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Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> For those interested, a new series of Astrid: Murder in Paris
starts
> tomorrow at 21:00 on More4 (Ch 18).
>

Cheers!  I only discovered Astrid quite recently and it somewhat
fills the gap left by Inspector Montalbano, better than Brokenwood
with its rather trite scripts does anyhow.

In article <usvsc9$1s7mn$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
<Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes
>For those interested, a new series of Astrid: Murder in Paris starts tomorrow
>at 21:00 on More4 (Ch 18).

I've watched by "cough" other means and still think it's great but after
the first series they got into the rapid dialogue that US series seem to
use.

This is fine if French is your first language but as a non speaker I
sometimes ran out of time to read the subtitles.

Mike

--
Michael Swift      We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
Kirkheaton          We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire             Halvard Lange

On 19/03/2024 13:43, Mike Swift wrote:
> In article <usvsc9$1s7mn$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
> <Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes
>> For those interested, a new series of Astrid: Murder in Paris starts tomorrow
>> at 21:00 on More4 (Ch 18).
>
> I've watched by "cough" other means and still think it's great but after
> the first series they got into the rapid dialogue that US series seem to
> use.
>
> This is fine if French is your first language but as a non speaker I
> sometimes ran out of time to read the subtitles.

I always record it. If I miss something I just replay it, if necessary
in slo-mo to read everything in the subtitles (one of my dislikes of
streaming - there is no slo-mo, although it is possible to pause the
stream).

--
Jeff

On 14/03/2024 22:06, Jeff Layman wrote:
> For those interested, a new series of Astrid: Murder in Paris starts
> tomorrow at 21:00 on More4 (Ch 18).

I see that the producers have started to lengthen each episode to 75
minutes. This extra time appears to have nothing to do with the
increasing bizarre crimes, but is spent on Astrid's neurodivergence. To
my mind, Sara Mortensen's acting is nothing short of award standard in
this series, and she is ably supported by Lola Dewaere. I hope that
More4 shows Series 4, which is already being shown on French TV.

I'm not so sure about this, though:
<https://www.gralon.com/articles/news-and-media/television/article-tv-series--soon-a-crossover-between-the-shows--alexandra-ehle--and--astrid-et-raphaelle--13683.html>

Looks to me as though "Alexandra Ehle" is a sort of French "Silent
Witness", but I can't see it being shown in the UK.

--
Jeff

In article <v02gr3$6n2g$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
<Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes
>> For those interested, a new series of Astrid: Murder in Paris starts
>> tomorrow at 21:00 on More4 (Ch 18).
>
>I see that the producers have started to lengthen each episode to 75
>minutes. This extra time appears to have nothing to do with the increasing
>bizarre crimes, but is spent on Astrid's neurodivergence. To my mind, Sara
>Mortensen's acting is nothing short of award standard in this series, and
>she is ably supported by Lola Dewaere. I hope that More4 shows Series 4,
>which is already being shown on French TV

Cough, and is available by other means, should you wish to search.

The subs can be a bit weird in places but fine if you speak French,
which I don't.

Mike

--
Michael Swift      We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
Kirkheaton          We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire             Halvard Lange