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I wish you hadn't posted that. I saw Amadeus maybe two months ago. You've made me want to watch it again.
Finished Godless, 7 episode mini-series, I give it a thumbs up. All the characters were interesting. I liked that the story was unpredictable, but my critique was that it was too long winded, too much character development, and at times the story dragged because of it, at least for me. It could have easily be told in 4 episodes. If you are in love with characters and the setting, that may not matter, there are many flashbacks showing character histories.
For a comparison, I think of Lonesome Dove, but that was a far more engaging Pulitzer Prize winning narrative.
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I agree, 'Lonesome Dove' is an excellent series.
Watching 'Broadchurch' while eating my pancakes along with juice.
I would describe it as watchable. I'd seen most of the other offerings that were on.My wife loves this show. Not a snide comment.
My wife loves this show. Not a snide comment.
My mum loved it, (Midsummer Murders) too; mind you, she also loved The Mentalist, STNG, Foyle's War, and a number of other shows.
Well, in my childhood, she used to love intellectual and interesting TV - say, Kenneth Clark's "Civilisation", and documentaries - and we used to watch a lot of David Attenborough together.
But, once she retired, she also openly admitted to liking some popular programmes that took her fancy: And yes, Midsummer Murders was one of those.
Almost my very favourite TV series, ever, (with the possible exception - perhaps - of STNG).
Which episode? Or episodes?
The social - cultural and political - history is meticulous.
Enjoy.
Star Trek Next Generation.
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Oops - hadn't spotted your post when I replied.
Starting over with series 1, being house bound for now will be able to watch that entire series.
Excellent; I'm almost envious (scratch that - I am actually envious). Do enjoy.
As an historian, I love the meticulous historical research of the series; thus, every story shown in the series actually happened (or something very close to it) at the time depicted (in other words, if it is set in June 1940, that event - or series of events depicted - actually really occurred in June 1940 somewhere in England).
The only dramatic licence the series took was to have it all taking place in Hastings; in real life, needless to say, it didn't - some of this stuff happened in Yorkshire, or Manchester, or London, or elsewhere in the UK.
The other thing I like is the inspired casting of Michael Kitchen as Christopher Foyle - what a superlative demonstration of understated acting - and Honeysuckle Weeks was an equally inspired choice as Sam Stewart.
[doublepost=1515568394][/doublepost]I also loved the flawless casting of Ellie Haddington as (the recurring character) Hilda Pierce - a character based, I rather suspect, on Vera Atkins (who held a senior position in SOE) in real life.
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Does radio count?
Listening to - and hugely enjoying - the (original) BBC recording (radio) of The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy. As brilliantly hilarious - and funny, and witty - and clever - as ever.
Listening to - and hugely enjoying - the (original) BBC recording (radio) of The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy. As brilliantly hilarious - and funny, and witty - and clever - as ever.