Pauline Collins is just dire in this
Pauline Collins is *totally* miscast in this adaptation!
She's a born comedy actress, but doesn't translate to the Spooks-style of drama they're aiming for here.
She's full of "it says here" acting as one of my colleagues at drama school describes it!
"It says here that it's a MI5 style drama so I'll do lots of MI5-type acting".
She's be better off going to Overactors Anonymous!
She's trying to be Gemma Jones and she's not in the same league - just isn't good enough, classy enough or flexible enough to manage it, I'm afraid...
It's sad when talented actors get miscast like this as it makes them look weak and untalented, which she plainly isn't, just in the wrong part.
"St Mary Mead 2-3-6"