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A miniseries in three episodes. A strange story concerning an old man, a really old man who is probably one hundred and ten or fifteen years old. It is a thriller in a way, of some sort, but yet it is a lot more an exotic love affair turned sour.

An old man tries to escape his own house by bringing the social services into his business with a fake accident, so that he could escape the ghost that is living in the house with him, a possessive ghost in a way, in fact a ghost who wants to go away but cannot without him and apparently he does not want to liberate her because it means die for himself.

That ghost is jealous and to force him to do what he has to do to finish that job she will start hitting and hurting and killing all the people he may come close to in a way or another. And the exit door is nothing but a very old traditional song, slightly modified by the grandfather in law of his very evanescent wife. Guess what happened to her, right after their marriage?

The truth will come out and it will be clear that he is manipulated by the ghost, and that ghost is nowhere but in his head and it is enough for him to do what that ghost wants him to do. She is that powerful. At the same time he cannot be the killer all the time, and yet he has to be.

The police is of course impotent and helpless. A girl, in fact a young nurse, practically a rookie nurse will get involved and she is the one who will bring out the truth and the police officer, detective rather, will be the one who will witness the damage and certify the truth, and yet it will be kept silent and cool at the bottom of a cold case box.

What is good about this series is first of all the good actors, second the well cut mystery mixing some Indian folklore to plain superstition, and third the cool pace of a hectic fable that is supposed to suspend us and our disbelief over a slow fire burning our feet with fear. And they do burn with rage, our feet.

Entertaining and just a little bit stressful.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

One of the major qualities of a good ghost story lies in the ways directors manage to make the familiar seem unfamiliar. They draw viewers into the story and then deliberately frustrate their expectations, and hence encourage us to wonder about what will happen next.

This is certainly true of Ashley Pearce's production, which casts Michael Palin in the central role as pensioner Tom Parfitt. British television viewers are accustomed to seeing Palin as the genial host of a slew of travel programs; apart from his Monty Python involvement, his roles have been largely confined to comedies such as THE MISSIONARY (1982). In REMEMBER ME he has a very different role as someone dying to leave his house and move to a retirement home; but we are not exactly sure why, especially when he seems uncomfortable in his new surroundings of an antiseptic room with large windows. He strikes up a relationship with Hannah Ward (Jodie Comer), but we sense that there is more to Parfitt's character than meets the eye. He seems emotionally affected, but director Pearce refuses to provide the necessary clues to help us resolve our confusion. Suffice to say that the story revolves around the seaside resort of Scarborough, immortalized in the folk- song "Scarborough Fair."

Stylistically speaking, REMEMBER ME creates a mundane world of an (unspecified) city in the north of England, full of gray terraced houses, damp streets and drab colors. People go about their daily lives, with their ordinary hopes and dreams: Hannah's family hope that their daughter will find a more rewarding career than just being a care home assistant. The community is a multiracial one, trying their best to look after one another, yet ultimately perplexed as to the reasons for Parfitt's apparently eccentric behavior. Like the viewers, Roshana Salim (Mina Anwar) and her family regard him as an enigma.

The pacing of the three-part drama is kept deliberately slow, alternating memorable visual imagery (for example, water gushing down the stairs of Parfitt's home) with clever use of sonic leitmotifs (the repeated singing of "Scarborough Fair.") Viewers are not only introduced into an abnormal world, but they are kept guessing right until the final episode as to what the action "means." Like most ghost stories, the plot involves a close interaction between past and present; neither of them can be kept separate.

REMEMBER ME requires a certain degree of patience, but the resolution is definitely worth waiting for.

It was great to see Michael Palin in the starring role of this mystery drama. It's quite creepy and scary. I think there's an MR James influence, as the imagery of the ghostly figure feels a bit like the ghostly entity in his 'Whistle And I'll Come to You' tale.

I don't want to spoil the story or go into detail, except to say it's an enjoyable watch and edge of seat viewing at times.

It's a little disappointing at the end I thought after a good start in the first and second parts, nevertheless, still worth watching if you enjoy creepy mystery stories that keep you guessing and wondering.

I particularly liked the realism of the drama, set in the north, and the interaction of the young girl and the elderly character played by Michael Palin.

I just finished watching REMEMBER ME, all three episodes in one go, and highly enjoyed it! It's a very unusual, slow, calm, touching story with some odd characteristics to it, which take some patience (especially if one might have expected some fast paced horror), but which adds to make this movie easy to remember. What I liked most about this series is that it takes usual clichés or techniques - and then turns them around. Like the way the movie is shot. It's all in quite dark, almost surreal colors, yet the story clearly takes place in our world, in everyday life. Then there are horror-ish elements in it - like Isha (the ghost) appearing, things moving and so forth - but no one runs around screaming or falling over fallen-down branches every second step. And honestly, the movie doesn't need that. It tells quite an unusual, emotional story in an unusual way. And for that it's highly recommendable! Plus: Palin makes a perfect strange old man - very well played, and very believable!

I decided to watch this upon viewing the C4 show 'Gogglebox' (a show about people watching telly in their own homes, for our international friends) and seeing the people at home moving forward in their seats, with their hands over their mouths, then jumping at certain parts. I thought it looked creepy and interesting.

Having watched it - it really is!

Firstly, it is beautifully shot. The landscape shots are truly atmospheric. And the score is tense and captivating.

Then there's the cast. The three main characters (the old man - Michael Palin, the young girl - Jodie Comer and the copper - Mark Addy) are all excellently played. I was especially impressed with Jodie Comer, who was also marvelous in My Mad, Fat Diary - I'm expecting great things from her in future!

And then there's the story, which is where I have a bit of trouble (and is the only reason I didn't rate it higher). I am intrigued by it - I can't work out how it's going to end yet. I do keep seeing bits that remind me of other work, though. I can see plot elements of The Ring (original Japanese version), Dark Water (original Japanese version), the Piano, Inception... I could go on. And I'm finding this somewhat distracting: "ooh, where have I seen that before..?"

It is good, though. I will certainly be watching the final hour with interest :-)

The BBC has a great history when it comes to Ghost stories, we've famously had Ghost Story for Christmas, Dead of Night, and more recently Requiem, trouble is there just aren't enough of them. Remember Me is a smashing three part series that's guaranteed to make you jump. I really like the story, it's clever and engaging, at times it does perhaps feel a little cobbled together, but it's chilling enough to keep you engaged. The acting is fantastic, Michael Palin and Mark Addy are excellent, but it's the young Jodie Comer who impresses the most, she is brilliant throughout. Without any doubt though, the best thing about this series has to be the visuals, it is one of the most beautifully visual pieces of television I can think of, the settings, the camera work, it's almost artistic, credit to the whole production team, it turns what could have been a fairly average mini series into something genuinely good. Must have done wonders for the Scarborough Tourist Board.

Slow to start, but intriguing with a few scares along the way, 8/10

Feeling disappointed with this British horror. It started slow and I was hopeful that the second part may pick up. However this was not the case and if anything it got slower with more questions than answers.

It did build up the atmosphere but did little or nothing with it. I felt the characters were not developed enough for me to care about them. The 'victims' were minor players in the first two episodes. Michael Palin is a good actor but he has little to work with. The other actors have even less to work with. The detective does not really do much until the final episode and by then I was past caring. He seemed incompetent and disinterested.

The ending was very poor and did not justify three hours of slow drama to get there.

This is a thoroughly enjoyable and atmospheric ghost story with a very Victorian feel to it, yet it takes place in the here and now. Others have described the plot, so I'll skip that part and just say each episode was fun to watch. The creepy atmosphere is kept at a steady rhythm and one is kept guessing as to the reasons for what is going on. You have to pay attention the entire time, which is perhaps why some viewers found it tiring. Clues are given in visual images of photographs and other shots, so you can't watch this program with your head buried in your cell phone. It's a quiet piece and you have to pay attention and participate as a viewer. There are several familiar faces to PBS viewers (Mina Anwar, Mark Addy, Rebekah Staton, Julia Sawalha, as well as some character actors). Michael Palin is touching as the main character, who is still tied to his nanny from a century ago (what a beautiful woman, by the way) and conflicted about the relationship. The final episode is where the pace picks up and it really is suspenseful wondering what is the meaning of that version of "Scarborough Fair" as well as wondering just how the story will end. I'm taking two stars off for the very clumsily written chief of police, who seems to serve more as a "conflict device" than an actual character. Also, Mina Anwar's character is gone after episode two without any feeling of resolution with her, considering her strong presence in the first two episodes. That said, the program is beautifully shot, well-acted, and steadily paced. One feels that one is moving forward all the time, without knowing quite what will be waiting at the end of the journey. This was a very enjoyable story and well worth watching.

I am enjoying the TV series The first episode was really scary and the second developed the story I hope the last episode does not disappoint. Watch it on i player if you can- don't watch it alone!!!!

I loved the characters of Shirley and Tom and Hannah and Roshana you can imagine them as real people and are interested in what happens to them.

The photography is amazing and and essential to the overall creepiness. I will never look at the sea in Scarborough in the same way.

Well done to the casting crew Michael Palin is perfect and the actress who plays Hannah - Jodie Comer is an talented young lady.

I love a good horror movie. One of my favorites being Ghost Story. And I love Hitchcock. This one reminds me of combination of the two. Hitchcock was good at making us the viewer use our imagination. This does that. Now I am not one who gets scared watching horror movies, but for some reason this one made me want to watch it in the morning rather than at night before bed. Yes, it's slow paced, but the suspense would not be there if it moved too fast. After all it's only 3 episodes. I do wish Palin would appear more. This was done in 2014, but for whatever reason PBS is just airing it.

It's hard to understand how a series with a nearly perfect first episode can crumble into something that makes even the worst X-Files episodes seem clever and consistent by comparison.

The actors, director and cinematographer try their best, but there's just no way to overlook the plot holes, the illogical behaviour of the characters, the awkward dialogues, and the repetitive use of dramatic music and "spooky" effects to manipulate the audience into thinking the story has any substance.

Watch the first episode and make up your own ending; it will save you two hours of your life and a large dose of disappointment.

I generally enjoy Michael Palin's work very much and looked forward to watching this series; but the first episode was so slow, so boring, so annoying, that I never bothered with the second and third installments. Adding to the general misery is the fact that at least three-fourths of the action (and I use the term loosely) takes place in the dark. The electricity doesn't work ... or the house is abandoned ... or it's just the middle of the night and no light source is available. Whatever, the ambiance is so relentlessly murky, it hardly seems worth the effort to try to figure out what's happening, if indeed anything is. Save your eyesight and your temper and skip this one.

Once again the horrors of British TV strike me with Remember Me, a casting of Michael Palin in a role that would suit him, if he hadn't worked for 30 odd years in Monty Python.

Sure there is talent. And there's also lack of talent. But what strikes me the most is how inappropriate the mishmash of genera is here, with the horror element contributing nothing to the story. Or vice versa, whichever way you prefer to look at this.

Palin's character is fairly well defined, if somewhat uninteresting, he's an old man who has all the typical behaviours of an old man, and that's pretty much his character; so that cuts out everyone who's ever had parents from the audience.

Satellite characters attend him because of his aforementioned characteristic (he's old), which again is very interesting for people who have an unusual attraction to the quirk of "being old". He has that old age existentialism which, on its own might do for a feeble plot, but when mixed with sparse sprinklings of horror tends to give weird taste to the concoction.

And then there's the filler. British TV has evolved filler to an art form. There's tons of kids whining about towels, ladies holding orange juice, policemen buying newspapers and so on and so forth. The concept of "pacing" seems to have completely evaded the British isles. Along with interesting characters, of course.

See, it is my opinion that once you explain a character, you either add to the mixture, or subtract. Hammering on with additional minor details isn't really constructive; or if you will, once i know that Man A shits his pants, i don't need to know he also pisses himself, i can figure that out on my own.

On with the ghost story.

There's .. stuff.. occasionally happening but it's hardly relevant. A 1 hour episode has not told us anything about whether we should consider this a horror story or a character drama. A female figure causes - we are led to believe - the death of a person close to "Tom Parfitt" (Palin), and the old man goes on to blabber that he couldn't save her. He then goes on to say "i'm an old man, i wanted to sleep" and does nothing more regarding this occurrence. He hints that he might be hiding something but then we cut back to yet more boring stuff like people walking, people cooking, people say hello to each other, none of which are established characters.

Then there's 10 more minutes of no dialogue, shots of objects (which have not being made relevant to the story in any way), and a dream sequence of the female lead being scared.

Oh and we have a 10 second apparition in her dream, a woman in a sari.

Sure its well shot and the audio is quite powerful, but in nearly one hour most competent filmmakers would establish a firm story, something that director Ashley Pearce has decided to forego, replacing it instead with boredom and hammering into the viewer the firm concept that "look, these are ordinary people, see? they wear no makeup and do nothing a film character would do", which once again is typical of the bland and boring BBC productions. (not that Channel 4 is any better)

I'll give this one more go, with little hope that it will turn into anything interesting, with characters we can both relate to and look up to, and a story that actually says something, like most people who have gone to film school would actually write.

But for now, my vote will be:

5/10 - why Michael Palin?

Hannah Ward (Jodie Comer) works at a nursing home. She lives with her younger brother Sean and drunken mother Jan (Julia Sawalha). A social worker falls to her death along with the window and Hannah finds elderly patient Tom Parfitt (Michael Palin) cowering on the floor. He is sent away to a hospital and he leaves her his suitcase. Police detective Rob Fairholme (Mark Addy) investigates the likely accident unless the frail old man somehow pushed the dead lady. Hannah is disturbed by strange occurrences and tracks down Tom who has gone missing. She is confronted by a ghost from Tom's past.

This is a BBC TV production. It's three hour-long episodes. It's a slow moody ghost story. It has a nice moodiness. It's a little too slow. There's no need for its three hour length. A conventional hour and a half movie would work fine. It's a ghost story but it's neither scary nor tense. It's a little spooky but that's all. Certainly, I watched this for Palin. He has a minor haunted role. It's limited but it's still nice to see him anyways. A shorter theatrical movie with a better payoff would make this better. I can imagine a J-horror with more effective scares.

Sadly full of nothing except a flat concept and dragging script. Ironically, not worth "remembering" except as an object lesson. Efforts at horror and suspense are clumsy and annoying—even laughable. Highly repetitive not-very-special effects—involving water dripping, water running, floor creaking, doors and other objects moving of their own accord, crashing (sound), noise off, vibration (visuals and sound), distressed onlookers, lights and shadows, a silly apparition, a reappearing small cowrie (shell), "Scarborough Fair" (as a song, tune, sheet music), intermittent shots of sky, beach, and buildings—and an hour of incoherent, uninteresting events don't make a plot, don't persuade the viewer to care for the characters, and fail to create interest in what happens next. Palin does little and the female lead somewhat more, but their efforts are mired in what seems to be a weak concept that is poorly realized. Set decoration is admirable in some ways and camera work is adept, but it must have been a bit boring behind that camera. The supporting cast (characters in the neighborhood and nursing home) does admirable work. The detective is the most compelling—and memorable—character in "Remember Me."

We watched the first episode and it was creepy and held a lot of potential... but then it failed dismally. Episode two was so boring that none of us wanted to see or cared about the third part. But when you've watched two you might as well see all of them. Big mistake. We ended up laughing at most of it. None of it made sense and most of the characters reactions were completely unrealistic. For instance the young boy was on a swing when suddenly it stopped mid air and he jumps off, turns around and sees the ghost sitting on it. Usual reaction would be to run off shrieking or 'look like you've just seen a ghost'. But no, he just walks off slowly to the others and doesn't even mention it. Who wrote this big pile of rubbish? The main young girl in it, the carer - can't remember her name and I can't even be bothered to look up her name, spends about 90% of the episodes crying. It's just so bad... don't bother watching it. There are so many good dramas out there and this doesn't rate amongst them!

I've never been so annoyed by one single element of something completely and utterly letting down the rest as much as with Remember Me.

The setting is absorbing. The casting is spot-on. The script is natural yet interesting (except when the plot is involved). The cinematography is creepy and the sense of isolation is overpowering. The music is beautiful and haunting.

And yet the plot is dire drivel, that doesn't make much sense. Constantly people are being put in situations that simply shouldn't happen. The horror elements also simply aren't scary, they're laughably predictable. They should've stuck to creepy which they handled masterfully.

It's perhaps the best polished turd in existence.

Loved the first episode and could hardly wait for the second. Waited for something to happen or be resolved in the second episode, but never happened. Hopeful for the third episode. Nope. It devolved into some kind of a teasing B-grade movie where you anticipate something is REALLY going to happen, and it never does. I was so tempted to fast-forward, and wished I would have when it ended. Basically, if you want to watch it, watch the first episode, skip the second, and fast-forward through the third to when there is about 10 minutes left.

I'm giving it two stars for the camera work and some of the actors, namely Michael Palin, because he's Michael Palin and the actor who plays the detective. The young female lead I've seen in another series- -both roles were pretty ho hum. My wife watched the first episode and didn't want to continue because ghost stories aren't her thing. Not my thing either, but I thought the first episode showed promise. Then came the second episode. I had to keep rewinding my DVR so to speak because I'd drift off after a few minutes. The third episode just seemed like a big repeat of what happened in the first two and I ended up playing solitaire on my iPad while I listened to it. I won't say what the ending was but I'll just say it was not a big surprise. Whoever wrote this needs to rethink a career. I hope everyone associated got a decent salary anyway. I'll close by saying this is the worst series I have ever seen from the BBC and presented on Masterpiece Theater on PBS. Please no more like this.

I'm a huge fan of Michael Palin so I was very disappointed that he agreed to involve himself with this amateur nonsense. It's incredibly poor viewing.