Blue Murder: Series 5 [DVD]

Blue Murder, is a police procedural/murder mystery from Britain's ITV. This is a terrific series that personifies a woman in charge.Caroline Quentin stars as Detective Chief Inspector Janine Lewis, a woman with more on her plate than most. The series takes place in Manchester, and some of the accents are most pronounced. DCI Lewis is in charge of mostly male detectives. In Series 4, there is a lovely female added who has no difficulty showing the males how good she is. the team loves and respects DCI. Lewis has a lot going for her but she is also a single mom of four children. She is pregnant in the first series when her husband leaves her for another woman. By Series Five, Lewis has learned how to deal, almost. She has a live-in nanny, but her two older children are teens, and the third chid, Thomas is always in trouble. The dad has moved to another country leaving Lewis to cope all on her own.Her colleague, DI Richard Mayne, played by Ian Kelsey, is a friend and it is often suggested a romantic interest. He seems to be a comfort, and they are always joking. Lewis tells Mayne that he has the best a** in Manchester! Lewis can count on Mayne, and that is important in this series.The stories are well written and filmed. Many times, I think I have figured out the plot, and then someone new or a missed clue is added to set me off track. Manchester, is a lovely city, gritty, full of crime, but, still, an involved and fascinating. It appears that Series Five was the last one of this series. I will miss the group, and most of all, DCI Lewis.Highly Recommended. prisrob 10-09-12 Life Begins - Series 1 Animal Farm (1999) / Region 2 PAL DVD / European Edition / Has English 5.1 and Hungarian 2.0 options / Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm / Actors: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond, Pete Postlethwaite / Directors: John Stephenson .

We have seen all of the series in this wonderful British police procedural. Carolyn is in our top ten of talented British women actresses, and she delivers even better in this one. Good mysteries, excellent acting - just topnotch - and engaging characters are the basis. Only the occasional episode is not so hot - 95% are terrific - and find a U.S,. series you can say that about. Which is why I'm so annoyed with Amazon. Every 5 - 10 minutes we get "your video is reloading." requiring a couple of minutes of waiting, which definitely gets in the way of enjoying the program. This problem is Amazon, and Amazon alone, as when we've gotten so annoyed with the reloading, we put on another streaming company (not allowed to say which) and found no problems at all. Go back to Amazon, and the reloading starts again. We bought this whole series from Amazon, and have yet to get through the second episode due to annoyance. We've also experienced this endless reloading with The Closer, another program we love and would like to sit back and enjoy. When we call for help, we are always told it's our router, our TV, our high speed internet - never that Amazon streaming is simply abominable. I wish someone in charge at Amazon would hire a competent team leader for the streaming - Amazon does a lot of things well - it's amazing they can't pull this off. Since the future is in streaming, you'd think it would be a high priority - not just a place to stick someone's idiot cousin in charge so your mother doesn't have to support him (or her.)

Brilliant crime drama. Great chemistry between Quentin and Kelsey. Though her husband deserts her and their kids, this seems more like a family drama than many more traditional set-ups. Richard acts as a part-time Dad and CID Lewis's team has the rough and tumble banter of a second family. Despite the marathon pace of her life, Lewis avoids self-pity and strikes a believable balance between Mom and Boss without becoming edgy and shrill -- at least most of the time. She avoids being judgmental which keeps this series on a more humane level than some other cop stories, such as Law & Order, where the self-righteousness of law enforcement is hard to take. Of the many offerings in the British detective category, Blue Murder rates high in warmth, humor, romance, and wit. On the whole a fast paced and engrossing series which was cut short way too soon.

I love this show because Caroline Quentins character is so vivid and established. I love how she is a woman juggling all sorts of difficult things and yet is still great at her job. Yes I did not like how her husband left her pregnant for another woman. but we cannot write the plot can we? Caroline Quentin is a pleasure to watch. She is a bit plump and the mother of 4 yet she is the boss of a whole squad of detectives. That is so cool because in the US they would have gotten a tall thin model to play her. She is a real everyday woman. She has run ins with her children and they sometimes resent her for having to work so much but what I like is every episode does not end with a happy solved the problem sappy plot. I recommend this show!

This is a really good murder mystery show with side stories about the lead characters, mainly Jeanine. The only issue is that some of the actors are almost impossible to understand due to their heavy accents.The other problem is that there is something wrong with the links on the site as some of the different seasons link to the same episodes instead of different ones.

What a balancing act. Not all divorced parents work as well as these two. The under lying romantic sexual attraction between DCI & her detective draws me in to wanting more episodes.

Thoroughly enjoying the Blue Murder series. It is similar to other British crime drama series, such as Scott & Bailey, but set in Manchester. Love the very real feel of British crime drama and the supporting life events of the characters. Everything is never tied up in a neat bow, and the characters have human flaws. Because of that, these dramas are so relatable to real life.

I thoroughly enjoyed this series and am so disappointed that it had been dropped after 5 seasons. Good story lines, both cases and their personal lives.

The stories are interesting and the mix of duty and private life of the individuals makes it compelling to watch. I am happy to have bought it.

A good series which has kept to its original concept of a cop and a mum balancing both sides of her life. Great shame there will be no further series.

Great

Hello;I love this Series.I throughly enjoyed each episode for the human interactions betweencast members. I would recommend this series to anyone.

I really am enjoying this series. I like the fact that the woman is the lead officer and that she has home problems and has to cope with both. It is so much more realistic than so many series. I wish it would go on forever.