Douglas MacKinnon (1)

This made me want to read the book again. The story starts with the Garden of Eden and ends with an Angel and Demon taking a stance.

It was a favourite book when it came out and it's a good adaptation of the story. I do recommend finding the Chattering Nuns of St Beryl's promotional piece Brand New Baby Smell after you're done. Sadly it doesn't appear to be on the DVD.

I enjoyed it. The Victorian set looked so very like the set from the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes, and Cumberbatch seemed to be imitating Brett. The preposterous plot didn't seem so annoying as the plots had recently become due to the games with the setting. Moriarity's character was, however, just tiresome.

An extremely well done production, in my view. Six episodes are mostly true to the original book of the same title, which I liked very much, although it's a long time since I read it. David Tennant as the demon Crowley and Michael Sheen as the angel Aziraphale are an excellent - if reluctant - team, overseeing history and - eventually - trying to prevent the apocalypse.

I would have found it a bit confusing if I hadn't previously read the book, but the different subplots gradually come show more together, and the main characters stand out. I loved the title sequence, and the chemistry between the different sets of actors, as events slowly move towards the end of the world.

Rated 12, which I think is about right given the subject matter. There are some quite intense scenes and a surprisingly low amount of bad language.

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An angel and a demon try to stop the apocalypse.

3/4 (Good).

It's fun when it's silly, but too silly for the story to matter.