I've had the same problem. Glad it's not just me!!
Out of interest what platform was everyone watching it on , just wondering if the sound could be down to the carrier, Freeview , Sky etc. It was ok on Virgin for me and I checked Iplayer and it seems ok there.
I'm not that keen on him either, weird-ish face to take seriously - like Milliband, and I agree that he's overrated. Forcing myself to watch to see if I've got that that wrong. So far, no.
I've never particularly liked him either, I put it on without realising he was in it and found it boring.
Like others, I find him very overated as an actor and can't abide the way he speaks.
He seems to have toned down his horrible harsh accent/voice, but on Alan Carr last Friday he seemed a bit stuck up- he didn't laugh at Alan's joke about something in his hand. Perhaps crude innuendos are beneath him now?
I've never particularly liked him either, I put it on without realising he was in it and found it boring.
Like others, I find him very overated as an actor and can't abide the way he speaks.
He seems to have toned down his horrible harsh accent/voice, but on Alan Carr last Friday he seemed a bit stuck up- he didn't laugh at Alan's joke about something in his hand. Perhaps crude innuendos are beneath him now?
I've never particularly liked him either, I put it on without realising he was in it and found it boring.
Like others, I find him very overated as an actor and can't abide the way he speaks.
He seems to have toned down his horrible harsh accent/voice, but on Alan Carr last Friday he seemed a bit stuck up- he didn't laugh at Alan's joke about something in his hand. Perhaps crude innuendos are beneath him now?
Or maybe he's grown up a bit and he's got kids?? His two daughters are actually in the 2nd Hobbit and 3rd Hobbit films, they play Bard's daughters.
In our local charity shop, the donors are encouraged to register for the sale of the goods to be tax exempt for the shop.
You are given a card which has your NI number, name and address on it. When you take in your bagfuls of stuff, your card number is tagged onto the bag, which is sorted, valued and listed before going on the shelf. So yes, it IS possible that the shop will know the source of the donated items.
I'm a charity shop manager for a very large UK charity, which is why I picked up on this in the first place. Yes, we ask people to sign up for Gift Aid, so their bags are tagged with their Gift Aid number once they've signed the form, but as we get the equivalent of up to 20 black bags of donations daily, we wouldn't have the time to itemise every single item in a donation individually, either when they're donated or when they're sold - they just have a numbered sticker when they're priced, to preserve the donor's anonymity (and the number is certainly not their NI number, because you should never give that to anyone except an employer or the taxman!) The charity is obliged by law to tell you how much your goods have raised, but they would have no individual record of what those items are. We do itemise valuable items like gold or silver jewellery or other high-value goods for security purposes, but even then, we wouldn't include the details of who they were donated by. I suppose the only exception to this would be if we received something like a firearm or drugs, which would need to reported to the police.
The other thing is that if our goods aren't sold within 2-3 weeks, they're taken off the shop floor, so even if I could believe that in a small charity shop they might leave them longer, I find it hard to believe they'd allow shop floor space to an unsold little scarf for several years!
It depends, some people think it's an asset. Take Neil Oliver, his is a far broader Scots accent than it once was. I mentioned on a different thread; "If it gets any broader we're gonna need subtitles."
Most actors can affect different accents, soften their own, or lose them completely. It's the job. He makes no effort at all and his grates.
John Thaw, bless him, was a Mancunian from Longsight but in "Morse," you wouldn't have know it. He didn't go to RADA until he was sixteen,
I watched it and liked it. If i want to know what happens next then it must be doing something right. I must admit i did get a shock at the end when i saw Daddy Big-Ears picture on the wall. Olly was there! Now we just need to find out why and who.
Nice to see Arsher Ali from E4's Beaver Falls, Ch4's Complicit and Four Lions in this although i don't like his character much.
The key to it all is the conversation with the father in law in the hotel garden I think, they didn't go to all the trouble of setting up that scene without reason
The key to it all is the conversation with the father in law in the hotel garden I think, they didn't go to all the trouble of setting up that scene without reason
Possibly. Sounds like maybe they got upto somethign dodgy and maybe someone followed them to France and abducted their son as revenge?? Who knows.
It depends, some people think it's an asset. Take Neil Oliver, his is a far broader Scots accent than it once was. I mentioned on a different thread; "If it gets any broader we're gonna need subtitles."
Most actors can affect different accents, soften their own, or lose them completely. It's the job. He makes no effort at all and his grates.
John Thaw, bless him, was a Mancunian from Longsight but in "Morse," you wouldn't have know it. He didn't go to RADA until he was sixteen,
John Thaw was a wonderful actor though. Nesbit...less so.
That the woman who donated the scarf would just let two totally strange men with no identification in to "ask a few questions". "Absolutely not" would be my response to that, or words to that effect.
They weren't two 'strange men'. She remembered James Nesbitt's character, so it's not surprising that she let them in.
I watched it and liked it. If i want to know what happens next then it must be doing something right. I must admit i did get a shock at the end when i saw Daddy Big-Ears picture on the wall. Olly was there! Now we just need to find out why and who.
Nice to see Arsher Ali from E4's Beaver Falls, Ch4's Complicit and Four Lions in this although i don't like his character much.
Thank you, its been bugging me all night where I knew him from.
Out of interest what platform was everyone watching it on , just wondering if the sound could be down to the carrier, Freeview , Sky etc. It was ok on Virgin for me and I checked Iplayer and it seems ok there.
I was watching on Virgin and the sound was off at times, the first time I went to turn it up I went to 23 which I never do and thought it may be me as im a little bit deaf in one ear so asked hubbie before i turned it up and deafened him but he said he was having trouble too.
The key to it all is the conversation with the father in law in the hotel garden I think, they didn't go to all the trouble of setting up that scene without reason
Just watched it and thought the same. Those fussing about the names being kept at the charity shop are being far too pedantic. Without it they would never find him and the series would have finished there. It's bloody fiction ffs. They are allowed some artistic licence to make it work. It's a slow burner, which makes a change. Love it.
Ref: the yellow scarf. When Ollie was being dried off after the pool, the dad put a yellow scarf on his head, it looked like a towel to me at first. As the story went on and the scarf was mentioned realized that is what it was.
The other thing is that if our goods aren't sold within 2-3 weeks, they're taken off the shop floor, so even if I could believe that in a small charity shop they might leave them longer, I find it hard to believe they'd allow shop floor space to an unsold little scarf for several years!
I donated some CDs to one of my local (big name) charity shops 3-4 years ago, and they're still there. (Obviously I'm very offended about this comment on my taste in music... )
I thought this was good and am gripped, even if it has ripped off the Broadchurch atmosphere/music etc. The mother knows something for sure, and her liaison with the guy with the nose is intriging.
Not sure it was that sympathetic, re. the McCanns scenario, but best not go there!
Just watched it and thought the same. Those fussing about the names being kept at the charity shop are being far too pedantic. Without it they would never find him and the series would have finished there. It's bloody fiction ffs. They are allowed some artistic licence to make it work. It's a slow burner, which makes a change. Love it.
Quite, i mean who cares about some footballer's haircut being the in the wrong World Cup clip!
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Out of interest what platform was everyone watching it on , just wondering if the sound could be down to the carrier, Freeview , Sky etc. It was ok on Virgin for me and I checked Iplayer and it seems ok there.
I've never particularly liked him either, I put it on without realising he was in it and found it boring.
Like others, I find him very overated as an actor and can't abide the way he speaks.
He seems to have toned down his horrible harsh accent/voice, but on Alan Carr last Friday he seemed a bit stuck up- he didn't laugh at Alan's joke about something in his hand. Perhaps crude innuendos are beneath him now?
He cannot help his natural accent.
Or maybe he's grown up a bit and he's got kids?? His two daughters are actually in the 2nd Hobbit and 3rd Hobbit films, they play Bard's daughters.
The other thing is that if our goods aren't sold within 2-3 weeks, they're taken off the shop floor, so even if I could believe that in a small charity shop they might leave them longer, I find it hard to believe they'd allow shop floor space to an unsold little scarf for several years!
It depends, some people think it's an asset. Take Neil Oliver, his is a far broader Scots accent than it once was. I mentioned on a different thread; "If it gets any broader we're gonna need subtitles."
Most actors can affect different accents, soften their own, or lose them completely. It's the job. He makes no effort at all and his grates.
John Thaw, bless him, was a Mancunian from Longsight but in "Morse," you wouldn't have know it. He didn't go to RADA until he was sixteen,
Nice to see Arsher Ali from E4's Beaver Falls, Ch4's Complicit and Four Lions in this although i don't like his character much.
Possibly. Sounds like maybe they got upto somethign dodgy and maybe someone followed them to France and abducted their son as revenge?? Who knows.
John Thaw was a wonderful actor though. Nesbit...less so.
They weren't two 'strange men'. She remembered James Nesbitt's character, so it's not surprising that she let them in.
Thank you, its been bugging me all night where I knew him from.
I was watching on Virgin and the sound was off at times, the first time I went to turn it up I went to 23 which I never do and thought it may be me as im a little bit deaf in one ear so asked hubbie before i turned it up and deafened him but he said he was having trouble too.
As an actor he should be able to!
I can imagine that if you did come across a basement in a house, you would naturally assume the worst.
I think so too. There was a man loitering when they were in the pool, for no apparent reason.
Yes, i spotted that too! He gave a quick glance to Olly and his dad. Found that very noticeable. I wonder if it was him who snatched him from the bar?
Just watched it and thought the same. Those fussing about the names being kept at the charity shop are being far too pedantic. Without it they would never find him and the series would have finished there. It's bloody fiction ffs. They are allowed some artistic licence to make it work. It's a slow burner, which makes a change. Love it.
I donated some CDs to one of my local (big name) charity shops 3-4 years ago, and they're still there. (Obviously I'm very offended about this comment on my taste in music...
Not sure it was that sympathetic, re. the McCanns scenario, but best not go there!
Quite, i mean who cares about some footballer's haircut being the in the wrong World Cup clip!