Murder on the Home Front (2013)

Comes across as a pilot for a PBS murder series, which probably didn't quite have the ratings to justify it's production.It's pretty well-done, but definitely not first-class. Much along the lines of "Foyle's War", also being set in London during WWII, but without nearly the same level of care and attention to detail put into it. There are a few graphic scenes, but overall it's a pleasant enough production, although fairly predictable. Still, it's better than nearly all American TV, most of which demonstrates either very poor or exaggerated character development, preferring to simply kill time between spilling blood instead. Overall, not a great British TV production, but not bad either.

The premise was so good. What a shame the final product is so mediocre. This program should be used in film school as the perfect example of style overwhelming the fundamental purpose of a film, which is to tell a story through the compelling representation of characters pursuing their objectives in a believable context (which can even be an imaginary one).Everything about the style of the film is excessive—gesture pushed to the point of camp.They should have focused more on good casting and getting the best, most three-dimensional performances from the actors, so that we would believe in them and care about them. Given the historical context (London during the Blitz), achieving that goal should have been extraordinarily easy.Patrick Kennedy as Dr, Collins was actually quite good. Tamzin Merchant as Molly Cooper was pretty awful, really. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no chemistry between their characters—which isn't too surprising, since Ms. Merchant's character is basically missing in action.All in all, I recommend you give it a miss.

I was disappointed with this production. It was more like those B films that Hollywood put out in the 40's and 50's. I frankly did not care for the leads since they had no charisma. Also the look of the film was not sharp. Some of the acting was amateurish also especially the owner of the club. He was straight out of a B movie. The club scenes I suppose were meant to interesting but again I kept thinking that look like something Monogram and even Republic studios would have put out. What's will that guy constantly dancing on stage to the music. Sorry I am a big supporter of British programs but this just did live up to stuff. I see it was made by Carnival Films and not the BBC

"I know - let's cross Foyle's War with Silent Witness. It can't fail!" That's the crass idea behind this - the only idea behind it. Patrick Kennedy even looks like Michael Kitchen's younger brother and his character has a similar phlegmatic approach to crime solving. What a pity Tamzin Merchant is not a patch on Honeysuckle Weeks. It might just have worked if it hadn't been so creakily wooden, if the fake bomb sites hadn't had obvious cardboard bits, if the CGI had been a bit more convincing and if they hadn't resorted to gratuitous gore - but I suppose they had to put that in as part of their homage to Silent Witness. It might yet find its feet, but it's a poor testimony to the creativity of British TV. Scandinavia and the USA are bursting with good ideas. What went wrong in the UK?