use them?)

I lost 6 hours of my life for nothing.

If there is a second outing, doubt l'll bother viewing.

I was initially looking forward to this, not expecting too much, just wanting something to binge watch on the now darkening evenings. I like the actors and was enjoying it for the most part. I got to episode 5 and couldn't wait for the final. It was light with some twists and turns, some that were so obvious, but playing a guessing game with myself, I was so excited for the end result. Well.....that's 6 hours I won't get back, the ending was TERRIBLE, so many questions unanswered and no sense to the ending. Really wish I hadn't bothered watching, I was so frustrated 😫 I rarely review TV programmes but please don't waste your time on this one.

The Morgans return to Malta for their tenth annual holiday, minus one member, Annabelle, who vanished a year ago, the three remaining wives, Beth, Natasha and Sylvie carry out their own investigation to discover what happened to her.

It's a decent six part drama series, it's not brilliant, but it's fun nonetheless. At times it verges in Soap opera, and some of the revelations are worthy of Albert Square or the cobbled Streets of Corrie, but there's something enjoyable about it.

The story is a good one, it's definitely got a level of intrigue and suspense, sure the plot is a bit zany, but it represents total escapism, nice to see a bit of sun on these cold September nights, even if Malta does look a little cold.

Nicely acted, expect the usual bunch of seasoned channel five actors, it's only a shock that Sally Lindsay isn't playing Annabelle. Jo Joyner steals the show for me, but then she always does, I am a big fan.

Give it a try, it's daft, but fun.

6/10.