Witnesses / Les Témoins (BBC A Frozen Death)

[Fozzie Bear]

Bleak French crime drama on Channel 4:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/witnesses/episode-guide

Pretty much devoid of bright colours in the same vein as The Bridge etc.

Anyone else watching it?

It's slightly formulaic and schlocky but very watchable I think... (not seen last night's yet)

 

[Pickman's model]

quite enjoying it

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I'm totally into this. I was hooked from the intial premise of someone digging up bodies and arranging them in showhomes. Never heard that one before!

 

[Santino]

I was put off within about 5 minutes by the clunky, expositionary dialogue.

 

[stavros]

There's not a whole lot of dialogue, and what there is I can understand reasonably well without the subtitles, which chuffs me.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I do wonder how much more of the "troubled but brilliant female detective / slowly unfolding brutal case / somewhere grey in Europe" story I can take though... this one will do for now.

 

[spartacus mills]

I'm totally into this. I was hooked from the intial premise of someone digging up bodies and arranging them in showhomes.

Me too, I really liked that ghoulish first episode.

 

[tufty79]

Sounds like something i might like - ta for the heads up

 

[spartacus mills]

So did we all follow it to the end? I very much enjoyed it, the finale was very tense.

 

[stavros]

It was, although I was a bit confused as to how Sandra got out of that lock-up where Laura died.

Part of the trouble I have with French drama is that my mind is in so many different places at the same time, most notably following the narrative whilst also trying to partially translate what I'm hearing and read the subtitles at the same time.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

It was, although I was a bit confused as to how Sandra got out of that lock-up where Laura died.

They got the wolf to follow the scent.

What I don't really get is why Laura went to Kaz Gorbier in prison in the first place. What's their connection? Is it just the common enemy of Paul? Why Kaz in particular?
And then did they cook up his escape plan to conicide with her exhumation spree?
Either I've seriously missed something or it doesn't really add up.

 

[Pickman's model]

They got the wolf to follow the scent.

What I don't really get is why Laura went to Kaz Gorbier in prison in the first place. What's their connection? Is it just the common enemy of Paul? Why Kaz in particular?
And then did they cook up his escape plan to conicide with her exhumation spree?
Either I've seriously missed something or it doesn't really add up.

you missed the gallick shrugs which should have made that clear, i suppose. i was amazed by paul's singular expression. it was only in the final episode that he managed to change expressions.

 

[Libertad]

Paul seemed to have a problem with his walking stick. In one seen he used it in his right hand the next in his left. Continuity error.

 

[Libertad]

Bof.

 

[Pickman's model]

Paul seemed to have a problem with his walking stick. In one seen he used it in his right hand the next in his left. Continuity error.

by no means. in one of the early episodes it became clear he didn't in fact need it, it was an accessory and not a necessity.

 

[Libertad]

by no means. in one of the early episodes it became clear he didn't in fact need it, it was an accessory and not a necessity.

Comme un flaneur?

 

[Pickman's model]

Comme un flaneur?

comme un branleur

 

[Libertad]

Exactement c'est ça.

 

[Pickman's model]

Exactement c'est ça.

awnh haw haw

 

[Mrs Miggins]

That exchange has made my day

 

[Pickman's model]

That exchange has made my day

 

[Belushi]

Watched this over the past couple of days, watchable but not really convincing and didn't reach the heights of the Nordic noir series it apes.

 

[stavros]

Apparently a new series of this started on BBC4 last night. I'm downloading it from the iplayer at the moment.

 

[Dr. Furface]

I watched the first two episodes on iplayer last night - thought it was a promising start, I'll be sticking with it.

 

[editor]

I'm really enjoying this series once I get past the bloody awful title sequence.

Was there an earlier series on Ch4? I'm watching it on the BBC iPlayer.

 

[Libertad]

I'm really enjoying this series once I get past the bloody awful title sequence.

Was there an earlier series on Ch4? I'm watching it on the BBC iPlayer.

No the first series was also on BBC4.

 

[editor]

No the first series was also on BBC4.

OK - the OP here says Ch4, hence my confusion!

 

[Libertad]

OK - the OP here says Ch4, hence my confusion!

Haktewly you're quite right ed.