New Crime Drama Zen starts tonight

[angieh]

Any other fans of Michael Dibdin's Italian policeman Aurelio Zen out there?

A new series starts tonight on BBC1 at 9.00 pm/

[angieh]

Did no-one watch this? IMO classy and stylish - liked it!

[calismum]

Forgot to watch - had noted it too!!

Was it good?

[angieh]

Yes, IMO - worth watching. You could catch it on iPlayer!

[calismum]

Yes, will do................

[yola]

I kind of half-watched it whilst working on the laptop as I adore Rufus Sewell . . . prrrrrr ;-)

However, whilst I thought it was extremely stylish in terms of the actors, location and cinematography, I felt it lacked substance in terms of storyline or maybe it just wasn't interpreted as strongly as it could have been.

I will give it another go though - mainly as I can't resist Smouldrin' Sewell . . .

[angieh]

Did anyone watch the second episode?

I am warming to this series, even taking Yola's comments into account. It is so stylish and I thought last night's episode was a lot darker. Very Italian - lots of surface beauty but a dark heart (just like Tobias Jones' book).

Not absolutely sure that Rufus Sewell's rather lovely character is quite as I'd imagined Dibdin's description of the detective but it was a long while ago that I read the books.