Just now I stopped by an econ blog I often visit, Syll's blog. In What Brexit was all about Syll shows this map:
First on the list of poorest areas in northern Europe? West Wales.
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Season one, episode one, Hinterland. New to the job, DCI Tom Mathias is called to investigate a murder even before meeting his team. The exchange between DCI Mathias and DC Ellis is an absolute classic. It defines the Ellis character. There are probably not a dozen brief moments in the first nine episodes that develop that character. Yet the show is worth watching, just for those moments.
To me, the murder investigation, solving the crime, if that's what you're interested in, go watch Columbo. Or Law and Order. Untangling the who-done-it in Hinterland is good, as good as any cop show, or better. But the rare, precious moments during which the personality of one of the main characters unfolds, it's moments like that that make the show irresistible.
Anyway, S1E1: Mathias meets his boss Brian Prosser, apparently for the first time. "You've met most of the team, then?" Prosser asks.
"A little sooner than expected," Mathias replies.
Concerning the murder investigation, Prosser says, "I hear you've already mobilized most of the police resources of West Wales. Do you have a body?"
"Not yet," Mathias says.
So anyway, West Wales.
