Best British crime series having run in Germany ***

clemsamlang

I agree with the previous-to-me-poster: Sgt. Hathaway IS a very attracting character! … I just wonder, if his surname is intentionally the same as Will Shakespeare's wife's, Anne Hathaway - ?!?

Did the authors intend a dramatic or psychological allusion to HIM? (E.g.: is James' role supporting a "scholar of human nature", Lewis ? …)

Then, it's fascinating how regional peculiarities are "transponed" into the German synchronized texts…

What I like very much about the whole setup is a nearly "catholic" setup of the scenery (camera again and again moving over cupolas, churches) that bears a very distinct semblance to Florence or even Rome itself

… which again is hinted to by James being an ex-seminarist, isn't it ?

(*** next best being "Linley & Havers" in my opinion.)

P.s.: "Morse" never ran in Germany as far as I can see. Maybe the pre-sequel "Endeavour" will some day? I haven't looked into that, yet, though.

score 10/10

clemsamlang 20 March 2014

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