No Offence from Paul Abbott was promoted as some kind of left-field black comedy by Channel 4 if the trailers were anything to go by. I gave it a miss and it was only because of some buzz on a few internet websites I decided to give the first episode a try. It came across as Scott & Bailey with gallows humour and decided my wife would enjoy this. Well she likes Scott & Bailey.
We binged watch this over several nights. DI Deering (Joanna Scanlan) is the no nonsense chief in a Manchester precinct which is investigating the death of girls suffering from Downs Syndrome. She likes to have conferences with other female cops in the ladies toilet. There is a strong element of female camaraderie in the series. Each episode has a story of the week as well as the main plot being progressed.
No Offence moves along at a brisk pace and with plenty of black humour. I felt the individual weekly stories to be on the weak side. The main arc did have elements of Broadchurch though if you followed the plot hints being dropped as it went along. I thought we might have a curve ball thrown at us but it looks like I did correctly guess the culprit.
An enjoyable show but the individual stories needs to be stronger when the series returns. Also I felt that some of the actors were trying too hard with their Mancunian accents, at times they were incomprehensible. I assume the actors were not from Lancashire.
It is just a shame that Channel 4 mis-marketed this show.
We binged watch this over several nights. DI Deering (Joanna Scanlan) is the no nonsense chief in a Manchester precinct which is investigating the death of girls suffering from Downs Syndrome. She likes to have conferences with other female cops in the ladies toilet. There is a strong element of female camaraderie in the series. Each episode has a story of the week as well as the main plot being progressed.
No Offence moves along at a brisk pace and with plenty of black humour. I felt the individual weekly stories to be on the weak side. The main arc did have elements of Broadchurch though if you followed the plot hints being dropped as it went along. I thought we might have a curve ball thrown at us but it looks like I did correctly guess the culprit.
An enjoyable show but the individual stories needs to be stronger when the series returns. Also I felt that some of the actors were trying too hard with their Mancunian accents, at times they were incomprehensible. I assume the actors were not from Lancashire.
It is just a shame that Channel 4 mis-marketed this show.