A famous columnist is murdered while Rosemary and Laura rid a hotel's vineyard of pestering weeds. Strapped for cash with no land-rover, the gardeners pull out all the stops in an attempt to... Read allA famous columnist is murdered while Rosemary and Laura rid a hotel's vineyard of pestering weeds. Strapped for cash with no land-rover, the gardeners pull out all the stops in an attempt to kill the weeds without breaking their backs.A famous columnist is murdered while Rosemary and Laura rid a hotel's vineyard of pestering weeds. Strapped for cash with no land-rover, the gardeners pull out all the stops in an attempt to kill the weeds without breaking their backs.
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- TriviaThe estate-turned-hotel is supposedly a prime location for filmmakers and tourist attraction for film buffs. Among the hypothetical films the episode's two avid fans mention as having been filmed there are "Slaughter of the Concubines" with Vernon Sewell and Kay Kendall, "The Body in the Cellar" with Hazel Court and James Booth, Peter Cushing in "Pride and Prejudice," Dennis Price and Cecil Parker in "Dance of the Spider Woman," and Wilfrid Brambell in "A Christmas Carol."
- GoofsLaura quotes, "'Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence' by Robert Fripp of King Crimson." The quote is from Robert Fripp, but Robert Fripp the critic and author, not Robert Fripp the musician who played with King Crimson. [According to the Robert Fripp / King Crimson website DGMlive, the quote should be "Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence" but of course this is a drama, and in real life people do get quotes wrong - perhaps the writer deliberately changed the quote. The past tense is wrong here as well: as of 2018 Fripp still plays with Crimson, as well as offering such aphorisms.]
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Ben Blackton: I think we should have a toast. To absent friends. I'd say something fancy but I can't think of what.
Laura Thyme: Angus put it best: "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence."
Rosemary Boxer: Angus. Where's that from?
Ben Blackton: Blake?
Granddad: Wordsworth?
Laura Thyme: Robert Fripp, King Crimson. Cheers!
- ConnectionsReferences Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Whether it's the more complex ones like 'Inspector Morse' (and its prequel series 'Endeavour') and anything Agatha Christie. Whether it's the grittier ones like 'A Touch of Frost' (though that is balanced brilliantly with comedy too) and particularly 'Taggart'. And whether it's the light-hearted ones like 'Murder She Wrote'. 'Rosemary and Thyme' is an example of a light-hearted detective mystery series and always gives me a lot of pleasures and banishes the blues when watching. It is a shame that it didn't last longer because it deserved to.
"The Cup of Silence" for me is not quite one of my favourite 'Rosemary and Thyme' episodes, but is still great. It is slight but at no point does it feel dull, it's full of surprises and is not a case of not being enough suspects.
Visually, "The Cup of Silence" looks wonderful, beautifully photographed, vibrant in colour and as always with the show with a stunning setting, have always been envious of the gardens seen on the show. The music has a lot of charm with a main theme tune that is soothingly folksy that matches the whimsy of the setting appropriately.
The writing is engaging and suitably light-hearted without being frothy. Some of the dialogue for Laura and especially Rosemary is very funny. The story is suitably twisty, with an ending that was not obvious, without being too convoluted, and is entertaining and with a relaxing vibe without being simplistic.
Similarly the characters engage, with Rosemary and Laura already being interesting and distinct in personality, and the chemistry between the two sparkles. Laura's care for Rosemary really comes through. Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris are simply great, individually and as a sparkling double act, love Kendal's fire and feistiness and Ferris' more restrained and thoughtful approach. The supporting cast are hard to find fault with too.
Overall, another fine episode. 9/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jun 18, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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