Hinterland!

[llywela]

So, on bank holiday Monday there was a special feature-length episode of Hinterland. It aired on BBC1 Wales, but probably not anywhere else save maybe BBC4, so I doubt many people saw it. The full-Welsh version of the special was on at the New Year, but I missed it, so I was glad to catch the bilingual airing. I enjoyed it as much as the previous series. It's still more procedural than anything, but we did move a few steps forward with Mathias's story, learning of the family tragedy for which he blames himself, plus meeting his wife at the end there (hat a coincidence that she should turn up just after he's bared his soul like that at last!). I'd like to see more fleshing out of the other main characters - we know a bit about Mared without ever really focusing on her in-depth, but Sian and Lloyd we only ever see in their professional capacity. Really, though, this show has in common with Midsomer Murders, in a sense, that the regular characters serve as our entry into the actual story, which is the murder and the people involved, rather than the story being about the regular characters with the plot merely there to give them something to do. Both are valid storytelling styles and I found I still really enjoy Hinterland. The cinematography is always stunning and gives me hiraeth like whoa even if I do already live in Wales! I get all nostalgic for Aberystwyth with every episode and find myself longing to abandon the coast for the mountains!

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, I had no idea about this! I hope it wasn't on BBC4 and is yet to come, or I missed it. /o\

(I don't look at BBC4 in the listings very often.)

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

It's definitely available on iPlayer, at least.

[thisbluespirit]

I'm sure, but I can't cope with a feature-length ep of Hinterland on my pc! I must check the TV Guide and see whether it was on here or not. Grr.

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

You can't access iPlayer through your TV? Bummer.

*hugs my tivo box lovingly*

If all else fails I could figure out how to record off my tivo onto a disc and send it to you...

[thisbluespirit]

No, mine doesn't do that, sadly, but it is still very useful! :-)

And, happily, Hinterland doesn't seem to have been on BBC4 yet, so I'll just have to keep an eye out for it. Whatever else, the Aber pr0n makes my heart happy. And pine a little, but still.