Whilst waiting for a train, Vittorio De Sica calls into a small Gallery, and buys a painting, The Crying Jester. When he's on the train, he gives his sleeper to another passenger, who is attacked in the night.
An art crime in Italy, there was a degree of inevitability about this one, somewhat stereotypical, but it's not without some interest. Considering the short running time, there's quite a lot of content packed in once again, we have a murder, and the mystery of the awful painting.
It's not a bad watch, but I would say it's definitely the least interesting episode so far. It looks good, and I liked the stock footage, but it felt like a studio bound episode, something the first few certainly didn't.
Frank Thornton did a fairly convincing job as The Coroner, quite a good accent, and I love those glasses. Some of the other accents were a bit hit and miss.
Good to see Nicole once again, though I noticed Honor Blackman wasn't credited in this one.
6/10.
An art crime in Italy, there was a degree of inevitability about this one, somewhat stereotypical, but it's not without some interest. Considering the short running time, there's quite a lot of content packed in once again, we have a murder, and the mystery of the awful painting.
It's not a bad watch, but I would say it's definitely the least interesting episode so far. It looks good, and I liked the stock footage, but it felt like a studio bound episode, something the first few certainly didn't.
Frank Thornton did a fairly convincing job as The Coroner, quite a good accent, and I love those glasses. Some of the other accents were a bit hit and miss.
Good to see Nicole once again, though I noticed Honor Blackman wasn't credited in this one.
6/10.