Review: The Body Farm, BBC1
3:15pm Friday 23rd September 2011 in Reviews
THOSE of a squeamish disposition would be well advised not to tune into BBC1 on a Tuesday night.
There’s a bit of a clue in the title of the new drama The Body Farm which began last week.
And it has so far not failed to disappoint on the gore count with flies, maggots and bucketloads of blood filling the screens at regular intervals.
The Body Farm is a spin-off from the much-missed Waking the Dead, with Tara Fitzgerald at her uptight best as forensic scientist Eve Lockhart, a woman with an uhealthy obsssession for cadavers.
Now she no longer has Trevor Eve going apoplectic every five minutes, she’s had to settle for the Sherrif of Nottingham instead. Yes, dear old Keith Allen has moved from Robin Hood to become the world’s most unusual police inspector.
It appears as though he’s a one-man force who relies totally on freelance scientists to solve his cases. I’m sure certain politicians will be using this as a blueprint for the future.
In true Waking the Dead style, the plots are convoluted and at times totally baffling.
The on-screen relationships are still beginning to gel together, although the totally dysfunctional boffin Oggy shows promise.
It’s just all bit grim so far. Even Keith Allen seems struggling to bring a little levity to proceedings.
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5:14pm Fri 23 Sep 11
idences that 'just happen' (they should buy lottery tickets immediately)....get answers to queried evidence straight away (analysis that requires no analysis)......only one policeman (Keith Allen who has the grace to look vaguely embarrassed and even tries for the odd ironic throwaway line)
the high tech super duper wizzy lab with the Eden project domes set in a farm....(subtle) (that no one has noticed 'cos it's in the middle of nowhere)...a direct pinch from the opening and closing credits of Criminal Minds (done badly by Tara intoning sagely seemingly for ever) and a copy of Dylan in Casualty in Oggy (nice to know if the actor calls in sick they could sub no probs)
All in all....well.I fell asleep.....if there's nothing else on and you feel like having a 'oh,come on....' shout at the telly try it.... if not....washing up may prove to be more rewarding.
And I did want to like it...honest.
Bring back shouty Trevor!
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