The new "comedy drama" from BBC Wales has, as far as I can see, not had a word of praise from anywhere -- criticised for poor acting, leaden script, slow pace, lack of humour, over-extended scenes in which hardly anything happens, not enough "North Welshness" for something supposedly set on Anglesey, and miscasting. Plenty more besides.......... and it seems to be going down like a lead balloon.
The press reviews are pretty terrible. It's clearly been made on the cheap, for Welsh viewers and a primetime slot -- but nobody seems to think it would be of any interest whatsoever to any audiences outside Wales.
A classic piece of misjudgment by the BBC? Have the drama commissioners lost the plot? Or are they just so strapped for cash that they cannot afford to make anything of quality any more? I thought they were supposed to be making programmes about Wales, for Wales, and for selling Wales to the world? Some pretty scenery, but I'm not sure that this will bring a single extra visitor to our wonderful country.....
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