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Old 13-11-2016, 21:06
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Bit odd to schedule this at the same time as Poilakoff's drama set in the same era.

I see it has Aaron Staton, he played Ken Cosgrove from Mad Men
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Old 13-11-2016, 22:13
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I really enjoyed this. It's right up my street.

It reminds me of We'll Meet Again which was a tv series a long time ago. Early 80s I think. It came into being after the film Yanks if I remember correctly.

It was about the Americans based over here in wartime. Yorkshire or Lancashire.

I loved it. I think Susannah York was one of the stars.

The programme tonight was similar just set somewhere else.
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Old 13-11-2016, 22:14
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Looks like everything is being overshadowed by I'm a Celebrity.
Watched Humans myself, will catch this drama on iplayer during the week.
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Old 13-11-2016, 22:18
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That was beautiful to look at, if a bit slow. Interesting to have another Northern Ireland drama in peak time. Really hope they explain the back story of how Rose ended up there married to Michael, as to me that is the most interesting storyline in it.
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Old 14-11-2016, 00:54
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I loved the show. The only trouble these days, is that we keep getting new shows and then we really get into them and they are axed. Think of programmes like Home Fires, The Village and The Mill.
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Old 14-11-2016, 01:02
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I've recorded this. Will let it run a few weeks before I start watching.

Agree about shows being cancelled. Still haven't got over The Paradise. It's so fustrating as they get replaced with another new series that gets no more maybe less viewers. Think it is due more to a new person taking over and they want to commission their own shows so it is s.d the viewers.
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Old 14-11-2016, 01:42
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I don't think it's always about them being axed as much as that they have a set run. The Paradise was based upon a novel by Emile Zola and there's only so much material to work from. Two series was enough.

My Mother and Other Strangers certainly has a set number of episodes to tell a self-contained story.

Was The Village axed? I remember the BBC announcing hat there was a plan to have this as a long-term prospect. A TV epic that would be spread over a long period (of years).

I never really got over Garrow's Law being axed though. That surely had enough momentum for a fourth and final series.
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Old 14-11-2016, 01:49
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Didn't watch it. The premise appeared to be the same as so many previous series, I wondered what they could do to add a different twist ?
But if it gets decent write-ups, I might give it a try.
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Old 14-11-2016, 02:12
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I don't think it's always about them being axed as much as that they have a set run. The Paradise was based upon a novel by Emile Zola and there's only so much material to work from. Two series was enough.

My Mother and Other Strangers certainly has a set number of episodes to tell a self-contained story.

Was The Village axed? I remember the BBC announcing hat there was a plan to have this as a long-term prospect. A TV epic that would be spread over a long period (of years).

I never really got over Garrow's Law being axed though. That surely had enough momentum for a fourth and final series.
The Paradise wasn't finished. If they had stuck with one series then that was the book done. They decided to write a continuing series and had a story arc for another 2 / 3 series. This was confirmed by the actors. They left it mid story.

It's become a real issue series being cancelled both by BBC and ITV.
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Old 14-11-2016, 02:20
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I've just caught up with it, it took a while to get going but I liked it very much.
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Old 14-11-2016, 07:15
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Methinks mum fancies a soldier herself.!
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Old 14-11-2016, 08:53
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Didn't watch it. The premise appeared to be the same as so many previous series, I wondered what they could do to add a different twist ?
But(1) if it gets decent write-ups, I(2) might give it a try.
(1) It won't
(2) Don't bother.
It was a rehash of Yanks, just set in NI instead of Saddleworth, with the hackneyed old storyline of all the wartime local girls falling for the GIs and the dull local men being ditched and cuckolded.(yawn ). But the most irritating thing about it for me was the way they were using language and expressions that weren't even in use 40 years ago, let alone 70.
I turned off after about 20 minutes.
The OP mentioned the Stephen Poliakoff drama. Well, it may be set in the same era but that's where the comparison ends.
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Old 14-11-2016, 09:15
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Too Mills and Boon for me. Won't be watching again.
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Old 14-11-2016, 09:34
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(1) It won't
(2) Don't bother.
It was a rehash of Yanks, just set in NI instead of Saddleworth, with the hackneyed old storyline of all the wartime local girls falling for the GIs and the dull local men being ditched and cuckolded.(yawn ). But the most irritating thing about it for me was the way they were using language and expressions that weren't even in use 40 years ago, let alone 70.
I turned off after about 20 minutes.
The OP mentioned the Stephen Poliakoff drama. Well, it may be set in the same era but that's where the comparison ends.
Thanks. I guessed as much from the trailer which didn't do it any favours. I think I'll give it a miss, there's plenty more around to fill an hour without watching another rehash of that old storyline.
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Old 14-11-2016, 10:26
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hardly a rehash of Yanks. The Irish background added a lot more venom and darkness. Not a "call the midwife" happyfest by any means.

And not even a republican strain to further darken the mix, yet.
(just a publican so far, with a pub faintly reminiscent of "The Slaughtered Lamb")

I was gripped after a slowish start.

Well worth watching on catch up, if you missed it.
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Old 14-11-2016, 10:33
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Didn't watch it. The USAAF Eighth Air Force was based in eastern England, not Northern Ireland. We are quick enough to criticise the Americans for rewriting WW2 history.
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Old 14-11-2016, 10:33
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I put this on planner and watched ITV, loved Home Fires, so will give this ago, tomorrow night.
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Old 14-11-2016, 10:35
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It was watchable, I quite enjoyed it, a nice start to the show and characters all nicely introduced.
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Old 14-11-2016, 10:44
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I liked it , it seems to me that Moybeg is set on the shores of Lough Neagh where RAF Aldergrove was during the war and was home to the USAF. I also know that the USAF had a station in Co Fermanagh where the famous Sunderland Flying Boats that hunted U Boats in the Atlantic flying over Donegal out to sea.

I will wait and see were this story goes , but so far so good. I see Ciaran Hinds is mentioned on the titles, wonder how he fits in.
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Old 14-11-2016, 10:49
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I liked it , it seems to me that Moybeg is set on the shores of Lough Neagh where RAF Aldergrove was during the war and was home to the USAF. I also know that the USAF had a station in Co Fermanagh where the famous Sunderland Flying Boats that hunted U Boats in the Atlantic flying over Donegal out to sea.

I will wait and see were this story goes , but so far so good. I see Ciaran Hinds is mentioned on the titles, wonder how he fits in.
That's his voice in the voiceovers so he's probably the older version of the young lad.
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Old 14-11-2016, 10:51
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(1) It won't
(2) Don't bother.
It was a rehash of Yanks, just set in NI instead of Saddleworth, with the hackneyed old storyline of all the wartime local girls falling for the GIs and the dull local men being ditched and cuckolded.(yawn ). But the most irritating thing about it for me was the way they were using language and expressions that weren't even in use 40 years ago, let alone 70.
I turned off after about 20 minutes.
The OP mentioned the Stephen Poliakoff drama. Well, it may be set in the same era but that's where the comparison ends.
Have to agree. Having watched the Poliakoff on catchup the previous night, I'd say the gulf between the two starkly illustrates the vital importance of a good script.

This had some great raw materials: an excellent location - all broody and vaguely menacing; excellent wardrobe and etcs, that really conjured up a time and place; what looked like a perfectly capable bunch of actors...but....what a script. Was it written in crayon? How can so much time, effort and money be invested in the work of a writer with zero understanding of plotting, pacing and rhythm, one who can't even produce credible dialogue?

Flat, soggy, dramatically inert. What a waste.
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Old 14-11-2016, 13:45
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I really enjoyed this. It's right up my street.

It reminds me of We'll Meet Again which was a tv series a long time ago. Early 80s I think. It came into being after the film Yanks if I remember correctly.

It was about the Americans based over here in wartime. Yorkshire or Lancashire.

I loved it. I think Susannah York was one of the stars.
1982 to be precise but East Anglia where USAF bases remain even today. Susannah York and British TV's tame American of the time, Michael Shannon, with an early role for Carolyn Pickles (most recently seen in Broadchurch).
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Old 14-11-2016, 13:48
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How can so much time, effort and money be invested in the work of a writer with zero understanding of plotting, pacing and rhythm, one who can't even produce credible dialogue?
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I agree. I've always thought Poliakoff vastly overrated too!
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Old 14-11-2016, 13:49
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That's his voice in the voiceovers so he's probably the older version of the young lad.
Not probably. Definitely.
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Old 14-11-2016, 13:50
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That's his voice in the voiceovers so he's probably the older version of the young lad.
that's what it said in the credits.
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