Prismark10 No Offence from Paul Abbott was promoted as some kind of left-field black comedy by Channel 4 if the trailers were anything to go by. I gave it a miss and it was only because of some buzz on a few internet websites I decided to give the first episode a try. It came across as Scott & Bailey with gallows humour and decided my wife would enjoy this. Well she likes Scott & Bailey.We binged watch this over several nights. DI Deering (Joanna Scanlan) is the no nonsense chief in a Manchester precinct which is investigating the death of girls suffering from Downs Syndrome. She likes to have conferences with other female cops in the ladies toilet. There is a strong element of female camaraderie in the series. Each episode has a story of the week as well as the main plot being progressed.No Offence moves along at a brisk pace and with plenty of black humour. I felt the individual weekly stories to be on the weak side. The main arc did have elements of Broadchurch though if you followed the plot hints being dropped as it went along. I thought we might have a curve ball thrown at us but it looks like I did correctly guess the culprit.An enjoyable show but the individual stories needs to be stronger when the series returns. Also I felt that some of the actors were trying too hard with their Mancunian accents, at times they were incomprehensible. I assume the actors were not from Lancashire.It is just a shame that Channel 4 mis-marketed this show.

sol roth I'm usually a great fan of Paul Abbott's but this was ruined by terrible diction and gabbling by the actors. It may well have been the director's and author's intention at what one might call audio verité for a Manchester based drama, but Shameless was never as bad as this.Plot spoilers.All TV dramas expect some suspension of disbelief by the viewer but this is just too much.The culprit has a door key embedded in his eye by the Cathy yet we see him a little while later without a mark on his face.Cathy is imprisoned in the boot of the culprit's car yet she and Dinah escape in it and Dinah deliberately fakes a crash in it as if it were her own

nicole-walters-66629 I have noticed a couple of bad reviews for this show but, all I have to say in response to these is, take a look for yourself. No, it may not be to everyone's taste but, tell me something that is? Personally, I love it! I've now watched the first 3 episodes aired on C4 and the kind of 'gallows humour' contained therein really is appealing to anyone who works in an industry that is, oftentimes, so dire and dreadful that humour is the only coping mechanism left open to you. But, that said, as my title implies, this show has been created for ENTERTAINMENT purposes only! If you aren't entertained, then watch something else, it's that simple. However, that said, I would like to point out that not everyone was initially impressed with Paul Abbot's other creation, Shameless, and now look what's happened there! A great deal of the population are being entertained by that one, from OAP's to indolent teens, it's a winner across the board without doubt. If these two shows are examples of what Mr Abbot is capable of then I say "create away Paul, you damn genius!" I would like to point out here that yes, I am a child from a school playground put into an adult's body, as are we all, and anyone so full of their own self importance to say they are not, needs to take the stick from out their a**e! Tee hee! Puerile enough for you? ;-)

ianlouisiana "No offence" has been marketed as a comedy and if taken as such,I can imagine it might well cause offence as it is as bloody and in - your - face as inner - city police work is in real life,with grim and bitter humour providing relief for the coppers whose job it is to cope with the madness and desperation that is abroad in 21st century England's green and pleasant land.And in Manchester. Imagine "Scott and Bailey" on steroids. Refreshingly free from the usual macho bullsh*t that cop show writers seem to think is obligatory,"No offence" centres round three women detectives,two of whom are smart,tough and clever and one of whom is clever but not smart enough to know that cleverness isn't enough in what is still predominantly a man's world. The first episode starts off with an extraordinary sequence where an off - duty woman detective spots a wanted man and chases him.In attempting to escape he is hit by a coach that runs over his head. Horror -stricken she leaves the scene,hoping no one had seen her. This is a straight if beefed - up steal from "Scott and Bailey",but "hommage" is a perfectly acceptable device providing it is not over - used e.g "The delivery man" slavishly following in "Green Wing"'s footsteps. Unfortunately for her,the uber - tough DI has found CCTV footage of the accident and recognises her. They reach a deal where the DC withdraws her application for DS and the DI forgets to recognise her best officer on telly. The plot revolves around a killer apparently specialising in women with Down's Syndrome,a theory that is so politically incorrect in today's "no offence" society that it is a reality check,an intrusion by the real world into the comfortable and often smug world of the middle - class sensibilities that have prevailed for years in the media. A young girl leaving the A&E dept with facial injuries is mistaken for a Down syndrome sufferer and kidnapped. Redeeming herself,the DC tracks her down and jumps into a freezing, open sewer of a river where the girl has been dumped still alive and wrapped in plastic,and pulls her out. There are no easy solutions in "no offence",i's are not dotted nor t's crossed at every turn.The coppers are often vulgar,dirty - mouthed and intolerant - just like in real life.But,as in real life,they hang together lest they be hanged separately. There is also a wonderful coppers' joke about a woman killed in an RTA whilst performing some sort of sexual congress with her Jack Russell terrier.No offence. This is a police world I recognise after having served over 30 ,years in the Met.Just the accents are different.No offence.