Whitstable Pearl

Pearl Nolan runs a restaurant and a Detective Agency, her investigations often cross with those of Detective Inspector Mike McGuire, a straight talking, grief stricken cop.

This show is the reason I pay my Acorn subscription, one of the best shows on the platform. It will definitely appeal to fans of shows like Mallorca Files, Father Brown and Midsomer Murders, it's light, but definitely intriguing and suspenseful.

It must have done wonders for the tourism in Whitstable, it looks incredible in parts, very picturesque.

The cases are always intriguing, but the characters just offer a little bit more than most shows, they're so well realised.

Kerry Godliman and Howard Charles are both terrific, and their relationship becomes one of the show's most interesting elements, they really play off one another very well.

The supporting cast are very good, especially Frances Barber, Dolly is wonderful, shades of Patsy Stone.

8/10.

It has enough comedy with the 'will they won't they' romance. The mysteries are light and realistic.

And it's in Whitstable, that's worth a star.

If you like your mysteries cosy rather than gritty, then I'd give this one a try. I really like Howard Charles anyway and Kerry Godliman is a great lead actress. Quirky characters and lovely scenery.

I disagree with the reviewer who said it was boring, I found it enjoyable and engaging and the characters as well as the actors who are playing them were all very good. Highly recommended and cannot wait until they bring out more seasons.

Whitstable Pearl I saw this programme pop up on the Drama Channel, and I decided to check it out via the UKTV App.

I was never any good at geography and funnily enough, I thought that Whitstable was somewhere in the West Country, so I checked it up to confirm that I was right and, was really surprised when I discovered where it actually is.

In the first episode DCI Mike McGuire, says that he was visiting the area, but after several episodes in he is still here, his excuse to Pearl Nolan was that he "had decided to hang around" When the show started he, was the only old bill in evidence, now he is accompanied by a DS Nikki Martel, but no other old bill are seen.

I realise that Whitstable is a small community, but surely it must have its own police force, so where the heck are they?

The character of DCI Mike McGuire appears, to me to be somewhat of a dry dull tedious type, and frankly the acting of Howard Charles, doesn't exactly bring the person to life for my mind, he is far too wooden in his characterisation.

DCI Mike McGuire Is being provided with, what appears to be some kind of back story, or more accurately some aspects of a past, is being allowed to seep out of his environs.

Kerry Godliman is an actress that, I haven't seen that much of on the box, browsing through her Filmography on IMDb, I wanted to see how many, of the shows I had actually heard of. There aren't that many that I know, and only the ones that feature Ricky Gervase, stand out as those that I remember watching. Her acting in Derek and After Life, is good within these shows but, nothing to really jump for joy about.

In making Pearl Nolan the central character, an effort was being made to make something of her, in building a story, and scenario, for her rational, a world of family, work, and community is created.

It's no real surprise that there is some form, of love interest that is being, floated into the Kentish breeze between, our eponymous heroine Pearl Nolan, and the taciturn obstreperous old bill DCI Mike McGuire.

Whitstable Pearl as a television drama is okay, it's always good to see different locations featured, that don't normally get shown on the TV, and Whitstable makes for an interesting backdrop. I am totally unfamiliar with either, the town or the surrounding areas, and it will make for an interesting, aspect of an otherwise ordinary show.