Tonight the Bonekickers team, led by Julie Graham (pictured, centre) as Professor Gillian Magwilde, are on the trail of a sacred tablet that could affect the destiny of the Middle East.
The trail begins with the looting of Babylonian relics from the Iraq war. Opportunistic war-zone journalist Jimmy Paul attempts to flog a Babylonian necklace and sacred tablet to dodgy antiquities dealer Max Garris, while Kahmil Hammadi, an Iraqi archaeologist and Professor Magwilde's ex-lover, arrives in Bath with a cultural delegation.
Professor Magwilde is suspicious of Kahmil's story to reclaim a looted brick from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and, when Garris is found murdered, she knows there's more at stake than an ancient brick.
The looted necklace, etched with a snake image of the Babylonian goddess of evil, Tiamet, leads the team to the writings of ancient gods. Kahmil is looking for The Tablet of Destinies, a sacred object which is inscribed with prophecies and has remained hidden since Alexander entered Babylon. He believes that it will bring hope to Iraq, but his brother is concerned that it will draw out occultists who follow Tiamet and Gillian fears that Kahmil is after glory - is he behind Garris's murder?
Photographic evidence locates the Tablet but the team is attacked by a venomous snake and they witness the grotesque death of Jimmy Paul. Are the followers of Tiamet behind this? Could Ali, the security guard who is looking after Khanna, a child chess genius from Iraq, be responsible or Rachel Highgrove, who is organising the cultural delegation?
The team must decipher the ancient cuneiform inscriptions of the Tablet that predict the name of "The Gate" - a person who will rise up and bring peace, unification and hope to Iraq.
The Bonekickers team comprises (pictured, from left): Hugh Bonneville as Professor Gregory Parton, Julie Graham as Professor Gillian Magwilde, Adrian Lester as Doctor Ben Ergha and Gugu Mbatha Raw as Viv Davis.
Bonekickers? Oh yeah, it's so very bad I fear for the past AND the future. And then there is Spooks: Code 9! Great Scot what is happening at the BBC? They're getting in the habit of taking piss now. Where will it end?
July 23rd - 2:39pmDan said...
Got to be one of the funniest programmes I have watched in ages ... it was a comedy spoof wasnt it, surely it must have been!!
July 23rd - 9:19amPaul Strange said...
Provided you treat it as pure and utter hokum, Bonekickers has its moments. But it's seriously misplaced within the schedules. This is early Saturday-night fodder, in the Doctor Who/Primeval slot. The BBC should shift it there, asap, as soon as Last Choir Standing has sat down...
July 19th - 12:06pmJune Williams said...
What utter tosh this series is. Such a disappointment. However it was worth watching the first episode to see that Julie Graham has had her teeth fixed. It's been bothering me for years. I can watch her now (but not in 'BoneKickers') without it being a constant distraction. Thank you for that Julie. x
(3 Star)
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