Stumbled upon this while recovering from a broken ankle and unable to go out anywhere. Day time television is terrible - and with no internet or alternative I was saved by ABC putting on something that doesn't assume you are stupid in the day time. This series totally got me in.Intelligent - a bit spooky and fast moving. I need to know if there is another series coming as I want to know what happens to Rash and Stefan in their new apartment and what exactly that pharmaceutical company is up to!

'New Blood' is a lively new television drama, about a pair of young, somewhat reckless and egoistical men who work respectively for the police and the Serious Fraud Office, who find themselves inadvertently working together on a series of cases, in defiance of their bosses and any common sense. The plots are a little silly, to be honest, offering a simplified vision of how the world works, and the programme's style uses lots of sped-up footage, look-aheads and flashbacks, but it's nicely paced and there's some merit in the portrait of a pair of young Londoners, trying to enjoy their lives and get ahead in the world. It's not exactly deep, but it's certainly not boring. The formula may get tired if there are subsequent series; but the first series at least has been entertaining and fun.

The following is based on the first episode one:New Blood became a chore to watch a little less than half-way into the first episode.Upon reflection I think the producers just spent too much time introducing too many characters without furthering a plot that engaged.Also entwined in the story is a theme of contemporary Brits as immigrants, not presented in a negative fashion but still an underlying theme that seems disconnected from a good detective story, at least in this episode.Making a story around a corrupt government official and an evil BigPharm company is a bit too much a trope, and without any other enticing story elements becomes a bit.... blah.I'm unlikely to revisit this show in future episodes.

I had high hopes for this series as I had enjoyed all of "Foyle's War". The acting and dialogue were natural and the stories were fresh and original. My estimate of Anthony Horowitz as more than a writer of juvenile stories went up.Three episodes into "New Blood" and I am not greatly impressed. Either (a) I have seen far too much many television programmes, plus I am turning grumpy with age or (b) the quality of programmes really has deteriorated."New Blood" dishes out the same tropes we have seen numerous times: government-private enterprise collusion, corrupt pharmaceutical company, clandestine organization of assassins, a group of people being steadily eliminated, incompetent jaded cops and the eager young trainee detective along with his newly found buddy who are the only ones with insight.On top of this, we are treated to: awful music and a combination of poor acting, dialogue, directing and editing: as an example of the latter, a series of jumpy shots of London that do not advance the story and only hurt the eyes. Formerly, a TV series would have a memorable piece of theme music; nowadays our ears are torn with some awful song.There is an air of silliness; they are trying for a buddy-buddy Butch Cassidy- Sundance Kid interaction between the two young protagonists, but it does not come off and the attempts at comedy are lame.