Mary & Martha BBC1 8.30 tonight

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  • squadgesquadge Posts: 1,575
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    what and ending... just hanging. just like it is realistically. excellent show!
  • fleetfleet Posts: 11,574
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    That was pretty incredible. Had me in tears through most of it. Very understated acting, beautifully done.
  • phill363phill363 Posts: 24,311
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    This was a brilliant little drama, had everything and then more.
  • Billy_ValueBilly_Value Posts: 22,919
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    brilliant Friday night programming :rolleyes: :)
  • smudesmude Posts: 17,553
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    Brilliant programme and the sort that can raise awareness hopefully.
  • PorkSausagePorkSausage Posts: 2,656
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    alr837 wrote: »
    She took medical advice nd they said it wasnt needed. Part of the problem I that mosquitos doesn't stick to the lines on map!

    All the more reason to take your anti-malarials.
  • smudesmude Posts: 17,553
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    All the more reason to take your anti-malarials.

    Problem is that people don't because of the side effects.
  • twingletwingle Posts: 19,322
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    This was more heart hitting than any big celebrity visiting africa and asking us to pick up the phone. I donated the cost of two mosquito netswith tear filled eyes!
  • KentLassieKentLassie Posts: 180
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    What a moving hour and a half!!! I'm just beginning to recover from my blubbering through the last half. I'm surprised that there was no appeal for funds after the show, but I did find it on the website (here).

    There were some BIG names in this drama from both sides of the Atlantic, not least of which was James Wood, who played Mary's father.
  • alr837alr837 Posts: 1,838
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    Stopping malaria isnt just about giving everyone medication , you also need to reduce your chances of getting bitten too - hence nets, deet repellent etc.,
    When Richard Curtis first started writing the film 1 million children were dying from it a year, today it us 650,000 - that's a huge drop, but still a long way to go. Even in areas where malaria isnt a threat, things such as dengue fever are. Locals are more likely to die from the haemoragic form than tourists. There is no anti-dengue treatment to take, and the mosquitos that carry this are out in the day, unlike the malaria carrying ones

    Regardless of whether the character should have gone against medical advice is really a side issue, it was a powerful thought provoking film
  • kaob82kaob82 Posts: 276
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    Watching it now as just v+ it, this made me want to donate much more than any other comic relief appeal. I think the celeb bits where they normally cry normally make me switch off but this was really special and much less cynical.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4
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    I thought it was an excellent film from start to end.
    Now, does anyone know where the music came from, who was it was just great and I can't find out anywhere
  • allie4allie4 Posts: 11,994
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    KentLassie wrote: »
    What a moving hour and a half!!! I'm just beginning to recover from my blubbering through the last half. I'm surprised that there was no appeal for funds after the show, but I did find it on the website (here).

    There were some BIG names in this drama from both sides of the Atlantic, not least of which was James Wood, who played Mary's father.

    Thanks so much for the website - in a way I'm glad they didn't have an appeal at the end. It would have cheapened it somehow and if people watched it and were moved enough, they surely will try to find out more and donate.
    Wonderful drama... we should have more of that quality!
  • jonnyinscotlandjonnyinscotland Posts: 999
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    Well she should have given him anti-malarial tablets.

    Her choice (unlike many born in Africa).
    alr837 wrote: »
    She took medical advice nd they said it wasnt needed. Part of the problem I that mosquitos doesn't stick to the lines on map!

    The travel/medical advice she took was based on SA and they then travelled to Mozambique which is high risk all year round.
  • BellaRosaBellaRosa Posts: 36,512
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    Was this base on a real life story :confused:

    I did enjoy it and it was filmed beautifully BUT .. the ending about the malaria nets I was a bit confused?

    I paid for about 15 :o of these through donating when Chris Moyles and the others climbed Mount Kilimanjaro a few years back for, I think, Comic relief.

    Was this to get more people to donate :confused:
  • boksboxboksbox Posts: 4,572
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    twingle wrote: »
    This was more heart hitting than any big celebrity visiting africa and asking us to pick up the phone. I donated the cost of two mosquito netswith tear filled eyes!

    I haven't watched it all yet but I heard Richard Curtis say that one scene was based on a Chris Moyles film from last time when he went out for **** and the child he was watching had died by the time he went back in
  • fizzle90fizzle90 Posts: 6,467
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    This was absolutely incredible. Heart wrenching, moving and just faultless.

    I wonder if Richard Curtis holds malaria dear, if he'd had a personal experience with it, as it seems quite a random (sorry, couldn't think of a better word :o) subject to write a long drama about.
  • digimoandigimoan Posts: 372
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    What a heartbreaking drama, as said before much better than celebs going out there

    Well written and well acted
  • blossom24blossom24 Posts: 411
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    Brilliant drama and acting.

    Thoroughly enjoyed it and like others I was in tears for a lot of it.
  • marlingmarling Posts: 3,690
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    Cried my way through this last night.

    Just by chance yesterday afternoon I was reading in the Daily Mirror (in the hairdressers!) the story of the mother/son who this was loosely based on. Very touching story and it made the drama so much more real.
  • domedome Posts: 55,878
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    fizzle90 wrote: »
    This was absolutely incredible. Heart wrenching, moving and just faultless.

    I wonder if Richard Curtis holds malaria dear, if he'd had a personal experience with it, as it seems quite a random (sorry, couldn't think of a better word :o) subject to write a long drama about.

    Richard Curtis: why I wrote Mary and Martha
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  • madj40madj40 Posts: 1,045
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    A great,if not tearfull story, Fine cast, acting scenery etc..just so bloody sad. It's frightening to think that Malaria takes so many lives.Very moving and I am still not convinced that mozzies can't pass on HIV, even though the experts say no they cant...
  • HotgossipHotgossip Posts: 22,385
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    Finally found time to watch this tonight and thought it was excellent. Brenda Blethyn is a superstar in my eyes.
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