Strange

Former priest Jonathan Strange now spends his time hunting for reminds, disillusioned with The Church, he teams up with a nurse named Jude, but finds his endeavours blocked by Canon Black.

Seven cracking episodes, what a shame The BBC had no foresight to extend it beyond seven episodes, I wouldn't perhaps say it was ahead of its time, more unusual for the early 2000's.

How sad that it's never had a commercial release, I'm sure there'd be enough interest out there for one.

Writer Andrew Marshall is perhaps better known for comedy, 2.4 Children being 'THE' sitcom I grew up with in The 90's, who'd have thought that he'd own such a seriously good series about Priests and Demons.

I enjoyed every single episode, I particularly enjoyed Incubus, that was such a grizzly, fast moving episode, but each one has something to offer. Each one could easily be adapted into a horror film today.

Some fine performances throughout, aside from the regular cast, Anna Massey, Imelda Staunton and Tom Baker were great fun, I couldn't help but adore Ian Richardson's scorn and sarcasm throughout.

Well worth seeing.

8/10.

I didn't see this at all when it first aired, as I live in the USA. For my countrymen, the obvious comparison is to The X-Files, as a believer and a skeptic (at first, anyway) investigate supernatural mysteries. Instead of UFOs, though, the central bugaboo in this series is demons.

Some of the story elements are familiar to longtime genre viewers. The title character, John Strange (as far as we know, no relation to Adam Strange of The Strange Report) is a defrocked priest, which brings to mind the unsold TV pilot "The Possessed" from Jerry Thorpe (producer of Kung Fu) with James Farentino. The frequent setting of the hospital is reminiscent of the contemporaneous American series The Others, about a group of spiritualists and psychic investigators.

But this series, Strange, is better-written than the first season of the X-Files was. The mysteries are more complex, the scares a little chillier, the backstory exposition revealed at a more leisurely pace. Strange's distaff partner, Jude Atkins, is a nurse and a single mom, and there is a refreshingly honest feminist & working class subtext often absent from American television. Ian Richardson is a delicious treat in his role as Strange's foil. Sadly, there are only a handful of episodes, so the considerable potential of this series remains mostly untapped. Which is sad, as I would rather have watched this than Supernatural.

Thoroughly enjoyable. Intelligently scripted, a nice mix of ambiguous characters, plenty of scope for development, and all attractively acted. When watching this, I thought it was on a par with Channel 4's superb "Ultraviolet" mini-series made in 1998. Aha, I now see that was also written and directed by Joe Ahearne.

More please, BBC!

Acting, direction, cinematography, writing, scenic design, clothing, casting and whatever else. . . are all wonderfully done. The show is intelligent, deep, had a great germ of an idea, is very engrossing, and moves along very well. WHY did they CANCEL it? and in England, too, where they have many intelligent, complicated shows for the television audience.

I, for one, like everyone else, i'm sure, think that Asmoth is, of course, the Canon, whom Ian Richardson plays to perfection; he leaves us guessing pretty often, but still you really hate him. Too bad we didn't see him get his!!!! I really would have enjoyed that. We also don't get to see how Jude's son would develop as a character and obviously for the good side! Both the leads have full characterization and are played so well by Samantha Womack and Richard Coyle (the emotions of Strange are so expressive). and what would have happened when John came out of his coma - would he be stronger, have more insight - what?? and Timmy Lang (Kevin), plays his part to a 't'. Very, very annoying whoever canceled this!!!

It ended too soon! Great in every department...music, acting, dialogue, production values. Ian Richardson was great as the villain. If there were a season 2 I would definitely watch it!. Would love to know who did the music for the show. It ended too soon! Great in every department...music, acting, diaIt ended too soon! Great in every department...music, acting, dialogue, production values. Ian Richardson was great as the villain. If there were a season 2 I would definitely watch it!. Would love to know who did the music for the show.logue, production values. Ian Richardson was great as the villain. If there were a season 2 I would definitely watch it!. Would love to know who did the music for the show.