Swithin Review of Beecham House

Beecham House (2019)

It could have been a contender but was ruined by the ending

[6/10 · 8 September 2020]

Despite what the reviews and friends have said, I recorded Beecham House and watched all six episodes as part of a pandemic marathon. I liked it -- sort of! Up to a point, that is. It was way too soap-operish. The lead was a bit too brooding -- almost like Tom Hardy in Taboo without the supernatural elements. We could have also done without the brother's romance. The mother, played by Lesley Nicol, is way too annoyingly cliched a character. However, as a whole, the series is engaging, beautiful to look at, and intriguing, at least up until what is the worst ending of any series, ever! It should have ended with the kiss at the Taj Mahal; however, the creators evidently assumed that there would be a second series and tacked a cliff-hanger onto the very end, which is awful, and destroys all that has gone before. There ain't going to be a second series, so we are left with a bad feeling about the whole enterprise. It's a shame because it could have been a contender for one of the great, imaginative series, with a different approach on the Raj theme.