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Old 09-12-2016, 07:33
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Watching on +1. And enjoying but.....

Not wanting to be picky but I'd have thought popular songs of the time would be very easy to research. Magic Moments playing at a birthday party in 1955 was'nt released till 1957.

Not picky at all, linfan. It really annoys me when this happens because it's so easy to get it right with the minimum amount of research.
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Old 10-12-2016, 07:57
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It's so important not to fracture the reality thing when, as someone said, it would be just as easy to get it right. Like a scene in "Cilla" set in 1964 when someone pulled up in a car with a D reg.
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Old 10-12-2016, 08:41
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It's so important not to fracture the reality thing when, as someone said, it would be just as easy to get it right. Like a scene in "Cilla" set in 1964 when someone pulled up in a car with a D reg.
...and if we're being picky I did not see single vehicle in "In Plain Sight" with Scottish registration.
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Old 10-12-2016, 10:36
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Why did she decide to take her shoes off to walk home, in the middle of a muddy field.?
IIRC there was a shot of a house in the near distance just before she took her shoes off. I think her plan was to leg it but he cottoned on and pulled her back in by picking up the piece of metal.

I thought it was great, Martin Compston played the vile man so well. Sometimes I can find myself rooting for the bad guy - can't see that happening with this.
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Old 10-12-2016, 11:19
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I must be weird but if I see a 1960 washing machine in a drama set in 1955, you know what ?
I don't give a f***.

It's not important, it doesn't spoil the enjoyment of the programme, nor should it for any normal, sane person.
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Old 10-12-2016, 12:08
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Well, minor time period anomalies don't bother me either if they don't have any direct bearing on the plot, but I don't care to doubt the sanity of anyone who is bothered by them.
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Old 10-12-2016, 12:20
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It was interesting.

I hadn't heard of this man before, but two serial killer series in one week is a bit much for me.
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Old 11-12-2016, 21:58
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I have just watched the first episode, I thought she was going to make a run for it when she took her shoes off and was sure he was going to hit her with the iron bar as soon as she made a move!

Looking forward to the next episode but I couldn't resist looking up the true story!
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Old 16-12-2016, 17:25
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anyone else watching this? excellent drama

top-class acting by everyone involved
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Old 16-12-2016, 17:28
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anyone else watching this? excellent drama

top-class acting by everyone involved
Yes. The police don't half come across as really dumb.
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Old 16-12-2016, 18:18
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anyone else watching this? excellent drama

top-class acting by everyone involved
Yes, it's really good.
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Old 16-12-2016, 18:50
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What I find fascinating is how badly people aged even in the 1950's.

I looked up Peter Manuel online and, on the Wikipedia page about him, there's a picture of a decidedly middle aged man and yet he would actually only have been in his late 20's at the time. It does show how times have changed in regard to how people age.
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Old 16-12-2016, 19:51
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Martin Compston's performance is stunning - so cocky and overconfident which is exactly what Manuel was like. Compston is chilling as Manuel.
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Old 16-12-2016, 20:01
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Maybe a local can verify if the house used for the filming was the actual Watt bungalow ?
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Old 16-12-2016, 23:47
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Last night I came across an interesting interview with Martin Compston, comparing playing ''goodies'' (as in Line of Duty) and ''baddies'': but now I can't find it at all.

But I did find this reported interview, which is quite illuminating.

http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-news/in-plain...11364119211914
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Old 17-12-2016, 01:49
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Maybe a local can verify if the house used for the filming was the actual Watt bungalow ?
Here's a link to an article about the show and it says that none of the locations are original.

http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/...-a3414796.html
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Old 17-12-2016, 08:09
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It was interesting.

I hadn't heard of this man before, but two serial killer series in one week is a bit much for me.
The curious thing is that Manuel was at least as much a monster as Christie, but has nothing like the same notoriety at least outside Scotland. I'd heard his name, but no more,
I suppose that's because of Timothy Evans.
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Old 17-12-2016, 08:16
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Maybe a local can verify if the house used for the filming was the actual Watt bungalow ?
I'm not being picky but if it's not it will really spoil things for me.
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Old 17-12-2016, 10:48
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I'm not being picky but if it's not it will really spoil things for me.
See post #67

The article I put a link up for does say that the locations were not the real places the murders were committed in.
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Old 17-12-2016, 12:58
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I'm not being picky but if it's not it will really spoil things for me.
You really want them to go and use the home a family of three women where murdered in? Or it will spoil it for you. You need to grow up
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Old 17-12-2016, 17:30
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[quote=donna255;84899467]You really want them to go and use the home a family of three women where murdered in? Or it will spoil it for you. You need to grow up[/QUOTE
Read back through the thread and you'll see where I'm coming from.........
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Old 20-12-2016, 15:22
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You really want them to go and use the home a family of three women where murdered in? Or it will spoil it for you. You need to grow up
davie1924 was being sarcastic off the back of some of the other posts.
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Old 20-12-2016, 18:00
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Yes, if it wasn't based on fact, I would have thought the trial was totally absurd.
Is there no such thing as disclosure in Scottish law ? How could he suddenly claim to have been in a relationship with her if there was no evidence to prove it ? Why was there no rebuttal, the prosecution could surely just have asked him for the times and dates when they were supposed to have been together ? .
That was the point of the prosecution objecting to the Judge

The defendant was conducting his own defence, not standing as a witness in the dock,
as such he was not under oath and could lie with impunity and those lies couldn't be challenged.

As a defendant he could not be compelled to stand in the dock and give evidence if he decided not to (the right not to incriminate yourself).

The judge overruled this objection.

Quite how this would play out in a modern court I have no idea
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Old 21-12-2016, 20:59
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Final part tonight
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Old 21-12-2016, 22:02
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Excellent drama, what a horrible person Manuel was. Glad the jury found him guilty and that he got hanged.

Great acting all round as well.
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