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!
Just the sort of thing that fills in half an hour on a cold winters day. You hate it but watch it twice and get hooked.
ReplyDeleteWe have reruns of dreadful Greek 'soaps'. They were filmed 40 years ago, have been shown over and over again. I can't change channels fast enough.
40 year old soaps might be better!
DeleteAlthough the views of the countryside and harbour are nice!
ReplyDeleteAnything that doesn't contain acting or a storyline!
DeleteTV in the afternoon??? Whatever next!!
ReplyDeleteIt is the world's most soporific drug.
DeleteThanks for the warning Uncle Crozier. I did not know that "Hope Street" existed. I guess it's somewhere between Pride Road and Desperation Avenue.
ReplyDeleteBang in the middle, and parallel to 'Screaming Street'.
DeleteHard to imagine that people can actually look forwards to watching such drivel. I have rarely watched afternoon TV and if I do I usually catch some part of a Harry Potter film! It has to be dire weather and nothing to read to make me tune in at that time. The earliest I normally turn the TV on is 19:00 hrs ( 6pm in "old" money!).
ReplyDeleteIncidentally Jane Rossington, who played the daughter in"Crossroads" was a year below me at school! It still didn't make me watch it!
Was she the 'pretty one'? It was an awful programme; more of a comedy that a drama.
DeleteI don't watch soaps - We just have freeview choices - My regular favourites at the moment are - Rising Damp, Salvage Hunters, Life on Mars and Dust To Dust - flis x
ReplyDeleteI used to watch Salvage Hunters, as an ex-Antique dealer, I am still slightly obsessed.
DeleteSoaps are a waste of time. Drivel. Is there even a dedicated audience?
ReplyDeleteI like Grand Design Living about home building and renovation. It is remarkable how different construction can be between the US and other countries. Triple pane glass windows/walls are commonly used abroad (they are hard to come by in the US). Foundation techniques abroad are impressive and also streamlined. The use of steel beams in residential homes are all options. It appears the line between a commercial and residential build is very much blurred and I like this.
I really don't know why they bother to make some of the dreadful soaps we see (or try to avoid) on TV. They seem to be designed to fill otherwise unused space!
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