Quote: Marc P @ May 22 2011, 10:54 PM BST
Really Marc, there's no need to mock someones opinion like that.
Quote: Griff @ May 22 2011, 10:58 PM BSTReally Marc you don't think it's more difficult to setup a story like Blink, where nobody has ever seen anything like it, than an episode of Minder where everyone knows it's going to be another trawl round pubs and lockups flogging stolen cars and having punchups with villains?
Not saying it shouldn't be possible to excel at both in the 45 minutes (otherwise you shouldn't be writing for TV I guess) but surely someone writing in a familiar setting with familiar characters has at least a slightly easier task explaining what's going on? (Not saying that the writing overall is easier for one or the other - both writers have to surprise and entertain etc in equal measure obviously.)
All of this.