Mrs Sidhu Investigates

Enjoyable ... but very formulaic... how many murders can she cater? I'd like to see this be renewed ... but they've got to figure out a way to change her character's catering situation. Maybe if she gets some sort of catering job with the police ... I don't know. Maybe she opens up a restaurant near the police station. The acting is fine. The leading lady is charming. The chemistry between the cast members is very good. I'm just afraid their going to run out of plots. Maybe she'll marry the lead detective and "help" him with his cases. Pie In the Sky worked because the lead was a retired detective who opened up a restaurant and still worked part time. I think they cooked themselves into a corner with this one. Here's hoping they figure it out.

I was a bit worried about watching this as even though I'd been looking forward to it when I first spotted it on IMDB I'd seen some very bad reviews.

However I'm a big fan of both Meera Syal and Craig Parkinson so I ploughed on with episode one regardless.

It was a gentle cosy mystery with some giggle moments. Light hearted and entertaining which is exactly what you want in a cosy mystery.

I do love crime drama and police procedurals but they can be a bit too bloody and disturbing. On the other hand cosy mysteries can be a bit flat so I was pleasantly surprised with this one.

My other half enjoyed this too and he reckons he's more discerning in his tastes than I am (I beg to differ...) Looking forward to watching more.

Mr Sidhu is a wonderful chef, and a good businesswoman, but her talents run deeper, solving murders to be precise. She teams up with the reluctant DCI Burton, and helps him solve various crimes.

A truly wonderful, refreshing and intriguing set of mysteries, if you haven't already check out the various radio plays that were done some years ago, well worth a listen.

Cosy, evening telly, nothing heavy, no bad language, no gore, just good old fashioned murder. Each episode features a level of humour, the squabbling between Mrs Sidhu and Burton is joyful.

Aside from her relationship with Burton, I am loving how she interacts with her son, Tez, he's a good lad at heart, but a bit lazy, a bit of a waster.

I enjoyed each of the four mysteries, my only hope is that a second series is commissioned, as yet there's no news.

I would never have pictures Meera Syal and Craig Parkinson as a crime solving duo, but they work together incredibly well, they bounce off one another so well, how nice to see Parkinson in a lighter drama, he's brilliant.

Meera Syal, such a wonderful, talented actress, nice to see her leading her own show, she's been around for so long, but time has been so kind to her, she's wonderful.

More please.

9/10.

Such fun- a perfect lite quirky mystery series with beautiful locals and great actors. So much awful depressing stuff in the world we all live in these days- nice to take a "time-out" with a mug of tea and this lonely show! Hoping for a 2nd and many more series. Even found myself laughing- Mrs. Sidhu played to perfection- the perfect Auntie. I really enjoy that each episode is movie length- 1 1/2 hrs. I so often find myself disappointed when things wrap up to quickly at 45 mins. Please keep these coming- the show is not dark, blood & violence packed - there are enough of those already. Mrs Sidhu Investigates is a welcome change.

Recent decade or so has brought forth plenty of crime series where characters, their family, relationships and hobbies prevail over the intense crime solving activities. Thus, the amount of funny moments is bigger and "ordinary" viewers can more relate to the events than just having an "outside" watch... Mrs. Sidhu Investigates is definitely one of such series, being not lame thanks to a certain quality standard BBC maintains. As Slough is ethnically a very diverse area, with lots of inhabitants of Asian origin, it is not another (often odd) attempt to follow politically correct approach.

True, I have my doubts how the events and scenes correspond to reality when fighting major crimes in the modern world and if people with something to hide really open up to a caterer, but the narration is smooth, the main performers are distinct and pleasant (Meera Syal and Craig Parkinson in particular), and the inclusion of other actors known from similar series in smaller roles provide additional value.

The final scenes of Episode 4 alluded that other episodes might follow.