I've read recently that the ITV drama "Broadchurch" has been determined by critics to have been the best TV drama of 2013. All I can say is 'Bollocks !"
"Broadchurch" was slow, confused and disjointed. The principal characters were poorly drawn and entirely unconvincing, particularly the 2 leads, played by David Tennant and Olivia Coleman. These 2 decent, I say no more, actors were poorly served by a weak script and dodgy direction. The rest of the list, apparently produced from a 'Radio Times' poll, included a mish-mash of mostly similarly disappointing entries, but then what can one expect from something resulting from the views of a bunch of critics who have a vested interest in promoting their latest idea as to who and what is great in TV, theatre and so on ?
The outstanding entry on the list was the brilliant French series, "The Returned", which was in a totally different, and higher, class from "Broadchurch". Not included was another far better mini-series, "7:39" which was not broadcast until early January. This lovely 2-parter was a bitter-sweet story of commuter life and may have been a little too close to truth for some; for me the daily grind of the '7:39', fighting for a seat and so on was only too real. I even had occasional flights of fancy, though stopped short of acting on them.
It is shocking that those who set themselves up as critics are so often driven not by a desire to find the best but to be populist and 'with-it'. Perhaps they should all change profession and become politicians.
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