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The enjoyable thing that keeps the viewer hooked is trying to work out what's going on.
The script, dialogue and staged conversations are a bit much at times, but I do enjoy it.
24 Hours in Police Custody is on tonight for something more realistic.
OMG. Line of Duty is a paradise for acronym lovers. CHIS, AFO, ARV, ARU, MIT, TA, UCO to name but a few. WTF.
you lot need to get back to your Z cars
Sad to see that Sara Hughes the TV critic for the Guardian wrote her last review for Line of Duty on Saturday 3 April for episode 3 of series 6 (obviously TV critics see them in advance) from her hospital bed and then passed away on Monday.
The Guardian is not having a new reviewer for the rest of the series, but leaving it as an open thread for viewer comments
They could leave the end of every series hanging and the boys and girls from New Tricks could solve them in a few years time.
well ,yes actually.
There a document from Cambridgeshire constabulary freely available on the net which says as it's 1st paragraph
"We recognise that in policing, we tend to use many acronyms and other jargon terms. To make this easier for you to understand, we have made a jargon buster to help you identify some of our language."
There follows a long list in Alphabetical order of such jargon one of which is......
CHIS Covert Human Intelligence Source
And Dunbar said he uses' Mother of God' and others because his father used to use them. Other phrases are Belfast phrases that he knows and uses. Some are from Q and A sessions wth Belfast audiences. He is of course Irish himself ( from Enniskillen) so he should know!!!!!
Well , in answer to your last point yes actually.
There a document from Cambridgeshire constabulary freely available on the net which says as its 1st paragraph
"We recognise that in policing, we tend to use many acronyms and other jargon terms. To make this easier for you to understand, we have made a jargon buster to help you identify some of our language."
There follows a long list in Alphabetical order of such jargon one of which is......
CHIS Covert Human Intelligence Source
And Dunbar said he uses' Mother of God' and others because his father used to use them. Other phrases are Belfast phrases that he knows and uses. Some are from Q and A sessions wth Belfast audiences. He is of course Irish himself ( from Enniskillen) so he should know!!!!!
Daytime soap is a well known phrase but I have never heard of a daytime crime drama. Any examples?
Most shows are full of holes. I watched Unforgotten and thoroughly enjoyed it but what I found a bit unbelievable was that they found witness who had clear recollections of events 30 years ago or shops or companies that had still got 30 year old receipts and were able to find them with no trouble at all!
But such devices are common in crime dramas.You often have to suspend belief otherwise you would never watch them!
What I am saying is that there is not a genre of shows known as Daytime Crime.
Disagree about Father Brown.
It's no Morse or Frost but it's decent enough considering it is only 40 minutes. Although by no means the same sort oif show s Line of Duty.
No response to the post I actually made about your your points though?