For years I wondered if it would be possible to see Manhunt.
I was working shift when it was aired in 1970, so I only managed to catch the odd episode, but I was really hooked on it and never forgot it.
What a let-down it is to watch it now. I really has aged very badly. The melodrama is awful, the acting, terrible.
I accept it may have been original at the time and paved the way for future dramas like Colditz and Secret Army, but it is embarrassingly bad now.
They were supposed to be on the run, but ran across open fields, half hid behind hedges and walls with Germans walking by, talked out loud in occupied houses and killed a few people, et al. A scout patrol could have caught them.
Nina was awful, particularly during one of her frequent meltdowns, and Jimmy was far too glib, "old love", about their plight. Vincent was unconvincing, especially when holding a gun.
There was no real sense of drama because we all knew they would be ok as there were plenty of episodes left.
A great shame really.
