Fans of Crossroads Motel, will love this equally intriguing programme which airs on BBC1 on Friday afternoons. Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, up pops 'Hope Street'; an Irish 'soap'.
As with all 'soaps', life circles around an empty Pub. As with the much-missed 'Heartbeat' it also involves a Police Station, with the cops solving silly weekly mysteries.
Hope Street really should be called Hopeless Street. Not only are the story-lines absurd, but the acting is dreadful; all reminiscent of Crossroads. The only thing it lacks are the wobbly sets.
Since 'Doctors' (and its permanently empty surgery) disappeared, there has been a vacuum in the 'Cheap, badly acted, badly written, and badly produced' afternoon TV slot. Hope Street is doing its best to fill the gap, and one has to admire their determination to keep us groaning. It's a laugh a minute.
I don't want you to think that I actually watch this drivel. I always have a short nap after lunch, and the BBC News. And now on Fridays (when I wake) I'm treated to Hope Street, The empty Commodore Pub, and a few hapless 'Guards'. "Turn that bloody thing OFF".
Verdict: 1/10. Dreadful; the end credits are the best bit!
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