Kat & Alfie: Redwater

I really enjoyed the scenery, the plot, the acting and all the secrets! Why isn't there another season offered on BritBox? This is a series I would purchase as a box set if it was offered.

When they were first introduced in 'Eastenders' Kat and Alfie were fun characters, who the nation willed and wished to be together. Because of course they were trapped in a soap however they soon got ruined, and ended up with more baggage than audiences could keep up with.

This spin-off however was a chance to lose some of that and to give the characters a fresh lease of life.

Yes, it's trying a little too hard to be like 'Broadchurch', but there's a lot of like here, not least the winning performances of Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie, who seem to be enjoying the escape from Albert Square.

Will this catch on? Time will tell. For now though this is a decent enough piece of TV drama.

I was looking forward to Redwater and watched every episode. The story line had plenty of potential with Kat's search for a son she hasn't seen since birth, beautiful scenery of a small seaside village in Co Waterford in Ireland, full of interesting but secretive characters and quality actors. The drama unfolds over the six episodes and the series finishes on a massive cliffhanger. Will there be another series? Let's hope so.

I enjoyed the twists and turns of the dramatic plot and, while I feel that some parts are overblown and not very typical of Ireland, I warmed to the characters. Oisin Stack is excellent as the priest with his changeable emotions clearly shown on his face, Fionnuala Flanagan plays the all knowing and manipulating Granny well and the two squabbling sisters are also convincing. I don't watch Eastenders but I warmed to Kat and Alfie, who seem like two innocents in this Irish nightmare that unfolds around them.

My niggling criticism is that the ages of the Byrne family are confusing, with the younger generation seeming too old to be children of their parents. However, my main concern is that Redwater doesn't contain much humour. A big mistake, in my opinion, if BBC want it to succeed in Ireland as well as the UK. If they added in more typical Irish humour, it would make the series less dreary and more likable. Many long running crime series contain glimmers of humour and the contrast can be used to good effect. If there is to be more Redwater (and I really hope there will be), please let there be a little laughter - as in real life, especially in Ireland.

WHAT ... what is putting it mildly. Immediately fell into this series, hook line and sinker. What a great show of twists and turns. Just figuring who was who, and took a major written time line of the complex family tree. If this series had completed with closure it would have been a 10. But need less to say what in the world was that in the last episode. A bumbly miss mash of nothing. So disappointed. I searched at the final episode thinking. NO WAY. How is this the end.

It was And awful just awful.

Loved this series & couldn't wait for each episode, being left dangling on the cliff hanger end, there MUST be a second series! We're fans of drama mysteries & certainly didn't expect this to be a new favourite!

Faultless acting, fabulous scenery, mystery & drama that we didn't expect from an 'Eastenders' spin off. Our only worry is what appears to be the killing off of 'Alfie', a much loved character & so fantastically portrayed by Shane Ritchie, which would be a great loss to both series.