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This show is fun to watch. Timothy Spall's character, retired TV actor John Chapel, is delightfully eccentric, ego-centric, despite pretending not to be, and a bit wistful. Gwyneth Keyworth's DS Janie Mallowan is quirky and a little snarky on the surface, but it's soon clear that she's wrestling with a few demons. The pairing works! They're a likeable team and their repartee is delightful. Mallowan's co-workers are thinly drawn, and I hope the writers flesh them out more fully as the season progresses. Give the show a try! It won't encourage you to think big thoughts, but it will make you smile.

This documentary is dullsville. For starters, its too long. And you feel every minute of each of the two episodes because the pacing is excrutiatingly slow. The film lacks momentum or energy of any sort. And it's very repetitive. How many times do we have to listen to someone tell us how great, magnificent, innovative, marvelous, stunning, etc. The Divine Comedy is? We get it, that's why we're watching. Now tell us something we don't know. One standout positive thing: The actor who plays Dante really looks the part. My Florentine husband was very excited about this documentary. He fell asleep while watching it. Twice! Odds are you will snooze too.