Flesh and Blood

This really kept us wanting to watch more. Very classy actors. Imelda Staunton's character should get her own spin off show. I wanted her on screen all the time.

What better way to warm you up on a cold winters night than a murder mystery set on the Sussex coast in the height of summer. Francesca Annis is a recently widowed mother of a dysfunctional family who seem more worried about there inheritance when the mother meets and falls in love with retired surgeon played by Stephen Rea. All the children have relationship problems of there own, and throw in to the pot a nosey neighbour from hell played superbly by Imelda Staunton and we have a delicious mix of mystery and mayhem spread over four nights. 8/10

Very watchable, well written and well acted. I binge watched all four episodes in one evening and loved every minute. The ending I had guessed from episode one, but there are still many loose ends to be tied up. This leaves it wide open for a second season. Cant wait.

Thankfully, the producers knew what they were doing with the length of this... it is only 4 episodes long, and the story is fully told, with a nice flow.

Imelda S is gripping in her role. In fact, the entire ensemble was convincing.

Mr. Rea (always committed) was good, but he missed the mark a bit. In certain roles, his face does some silly overreaching (grimacing, awkwardness), and for me, it becomes too much.

The music was effectively subtle, and the production design was lovely and understated. Editing was fairly tight. The somewhat pensive tone throughout was punctuated by a few dark humorous moments.

If you enjoy contemporary British dramas with a mysterious overtone, you'll probably like this.

Like a lot of serialised dramas, although this was a good watch with a well-known cast, it ended with more questions than it did answers. I almost always try not to build up to some catastrophic ending because rarely is there one and this was by no means an exception but I still enjoyed the tension. It's just a shame the ending didn't honour all of the lead up.