Nice to see a Scottish show set somewhere other than Glasgow, Edinburgh or the typical "made for tourists show" full of bagpipe playing, kilt wearing, Burns quoting stereotypical Highlanders.
Crime dramas have been, pardon the pun, done to death now. Every idea has been used repeatedly.
So what makes a good show in this genre these days then?
You need good writing, acting, production and direction. Traces has the lot.
The location is stunning. Even as a Scot I am surprised at how gorgeous Dundee looks in this series.
It's also nice that instead of the whole thing being based around just the police solving crimes, it involves a lot of science stuff and forensic work but in a different way compared to other shows. Less clinical and cynical, more human and far more enjoyable for it.
I would love to see a second series as a lot of the characters deserve revisiting.
Crime dramas have been, pardon the pun, done to death now. Every idea has been used repeatedly.
So what makes a good show in this genre these days then?
You need good writing, acting, production and direction. Traces has the lot.
The location is stunning. Even as a Scot I am surprised at how gorgeous Dundee looks in this series.
It's also nice that instead of the whole thing being based around just the police solving crimes, it involves a lot of science stuff and forensic work but in a different way compared to other shows. Less clinical and cynical, more human and far more enjoyable for it.
I would love to see a second series as a lot of the characters deserve revisiting.