- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Alison Graham
The island of Saint-Marie is turning into the Caribbean equivalent of Midsomer due to the remarkably high rate of suspicious deaths. More bodies pile up this week when stuffed-shirt detective Richard Poole (Ben Miller) is summoned to a convent, where a teenage nun lies dead in bed, apparently killed in an accidental fire.
It turns out Richard has issues with nuns, dating back to school when he was terrorised by one of the sisters: “Imagine Geoff Capes in a wimple,” he says to his sidekick Camille. There is an inevitable gag about The Sound of Music before the story – little more than a jolly puzzle involving holy water and a phantom nun – goes crackers.
About this programme
2/8. A young nun is found dead in a smoke-filled bedroom in what seems like a terrible accident caused by a lit cigarette. But when Richard deduces it must have been murder, there are no shortage of suspects, including other nuns, a priest and the mother superior - as well as an unscrupulous PR man promoting a holy spring in the convent grounds. The question is, with the room locked from the inside, how could anyone have committed the crime in the first place? Kenneth Cranham, Patrick Baladi and Caroline Langrishe guest star.
Cast and crew
Cast
- DI Richard Poole
- Ben Miller
- DS Camille Bordey
- Sara Martins
- Officer Dwayne Myers
- Danny John-Jules
- Officer Fidel Best
- Gary Carr
- Daryl Dexter
- Patrick Baladi
- Father John
- Kenneth Cranham
- Sister Anne
- Gemma Jones
- Sister Marguerite
- Rowena King
- Laura Masters
- Caroline Langrishe
- Catherine
- Elizabeth Bourgine
- Therese
- Georgina Campbell
Crew
- Director
- Alrick Riley
- Producer
- Tim Key
- Writer
- Colin Blytheway
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