The Mallorca Files review: If the Beeb's Mallorca Files was a pedalo, Amazon's is a superyacht, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS By Christopher Stevens Published: 20:33 EDT, 8 August 2024 | Updated: 20:33 EDT, 8 August 2024 e-mail View comments The Mallorca Files (Amazon Prime Video) Rating: Same sunshine, same island, different world. The Mallorca Files, BBC1’s lightweight afternoon crime show, has transferred to Amazon Prime Video..
. and it’s quite a holiday upgrade. If the Beeb is a budget hotel in Magaluf with a karaoke bar, then Amazon is an all-inclusive five-star resort where waiters bring chilled cocktails to your poolside sunbed.
You’ll love it, but the cheap option will never seem half so attractive again. Starring Elen Rhys as uptight British detective Miranda and Julian Looman as her goofy, laid-back German counterpart Max, the series won an immediate fandom on its launch five years ago. Starring Elen Rhys as uptight British detective Miranda and Julian Looman as her goofy, laid-back German counterpart Max, the series won an immediate fandom on its launch five years ago Echoes of The X Files were obvious, without any of the paranormal overtones.
Investigators Miranda and Max frustrate and fancy each other in equal measure — but she’s too prickly and he’s too easily distracted for them ever to be a romantic match. Best of all, the locations are effortlessly fabulous. In the BBC original, if the plots sprang a leak, there was always a picturesque street scene .