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As others have noticed, this series makes no sense. Why would a british cop be assigned to work with a german cop solving crimes in spain, when it is quite obvious that neither actually speaks more than tourist spanish? And in addition the political backdrop of brexit makes it even more incredible.

The first few episodes are also quite painful. The female lead is certainly suffering from sunburn and all the acting is a bit wooden. But it gets better. And once it gets into its stride it is good fun. No violence. Light comedy. Light romance. Reasonably well handled intrigues. it is easy viewing without being too cliched. Admittedly this is because the entire scenario is so far-fetched, but hey - I enjoyed it.

New comedy series often take a bit of getting used to. It takes time to warm up to the characters and the style of humour. But I fell right in with this. Quite a few laugh out loud moments, for me at least. Whether it will go the distance, only time will tell but I would recommend people make their own mind up, rather than being swayed by the comments. It works for some and not for others.

This is really one crazy series. Who knew that the tombs of Antony and Cleopatra could be used as a powerful weapon? I guess that is another secret 'they' have been keeping from us :-)

All the same, while the main premise may be a bit light, this is great fun. For sure, the pilot is a little on the cool side but the chemistry between the actors, as well as the story itself heats as the series gets going.

It has cinematic production values rarely seen in tv and the story moves too fast to worry about why they are running all over europe and north africa. And the klocations are a nice touch. It doesn't put a note wrong as far as I am concerned. As long as you can suspend your credulity for 40 minutes it is a real treat.