![]() GODLIMAN: (As Pearl) Which part of me are you comparing to a wooden boat? Do you even remember what a penis looks like? You know what happens to a wooden boat when it's been out of the water too long? GODLIMAN: (As Pearl) Well, I'm a bit more quality conscious than you.īARBER: (As Dolly) Quantity's more my thing. KERRY GODLIMAN: (As Pearl Nolan) Yeah, well, not today.īARBER: (As Dolly) Have you considered that this might be the perfect opportunity for you to live a little, to fill the inevitable void with something new, someone even? When was the last time you went on a date? (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "WHITSTABLE PEARL")įRANCES BARBER: (As Dolly) Charlie showed me the prospectus for his university. Here, as the two work in the kitchen, she notes that Pearl's son Charlie will soon be heading off to university. But seasoned viewers can tell that two things are going to happen - Pearl will turn out to be a sharp detective, and the two are destined to become close, maybe romantically. Played with taciturn charisma by Howard Charles, McGuire initially mocks Pearl's gumshoe aspirations. Pearl's work keeps her stumbling across a newcomer to Whitstable, Mike McGuire, a Black cop who's transferred down from London after the death of the wife he adored. Invariably, these problems end up with a corpse or two lying around. Pearl also has a small detective agency where locals come to get help with their problems - you know, a missing spouse or trash cans that keep getting moved. Kerry Godliman stars as Pearl, a single mom who runs a seafood restaurant, The Whitstable Pearl, along with her widowed mother, Dolly, played by Frances Barber. I whooshed through the preview episodes of "Whitstable Pearl," a new series on Acorn TV, the Anglo-centric streaming service that clearly aims to have a show set in every picturesque town in the British Isles, including the imaginary ones.īased on a set of novels by Julie Wassmer, "Whitstable Pearl" takes place in, yes, Whitstable, a touristy seaside city that, to judge from the show, has a murder rate to rival Medellin in its drug cartel heyday. Everyone has their own favorite kind of go-to shows, mine are crime dramas, especially the British models. We're looking for something to ease into, a show that doesn't have challenging themes but does have characters we enjoy being with. JOHN POWERS, BYLINE: When we talk about television nowadays, we tend to measure new programs against stellar ones, like "Fleabag" or "Watchmen" or "The Crown." Yet when we turn on the TV at the end of a hard day, we don't need or necessarily even want a show that's a peak experience. Our critic-at-large John Powers says the show's themes are familiar but no less appealing for that. The show, whose first two episodes start streaming today on ACORN TV, follows the adventures of its heroine, a local restaurant owner who helps the police solve murders. The new British mystery series "Whitstable Pearl" is set in a small city on the English coast.
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