Turkey Of The Year

brainiac | 22:36 Thu 14th Dec 2023 | Film, Media & TV

16 Answers

The Couple Next Door

Did anyone else waste their time on this steaming pile of garbage? How on earth this ever made it to the screen is an utter mystery.

Preposterous story; unlikable, unbelievable characters; clunky script and direction; meant to be set in Leeds but the houses obviously were in Europe; and the 'exciting'denouement at the cabin in the woods (hinted at in the opening shots of the first episode) was as laughable as Sam Heughan's attempt at a Yorkshire accent.

It really was toe-curlingly embarrassing to watch. Not only that, but it just sort of petered out - good grief, they wouldn't, couldn't inflict another series on us, could they?

The Chase.... They Walk Among Us .... Part N

A Haunting In Venice

Answers

1 to 16 of 16

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by brainiac. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.

Patsy33

We quite liked it. 😀

brainiac

Question Author

Forgot to mention Hugh Dennis phoning in a 'performance'

-SharonA-

I gave up after ep 2!!! I am put out as I really believed they were in Leeds and was getting ready to move up there only to find it was filmed elsewhere!!!!! 😐

barry1010

I've just finished the second episode, I like Eleanor Tomlinson.

Have I missed why the policeman neighbour is handing over loads of cash to a woman who lives in a flat?

If I haven't missed it, will I ever know?

barry1010

Some of it was filmed in Leeds, Bradford and Baildon (my son used to live in Basildon) but who knew Belgium looked like that?

Buenchico

I've not seen it but I have just googled 'review the couple next door tv'. Here's a screenshot from the top of the results page:
https://i.postimg.cc/mg1Y1m9z/TCND.jpg

It seems that Brainiac's opinion is widely shared!

barry1010

Hugh Dennis plays a good pervert and it's nice to see Kate Robbins.

scorpiojo

Barry, the policeman and the woman have a child.

barry1010

Thanks, Scorpio, did I miss that or is it a later reveal?

scorpiojo

To be honest, I can't remember when it was revealed 🙄, just that the policeman's wife followed him to the flat, then went to see the woman after he left.

Smowball

It was filmed in the Netherlands ( no idea why!). From the 1st episode I found it so unbelievable that both these young ordinary working couples would have houses of that size! The whole set/plot looked as tho it was actually filmed in America. Hugh Dennis's character looked seriously ill, tho I assume that was to give him the creepy pervy neighbour look.
And yes I stuck out the first 2 episodes but found the whole thing just so odd .......