purplehaze235

Wherever Susan goes, I will watch. Her joy, enthusiasm and warmth is infectious. She makes a wonderful travel presenter. Keep making these programmes Susan! Cruising may not be my first choice of a holiday (although she has made me consider an Arctic trip!) but she visits some lovely destinations and is always a pleasure to watch on TV.

Totally disagree with viewers who don't like her on this show - she has a wonderful personality which shines through. And of course some things are 'about her' - that's how the producers want it! I love Susan on everything she does, but her travel shows are a total gem.

I was so excited to hear Amanda Burton was reprising her role of Sam Ryan. But her return has been nothing like I thought it would be. Yes, Amanda Burton is brilliant as always. But this Sam is not one I recognise at all. I have watched all Amanda's episodes many times. I know people do change to some extent but I just can't equate this person I'm seeing to the Sam Ryan I know. I feel the writers have changed her and tainted her character for me.

Also, Nikki's connection to Tom felt so false. It came out of the blue - we've known her all this time, and we're suddenly supposed to believe this is her backstory and it was just never mentioned? Felt like it had just been crowbarred in to give her a connection to him.

This series so far has a very different feel to others series and sadly I don't think it's worked. The actors are all great, but the storylines and writers have let them down here in my opinion.

It sounded so promising - a detective drama set in Bath, the always wonderful Jason Watkins - but sadly this drama fell short due to the terrible acting by the female lead. Even though I was interested to see what happened, I couldn't make it all the way through the first episode because the character of McDonald was so awful and the acting so wooden. Give me Dodds on his own and I'd watch!