The Holiday

So disappointed with this. I love T M Logan's books and had read The Holiday so couldn't wait to watch this on TV.

Wish I hadn't bothered. The tv adaptation is terrible. You end up not caring about the characters and the majority of the acting is wooden or over the top.

Don't waste your time and pick up the book instead!

It's an ok show, nothing special but definitely not fantastic either. The main problem is as ever with current shows, text messages. Not everyone watches on a tablet or phone and unless you happen to have binoculars next to your sofa don't expect to see what's been written. Just hope it's not relevant to the storyline!

Recipe: Take 8 miserable, unlikeable, flawed adults.

Add a couple of stroppy teenagers and some incredibly annoying younger children.

Don't forget the staple of all current dramas - secretive mobile phone activity.

And finally put them in a villa in what seems to be a particularly cold and windy Malta.

Result: A flat and relentlessly boring story, the type of which Channel 5 excel at.

Some old college friends share a holiday villa with their families. They are all utterly vile to each other and then go about a lot of improbable nonsense. Be certain that you will question the authenticity of just about every line and every screenplay.

Four loosely connected families come together for a luxury holiday in the sun but soon fall out. Flash forwards warn of infidelity, violence and dark secrets uncovered.

For me it was poor all round, Jill Halfpenny was a good lead, rest of the cast were all at sea, script and story were old hat and predictable. Production values were average, the direction was wobbly at times and the score was quite erratic.

Not the worst of C5's recent drama misses but it wasn't good enough to hook me, disappointing piece of work, I can't recommend watching it.