It follows the stories and fall out for Maggie Cole, played by French, who doesn't pay attention to the cautionary adage that 'those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones'.
Critics Of "The Trouble with Maggie Cole - Season 1"
Daily Telegraph (UK)
March 06, 2020
French and Heap are the only ones playing for laughs. But when every other new show is a police procedural, period adaptation or domestic thriller, at least it's aiming for something different.
The first episode was a bit of serious drama, a bit of comedy, and possibly also the set-up to a thriller (are any of the offended locals going to do Maggie Cole in?), which suggests it will repay watching till the end.
A thriller of sorts -- there are plenty of dark forces here -- with a strong sitcom sensibility, The Trouble With Maggie Cole is a rollicking drama that shines with life.
In the show's defence, French does make an unlikeable character more likeable than she has any right to be. On the other hand, I did want to put in a call to Coastland FM, if only to say: "Mate, have you ever heard of libel laws?"
What makes it strange is the tone -- it's a comedy about embarrassment that stops shy of being genuinely excoriating about standard stories of cozy English villages.
