The problem with most MSM reviews, in my eyes, is that they will simply not take risks in delivering less than a eulogy and so it is here with the Paul Temple TV series:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/francis-matthews-5c5xc27zbhl
Francis Matthews once complained: “Generally nobody wants me to do anything but stand there in a suit and tie, with a cigarette, being sophisticated. Funnily enough that’s the hardest part. You haven’t got anything to help. But give me a funny hat and a silly voice and I’m halfway there.”
The trouble was that Matthews, whether he liked it or not, had the handsome, laidback presence that attracted adjectives such as urbane, debonair and suave. It was happening before his most famous television role, as the detective Paul Temple, and it continued to dog him long afterwards.
Or from the left bank: