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

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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.
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Jeff

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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
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For anyone interested, the new series starts on More 4 at 2100 on this
coming Friday (24th).

I've been watching the Belgian-UK version "Patience" (2100 Wednesdays
and Thursdays) on Channel 4. It's not bad as the writers have taken care
to make Patience's autism of a somewhat lesser degree that Astrid's. It
would probably be thought a lot better if it was original, but the
French version is just too good.
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On 17/01/2025 13:14, Jeff Layman wrote:

For anyone interested, the new series starts on More 4 at 2100 on this coming Friday (24th).

I've been watching the Belgian-UK version "Patience" (2100 Wednesdays
and Thursdays) on Channel 4. It's not bad as the writers have taken care
to make Patience's autism of a somewhat lesser degree that Astrid's. It would probably be thought a lot better if it was original, but the
French version is just too good.

I'm not sure that johnny public could cope with 'more' autistic. I think
it's quite brave for 4 to show it at all. It will be interesting to see
the viewing figures after the first episode. It's a bit like 'autism for beginners', but personally I don't see that as a bad thing. Using a
young, blonde cannot do any harm either.
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In article <vmdl3n$3v4pq$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
<Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes

For anyone interested, the new series starts on More 4 at 2100 on this
coming Friday (24th).

Which series is that?
We've watched all four up until now, series 5 is currently airing in
France.
A great series brilliantly acted.

I've been watching the Belgian-UK version "Patience" (2100 Wednesdays
and Thursdays) on Channel 4. It's not bad as the writers have taken care to >make Patience's autism of a somewhat lesser degree that Astrid's. It would >probably be thought a lot better if it was original, but the French version is >just too good.

We watched the first episode and cancelled the series link, not a patch
on the French one.

Mike
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Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire Halvard Lange
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On 17/01/2025 15:21, Mike Swift wrote:

In article <vmdl3n$3v4pq$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
<Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes

For anyone interested, the new series starts on More 4 at 2100 on this
coming Friday (24th).

Which series is that?

Series 4.

We've watched all four up until now, series 5 is currently airing in
France.
A great series brilliantly acted.

I've been watching the Belgian-UK version "Patience" (2100 Wednesdays
and Thursdays) on Channel 4. It's not bad as the writers have taken care to >> make Patience's autism of a somewhat lesser degree that Astrid's. It would >> probably be thought a lot better if it was original, but the French version is
just too good.

We watched the first episode and cancelled the series link, not a patch
on the French one.

It would be very difficult to come anywhere near to Sara Mortensen's performance.
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In article <vme3sf$37bm$1@dont-email.me>, Jeff Layman
<Jeff@invalid.invalid> writes

We watched the first episode and cancelled the series link, not a patch
on the French one.

It would be very difficult to come anywhere near to Sara Mortensen's >performance.

Indeed.

Mike
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For anyone interested, the new series starts on More 4 at 2100 tomorrow (23rd).
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Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote:

For anyone interested, the new series starts on More 4 at 2100 tomorrow (23rd).

Thanks for that!

I can never by bothered to scan all the millions of channels on my EPG so I miss all kinds of things.
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On 26/01/2026 16:34, Gordon Freeman wrote:

Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote:

For anyone interested, the new series starts on More 4 at 2100 tomorrow
(23rd).

Thanks for that!

I can never by bothered to scan all the millions of channels on my EPG so I miss all kinds of things.

It's why I buy Radio Times each week. It's so much easier to scan than
the online EPGs.
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