As others have noted, this has a Twin Peaks vibe, which is a good thing, but it also has big script problems. After taking four hours to build up the story and cast suspicion on everyone, the final hour wraps things up by introducing at least two major plot points that came rather unfairly out of the blue (the villains's motive and a supernatural bent in the finale). Had the story played fairer with the viewer, I would have liked this more. There are virtually no likable characters, and even the ones who might seem to be moral centers are not, and spending five hours with people you don't really care about is a real test of the viewer's constitution. Decent acting, certainly, and a nice mood is set throughout, but overall not satisfying.

I was astonished by the reviews here. I love all the small stories that are painted up. Families, couples and individuals. The acting is great with some exemptions. I have just watched episode 1 and I like it. There are parts that smells excellence, but some errors in the script make good scenes turn out to be stupid. I think that the first episode would have earned in a extra round of external reading. "Does this work?" "Does this make sense?" The photo is good. The actors are good. The script is some times good some times awful. Good work on the details. Several of the characters are believable. But I can stand some errors. I can. I wonder where this will lead to. Where to go after episode 1?

Started watching it expecting it to be a classic bbc crime series. As such it started out good, classic girl in the woods murder, and everybody having a motive for murdering her. The lack of a central view "inspector" was refreshing, following the story from multiple angles, even though that did make the viewer know more than the people in play.But not giving a satisfactory ending, leaving to many questions unanswered however is unforgivable, largely because I don't buy into the paranormal theme, as in other bbc series, it is supposed to be treated as lunacy, even though hints of it working may be allowed.*who stole the evidence bag, and why? *How did hatty's sister knew who did it? *Will the REAL killer ever be arrested? *Will his criminal wife be arrested too? *Is seth dead or alive? *will seth's brother find seth back at all? *will the eventual killer of seth be arrested or killed himself, either by the police or by somebody else? *what was the crime linus's dad did that made the black woman frame him?and thats just the tip of the iceberg.Also didn't quite liked how they made the black sheep black. She had to be black, timid, soft voice, strange hair, and glasses, a little to much of imprinting ugly = criminal, pretty = hero.On top of that no-go-error, She was not even a well developed character. Starting as genuine afraid of her husband being the murderer, only doing an investigation out of denial, to a full blown criminal herself, who is willing to knowingly cover up her husbands crime, get rid of all evidence and planting it on a different person, all for the sake of keeping their family together, having no problem destroying the only person Linus has. Thats not a believable character shift at all.So thats why it gets only 3 stars, it does not has the quality of a proper bbc crime series at all.

BBC has built its reputation on providing excellent Drama over the years & Mayday is no exception. The story surrounds a missing girl & it seems that everyone who knew her could be responsible for her disappearance. This Drama twists & turns and all the characters seem to be watching each other and doubt is at the forefront of everyone's mind. The BBC has excelled itself this time with a familiar cast of seasoned actors & a few new faces. I found this series to have an almost sinister edge with the music adding to the atmosphere, very well directed & the leafy calm of Surrey was the perfect place in which to film it.