You had me at "Richard Griffiths"... add Maggie Steed and the staple Detective Show format with a food twist, and there is barely an unwatchable episode.
That doesn't mean there aren't a multitude of flaws: the character of Cambridge is both appalling uninspired in creation and woodenly acted; the "Hooperman"-arc opportunity is wasted; staff changes at the restaurant are clumsily handled - not one well-handled exit; and the reason Henry is doing two jobs is inconsistent and illogical.
But we can all turn a blind-eye to these shortcomings, as they are not really important to most episodes which stand on their own merit.
But mostly I watch it because I salivate at Henry's Steak & Kidney Pie... we all have our weaknesses!
That doesn't mean there aren't a multitude of flaws: the character of Cambridge is both appalling uninspired in creation and woodenly acted; the "Hooperman"-arc opportunity is wasted; staff changes at the restaurant are clumsily handled - not one well-handled exit; and the reason Henry is doing two jobs is inconsistent and illogical.
But we can all turn a blind-eye to these shortcomings, as they are not really important to most episodes which stand on their own merit.
But mostly I watch it because I salivate at Henry's Steak & Kidney Pie... we all have our weaknesses!