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Bouquet of Barbed Wire ITV 1
pierre_gustave
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Starts tonight.
I am old enough to remember the original.
Didn't really fancy the idea of a remake but will watch it cos Trevor Eve is in it..and he is a true star (of TV anyway)
I am old enough to remember the original.
Didn't really fancy the idea of a remake but will watch it cos Trevor Eve is in it..and he is a true star (of TV anyway)
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Me too. I loved this, it was so moody and powerful, ahead of its time and I'd never seen anything like it before - it certainly opened my 14 year old eyes back then! Was some of the early series in black and white? That's how I remember it and that added to the atmosphere and intensity.
I never understood why it wasn't repeated as it would have stood up just as well today. I'll be interested to see what they've done with it though. Anything with Trev in is usually pretty good (although I don't think he could possibly be as creepy as Frank Finley) and if it works it'll make for some great viewing.
I will give it a go although obviously it's not going to have the same impact as the original.
Very ground breaking series and yes, you can see that it was ahead of its time. Very daring series for 1976.
As far as the remake goes, I'll watch and hope that ITV can relive some of its old magic. Hoping for best, but fearing the worst.
I'd say it was very much of its time, when did a drama series last cause as much ho-harr as Barbed Wire, The Borgias, I Claudius, the Naked Civil Servant etc?
I was too young for the original but I'll give this a spin, hopefully they have not jettisoned all the permutations
that made it so notorious!
Got me to thinking...wouldn't this be an ideal time to remake "Man At The Top"?
I believe that although there is no explicit incestuous activity, an incestuous tone in the father/daughter relationship is implies.
Thanks, I thought so. I always find it a bit weird when a grown adult calls their father 'DADDY'
The noodles scene wasn't too attractive to watch! :eek:
Which is why I say it was a VERY daring series for 1976. It wasn't daring because of graphic sexual content, but rather from the pretty depraved subject matter.
I like Trevor Eve , he's the sexy older man:o ! Prue's boyf is horrible so far and she seems a bit drippy..
They should have had an older actress playing her mum.
If it was back in his Shoestring days I'd be very much inclined to agree!
I think I agree with all you say here - particularly the fact that Hermione Norris doesn't look a day over 40 - and could easily pass for someone in their mid 30s!
The characters this time round seem much more simplified, less shades of grey, but I suppose it's a shorter series and broader strokes are used.