Started watching this program immediately after completing another BritBox police drama. Problem was the prior drama had been written, performed, and packaged so well, and Hope Street - not so much. Something had been bothering me about the format of Hope Street and after the 3rd episode I landed on it - the tenor of this program is almost identical to an older US program “Rizzoli & Isles”. Lots of scene switching and banter among the characters with a light musical background accenting the scenes. Not a terrible thing (in fact I enjoyed Rizzoli & Isles), but it was not a serious crime drama, which I believe Hope Street is trying to pull off here.