Accused

[Duncer]

Before I start, I want to say that I loved the first series of Accused and I also enjoyed episodes one and two of this series.

However, episodes three and four were dreadful, and the biggest crime therein was John Bishop's acting, something that was more wooden than a forest. The factual inaccuracies of the fourth episode were truly beyond belief and Bishop just became more and more wooden as we went on.

[sunny-dave]

Bishop bashing ahoy ...

[Duncer]

Boom, boom.

I suspect I will attract a lot of vitriol for this, but I thought the quality went down quicker than Jordan in a nightclub.

[emmie]

found it the most singularly depressing programme have watched for ages. The first one i think with Olivia Coleman was good, but it was so down.

[Duncer]

Sean Bean as a transvestite was a great show, but depressing and sad. John Bishop as an actor is even sadder though.

[emmie]

Olivia is a great actress but there was not one spark of humour, just darkness and grim life.

[Duncer]

A McGovern trademark.

[Maydup]

I didn't find him quite as unwatchable as you but maybe it was becasue he was carried so well by his co-stars, Sheridan Smith in episode 3 and Anna Maxwell Martin in the conclusion. They were both oustanding even with a weak script.

[emmie]

i know, but isn't life grim enough, without the absolutely dour characters he comes up with.

[Philoctetes]

I thought they were all thoughtful and thought provoking - what are the consequences of hiding the truth? Bishop was poor acting, but perhaps what he was brought in to portray was a man utterly out of his depth. And, whatever the "factual inaccuracies" were, they didn't detract from the overall effect. Cracking series.

[Duncer]

Episode four was riddled with so many faults I wanted to scream. I had previously thought McGovern very well-researched.

[funnygirl]

I loved all the episodes. Good acting and good storylines.

[lozzer50]

watched this and didnt relise it was carrying on from last week!! senior moment i think. i love john bishop and can forgive him anything but last weeks was definately better!

[chaptazbru]

I enjoyed all the series and had no problems with Bishop's acting. What I did wonder though, was his new wife actually trying to poison them all ?

[ladybirder]

Yes. X

[chaptazbru]

Hi ladybirder - have you been on your hols ??

[ladybirder]

My life's one long holiday chaps thanks for asking:-)

[chaptazbru]

Ha ha - wish mine was !

[naomi24]

I've only seen this latest series and I've enjoyed it all. I didn't understand why the prisoner officer in the final one didn't report the rape though. did I miss something?

[Duncer]

Or how she had a mobile phone in a secure area?
Or why she entered a cell alone?
Or when taxis were used to take prisoners to jail?

I could go on......