villysmagicworld5 i think the only good thing about this series is the peculiar atmosphere. The story shows some promise but they do manage to f it up real soon. I didn't understand why it had to be sooooo slow and why there were so much blabbering. I hoped it would come to good avail, because I like slow films, on the whole. But here, naaah, they were just looking to fill the time and make this a miniseries when it could have been half as long. Seriously. And they weren't much clear on the story as well. This is usually a good thing, obviously, but here it left me feeling like the writer just couldn't decide which version of facts he liked better. Watch this at your own peril of wasting 5 hours of your life.

Kim Slow, boring & sleep inducing, waste of time, could have been done in 2 episodes instead stretched out dullness over 5 episodes. Stuck with it because I thought something must happen soon, it couldn't go on, but it did, on & on & on.......... Couldn't see the point. Much better condensed to 2 episodes. Between episodes 2 & 4 nothing really happened. Shame as BBC dramas are usually so good - generally keen to watch. Though it was going to be a bit like murder on the orient express, they were all in on it, Sadly not so exciting. Started out with hope & ended with thank goodness for that - who fancies a cup of tea. Don't bother. IMO

outtahr34 My eyes were crossing by the third episode and I knew that there was no way to save this script. Self-indulgent acting by otherwise good actors, a script that dies quite soon after Hattie did and direction that pulled out every bit of scariness -- fish eye lenses, ultra closeups, trees waving mysteriously in the wind, scary music -- enough!! BBC is usually quite good about taking a spare three to five episodes and making for a satisfying story that would take most American series 26 episodes to complete. No more episodes would save this turkey. By the last episode, I wondered who killed the script, not who killed Hattie.

dan-421-105621 The disappearance of the May Queen in an idyllic English village shatters the veneer that's masked years of intrigue. Like beetles crawling out from under freshly cracked bark - historic issues swarm to the surface, each one a motivation for a resident to want her out of the way for good. What happened to Hattie? Did she run away? Is she really dead as people assume? This is a production that Kudos & BBC can be proud of. One where the casting worked and the characters were utterly believable. The script was solid and the story gripping without reaching for gimmicks. I enjoyed how it subtly touched on the old English mysteries without the need to drench them in exposition - and the misdirection kept me wondering who was responsible right up until the final moments. Yet it never felt laboured or contrived, delivering a steady flow of well crafted storytelling up to the last second.Watching this was time well spent.