Agatha Raisin (TV Series) The Wizard of Evesham (2018) User Reviews

Fun but different from the books

[mtczajka · 7/10 · 21 April 2019]

It took me a few episodes to get the characters as written in the books out of my mind. Once I did - the series is entertaining on it own.

Better and Better.

[agnabeya · 10/10 · 14 January 2019]

I love how more of the village characters are becoming involved. I cheered out loud when Ma Boggle appeared. It's great that there is more of Roy - with Charles and James becoming rivals. It is a light-hearted nutty piece of great fun. Anyone who doesn't need fun in their life can watch something else. This lifts me just like the books do.

Sorry

[valstone52 · 10/10 · 14 December 2018]

For those of you who think that the series is dreadful and silly,why are you still watching it? Everyone is ent to their own opinion, but if you don't like it don't watch it.

Not Good

[Maxsenate · 15 June 2019]

This show is a genuine embarrassment to all involved.

Good enough for TV

[skinnybert · 6/10 · 28 January 2024]

I understand both the high-raters and low: these aren't programs of analysis and psychology, but character and scenery ... you know: TV. I'm not bothered by the deviations from the books as I haven't read them. The strengths of this show rest largely on the acting, because the plotting doesn't particularly matter. More importantly, series 2 reinstates the 90-minute format of the pilot; while this cures season 1's rapid resolves, it also means the occasional filler. Such is the life of TV program.

This particular episode is typical of the run: rife with chance encounters, ending with the villain carefully and succinctly explaining every detail of their nefarious plan. Realism isn't very important here, so the story dances along the ledge of believability, occasionally falling off. But mildly amusing escapism? Pretty good stuff.

There's just enough red herrings and character moments to keep the energy up. On the other hand, it's also like watching a freshly-born colt tripping over its own legs while trying to stand up: pandering to fans and visual tropes of the genre -- often as not doing it clumsily. But not so clumsily that we stop watching, so that's clearly a plus. And we can't complain about trying to add some fun to this world, can we?

Best Show Ever

[tshemmelgarn · 10/10 · 27 November 2018]

Thank you so very much for bringing Agatha back to life. Living back in the US now so having to subscribe to Acorn TV but so worth it. Just sad I have to wait till December 24th to see episode 2.

Light and funny

[ginapeschl · 10/10 · 8 January 2019]

Love Agatha - entertaining and makes you smile. Ms Jensen is the perfect Agatha. Cannot wait to watch more.

Worse than Series 01

[sra-14 · 1/10 · 23 November 2018]

This is a dreadful show, not only because it completely revises the nature of the main character and other characters but because it's just plain silly. Ludicrous, even. I optimistically hope the second series would be better than the first but, in fact, it's worse.

Shown in the wrong order

[racheladams-53981 · 5/10 · 12 July 2019]

I have read all these books and i gave the tv a try but i knew it wasn't going to be exactly like the books. However, we have just got series 2 in the UK and i am disappointed that the episodes are out of order. In series 1 we had The Witch of Wyckhadden which is where she went after a bad hair cut, then, in series 2 we have The Wizard of Evesham which is where the bad haircut took place. So, she went away due to bad hair before the bad hair even happened. Why do they have to do this?