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Old 18-12-2016, 10:32
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But it did explore a lot about people's attitudes at the time and how easily they were manipulated in a society where there was unquestioning respect for someone like Christie, no one checked a single claim he made about his war record, health or qualifications , either his victims or the barristers in court. It showed the weakness of the death penalty and especially carrying it out within weeks of sentencing. There was no legal or judicial attempt to help Evans at all despite the fact he was obviously of limited intelligence with virtually no education and easily led by both Christie and the police. Nowadays he would be regarded as of at least diminished responsibility even if they thought he was guilty. And how vulnerable prostitutes and lower class women were because no be cared about them, social services were poor and abortion was illegal. The series captured the look, feel and concepts of the times perfectly.
A very good post!

Yes there were not all the support services that we take for granted now and you couldn't google anything! And of course attitudes to prostitutes, abortion and social behaviour have change to the point that they would be unrecognisable back then. It was a totally different society back then and you did take most things by word of mouth as you had no other reference point to refer to.
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Old 18-12-2016, 17:05
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Ive just finished watching it and I have to say that I preferred the film with Richard Attenborough in it. It was far more atmospheric but it could be that watching it in your own home doesn't give the same feeling. You can go out the room if you find it a bit heavy but you are stuck in your seat in the cinema.

I thought Tim Roth played the part well though.
I never saw the original in the cinema (I'm too young) but even so I do very much remember the claustrophobia of the rooms, the corridors, the streets even. You could almost physically feel the damp, the cold, the darkness and the desperation of Rillington Place.

Attenborough was great, but very different from Tim Roth.

If I remember well Attenborough was mainly menacing and cold, whereas IMO Tim Roth portrayed Christie as the real monster that he was. A sad little old man, stooping, whispering...and then the full force of what he is doing just hits you straight in the face.

I was quite glad (if that's the right word) that I watched this on BBC I Player, because by the time episode 3 came along, I had to pause it several times. It was as if Tim Roth's whispering, the "there, there, I've done this before" had seeped underneath my skin and into my mind. He made my skin crawl.

Fantastic performance Mr Roth, please don't stand behind me in Sainsbury's though.
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Old 18-12-2016, 17:21
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Fantastic performance Mr Roth, please don't stand behind me in Sainsbury's though.
What even if he is offering you a nice cup of tea in his best whispered Halifax accent?
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Old 19-12-2016, 00:49
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What even if he is offering you a nice cup of tea in his best whispered Halifax accent?
I've started doing that to my wife now. She hates it.
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Old 19-12-2016, 14:14
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What even if he is offering you a nice cup of tea in his best whispered Halifax accent?
"There there...sit down me dear...there there...be over in no time..."

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Old 19-12-2016, 16:19
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I've started doing that to my wife now. She hates it.
That'd be grounds for divorce in this house!
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Old 19-12-2016, 16:44
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That'd be grounds for divorce in this house!
Sounds like a plan - thanks for the tip.
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Old 19-12-2016, 16:46
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Old 20-12-2016, 10:02
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"There there...sit down me dear...there there...be over in no time..."

Its Tim Roth, he can say what he likes to me!

Seriously though, i thought this was fabulous. Episode one a little slow but episodes 2 and 3 were fab. Roth deserves a Bafta for his performance.
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Old 20-12-2016, 13:24
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Strange to think he was the shouty robber in Pulp Fiction. The complete opposite.
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Old 20-12-2016, 13:34
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Check out this interview with Tim Roth discussing his TV film Made in Britain which was released in 1982. Be wary though there are clips from the film with profanities.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G4RM5WXCINE
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Old 22-12-2016, 13:57
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I've only read a couple of posts on this so I'm probably the only one that thinks this! Whilst I think the acting was good, I didn't really enjoy the programme. I found it quite boring and Tim Roth's Christie just came across as a bit odd, not as a serial killer. I think Richard Attenborough's portrayal was much better and thought the film was far superior and told the story much better. My hearing is good but I found Tim Roth mumbled his lines quite a lot and whilst I could understand most of it, there were a few words I just couldn't understand even with replaying the scene.

To me it just didn't come across how significant this case is in British crime history, it came across like it was any old crime drama, not one that lead to the abolishment of capital punishment.

My suggestion is watch the film with Richard Attenborough if you haven't already, that is far superior.
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Old 23-12-2016, 09:57
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I've only read a couple of posts on this so I'm probably the only one that thinks this! Whilst I think the acting was good, I didn't really enjoy the programme. I found it quite boring and Tim Roth's Christie just came across as a bit odd, not as a serial killer. I think Richard Attenborough's portrayal was much better and thought the film was far superior and told the story much better. My hearing is good but I found Tim Roth mumbled his lines quite a lot and whilst I could understand most of it, there were a few words I just couldn't understand even with replaying the scene.

To me it just didn't come across how significant this case is in British crime history, it came across like it was any old crime drama, not one that lead to the abolishment of capital punishment.

My suggestion is watch the film with Richard Attenborough if you haven't already, that is far superior.

How are serial killers meant to act?!
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