Waking the Dead: Series 2
For all its faults, I enjoy Waking the Dead a great deal. Indeed, I would consider it to be one of the most engaging detective series made in recent years. I know that a number of people have trouble getting past the character of Boyd, who spends a great deal of time screaming like a petulant child, but I consider Trevor Eve's portrayal of the man to be riveting, and, over the years, I have greatly enjoyed watching him gradually losing his sanity. Criticisms of the show's attempts to be confusing for the sake of it are perfectly valid, but ultimately Waking the Dead, when it gets things right, is about as good as it gets for TV detective fiction.
The irascible Boyd and the rest of his Cold Case squad are back for yet more convoluted investigations in Waking the Dead: Series 2. I've reviewed the 4-disc standard definition DVD set from 2 Entertain, which features a serviceable audio-visual presentation but is devoid of extras.
2 Comments:
You know, I'm not a person who insists on DVD releases containing everything including the kitchen sink, but would it really kill the DVD companies to provide some extras on the background of the films/programmes? It can be fascinating seeing things be put into context.
By Baron Scarpia, at 22:24
I guess it's all down to being able to source archive materials. The BBC often have a very lax attitude towards their DVDs, often adopting an "it'll do" attitude and basically just throwing their broadcast masters on to discs (and charging full price for them, despite the fact that we've technically paid for them already through the licence fee), but in this case I don't think any behind the scenes material was filmed at the time that Series 2 was made. Of course, they could have got actors, writers, directors and so on to come in and record new material, but I get the impression that this isn't a "flagship" title for them like Doctor Who or Spooks, and as such they don't feel compelled to put to much effort into it.
A documentary about the show's use of forensics, psychology, etc., would have been fascinating.
By Whiggles, at 01:09
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