Jamaica Inn

[Mags22]

Very disappointed,filmed in darkness most of the time,sound terrible,accents awful - will we try again tonight? Maybe, actually fell asleep during last nights showing!

[Heaton21]

Have to agree.........drab, uninspiring and poorly acted. Spotted the market place in Kirkby Lonsdale in the opening scenes then lost interest.

[hc4361]

I gave up after 15 minutes. Couldn't understand a word and the tv's volume had to be turned right up.
Hugely disappointed in this - I thought the BBC had learned its lesson after the initial complaints about the mumbling in Ripper Street

[CheekyChops]

Glad it wasn't just me!

I couldn't hear a word Uncle Joss was saying, even with the volume cranked up. I gave up after 20mins and cancelled the series link.

[quizbag]

I agree. I should have known when they described it as "gritty and atmospheric" that it would be filmed in half light at best, the actors would be wearing grimy recycled clothing from other "atmospheric" productions and the dialogue would be a mumble at best. Won't bother tonight.

[netibiza]

I gave up, thought it was my TV, not sure if I'll bother again.

[wendilla]

Yes me to but will give it another go tonight.
Maggs 22 I left a reply for you to your question on Monday evening about the ISS.

[shaneystar2]

Don't think I'll bother from the reviews here and on the BBC Points of View board .Sounds like another badly lit mumblefest which is one of the reasons I gave up on Ripper Street and Peaky Blinders .

[Ratty2E]

According to a BBC person on the radio there was a technical glitch and some people has better sound than others. Although I doubt the sound levels would have made much difference it would still have been very mumbled and difficult to understand.

[netibiza]

Me too shaney re Ripper street and Peaky Blinders (that was ridiculous) couldn't see a thing or understand any of it!

[DSJ]

We enjoyed it so will watch the other two episodes. It was very difficult to understand and we turned the volume up, thinking the problem was with our hearing. We thought the last thirty minutes easier to understand, maybe because we'd got used to the Cornish accents. It is such an excellent story with an unexpected twist at the end so we must persevere.

[Mrsspagnoli57]

Enjoyed it in the main-a bit too much 'wandering' from the heroine that brought nothing to the story but on the whole well pleased. Yes it was dark and dismal indoors-it would have been at that time. The accents?-who is to say they were wrong? no one on here alive at the period depicted. Sean Harris and Joanne Whalley excellent IMO.

[Buenchico]

From the BBC website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27116881

[Ann]

Watched it tonight again, mumbling still as bad, the worst one to understand was Joss, I heard one out of every 6 words he uttered!

But WHY at the very end, did they give a preview of tomorrow night's final episode and actually giving away a spoiler as to how it ends!!!! :(

[BilSuth]

An unusually disappointing production for the BBC. The R/Times trailered "savagely beautiful" Bodmin Moor but so many scenes are dark that you wonder why the otherwise astute heroine wanders alone in this isolated, unlit, intimidating landscape inhabited by some many dodgy characters who know their way about, whereas she is a stranger who needs rescued when she stumbles into marshes, of which there are plenty. There's enough skulduggery at the inn without going looking for more.

[mata hati]

We had recorded it, so after reading complaints about the sound decided to use the sub titles - uncle Joss was the worst mumbler ever - but the subtitles explained it all!

[mallyh]

agree with you ,i was really looking forward to it too .

[emmie]

i did watch some of last nights, but admit that i didn't like it

[lynbrown]

I think it is too 'gritty' and doubt if fetching the water in all the mud would be done like that. Girls then had only one dress and could not risk having it ruined by mud and wet, and have to work in it for the rest of the day.

[Mrsspagnoli57]

Perhaps they would have died of thirst rather than fetch in water? Can't believe all these negative comments-is this the result of a diet of soaps/reality? Ho Hum.

[shaneystar2]

I watch neither soaps nor reality shows .
I pay my TV licence so that I can watch something without having to peer at the screen ,turn the thing up until the neighbours complain or resort to using subtitles when my hearing is perfectly good .