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(2024)

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8/10
An excellent start.
Sleepin_Dragon26 May 2024
After blowing the whistle on a colleague, Detective Grace Narayan is sent to a small Welsh Island. On her first day she encounters The local GP Doctor Pridaux, who explains that his son Kye vanished a year ago, the investigation proved fruitless.

Midsomer Murders meets The Wicker man, that's my initial feeling. I'll be honest, I thought this was a very enjoyable, very fine first episode.

Toby Whithouse delivers once again, he's written some great stuff, this looks like being another winner.

We're given a few bits of information, we have a disgraced cop, a missing boy, and a very strange group of locals.

I'll say it at this early stage, Anjli Mohindra is a class act, and she is wonderful throughout, what a talented actress.

8/10.
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5/10
Episode 1
Prismark1026 April 2024
This could be Midsomer Murders melded with Beyond Paradise and with Vera.

Detective Grace Narayan (Anjli Mohindra) an Asian heritage cop has been banished from Newcastle for whistleblowing.

She has been ejected to a small rural Welsh island of St Jory. It was once rife with paganism rituals known as the True Way.

The local GP, Doctor Ian Prideaux comes to see her about his missing teenage son from a year ago.

When Grace pursues this, the locals clam up. Her predecessor Gruffudd Prosser belittling her and becoming hostile.

All the while there are signs that the pagan rituals have not completely gone away.

Some wonderful scenery but writer Toby Whithouse has gone for a creepy Wicker Man vibes.

I did find the opener to be very average until Prosser had his rant. Allowing Grace to show that she is not to be messed around with.

I think the six part series will show whether Grace will be a sheep to the slaughter. If she fails to recognise the wolf at the door.
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