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Lord Hamilton didn't last long.
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I thought it might be promising.
What is the exact relationship between Garland and Lord Hamilton? I think I missed something there. I think Lord H knows something about Garland that Garland doesn't want anyone to know. So I guess the bonus for Garland is that his secret is now safe...and the downside is that Lady H wants rid of him. |
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Can't remember what it was but something early in the episode made me think he would check out by the end.
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I enjoyed it. Promising opening episode I thought.
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Quite enjoyed that. I wasn't expecting an awful lot, something like Mr Selfridge in a Hotel but I like it more than that.
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Presumably the bit before the opening credits was some sort of flash-forward? Cos it seemed to have sod-all to do with the rest of the episode!
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Presumably the bit before the opening credits was some sort of flash-forward? Cos it seemed to have sod-all to do with the rest of the episode!
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Yes I thought it was good drama and established the characters very well in the first episode. I'll be back next week. Should go well in the US
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Looks promising, looking forward to next week's episode.
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A good replacement for Mr Selfridge for me. Yanks will love it
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They have cracked it
With Mr Selfridge and Victoria there is a "unfortunate for them" true story that must be loosely stuck to With this one,they can keep all the popular people and axe all the rubbish ones to suit the story
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And one of the great things about it for me was that apart from Kara Tointon and Mark Benton, I didn't know any of the other actors ! So refreshing to see new faces for a change, you get sick of seeing the same old well known ones in everything you watch.
Also, good to hear all the accents delivered with clarity , whether upper class or working class. I don't think there will be any accusations of mumbling in this as there has been for some dramas such as ' To Walk Invisible and Happy Valley ' |
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I'd like to know what was going on with the AR...haven't seen that for a long time!
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It was alright but I was expecting something a bit more and I can't explain what. I thought Mr Garland was an odious little man and I probably won't watch it again as I couldn't stand his character. There was nothing wrong with it but it didn't grab my interest.
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My only real issue was the totally weird teaser, in which a bomb goes off at a party … and then we never go back to it for the rest of the episode. I could buy a device like being used if this was a thriller and we knew one of the characters might have been killed, but we didn't know who … but, instead, it seemed randomly used as a cheap stunt to have an explosion to hook audiences in that was then dropped. Very odd story-telling indeed. |
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And one of the great things about it for me was that apart from Kara Tointon and Mark Benton, I didn't know any of the other actors ! So refreshing to see new faces for a change, you get sick of seeing the same old well known ones in everything you watch.
Also, good to hear all the accents delivered with clarity , whether upper class or working class. I don't think there will be any accusations of mumbling in this as there has been for some dramas such as ' To Walk Invisible and Happy Valley ' There's no way ITV would put cast a high end drama without any big names. |
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I didn't hate it - it was pretty much what I expected, for the most part, and certainly more engaging than both Victoria and Mr Selfridge. But would I watch again? Dunno.
My only real issue was the totally weird teaser, in which a bomb goes off at a party … and then we never go back to it for the rest of the episode. I could buy a device like being used if this was a thriller and we knew one of the characters might have been killed, but we didn't know who … but, instead, it seemed randomly used as a cheap stunt to have an explosion to hook audiences in that was then dropped. Very odd story-telling indeed. The screen caption then said "Seven months earlier", and we went back to the Phoney War, and events leading up to the first scene. I don't usually watch stuff like this, but watched this because it was set in WW2. I liked what I saw so far. I'm interested to find out what happens next. |
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Yep...Hotel Babylon meets Mr Selfridge. Good Sunday night nonsense
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It was alright but I was expecting something a bit more and I can't explain what. I thought Mr Garland was an odious little man and I probably won't watch it again as I couldn't stand his character. There was nothing wrong with it but it didn't grab my interest.
I'll probably give it another go next week - not absolutely hooked, but also not completely uninterested - there's enough to keep with it for the minute I thought? Loved Kara Tointon's line (sorry, can't remember the character name yet) about Him being the owner's son and You being the receptionist - she's probably spot on. |
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Also, good to hear all the accents delivered with clarity , whether upper class or working class. I don't think there will be any accusations of mumbling in this as there has been for some dramas such as ' To Walk Invisible and Happy Valley '
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A caption after the titles said 'seven month's earlier'.
I agree with another poster above that the opening does seem a bit random and just put there for 'impact' as we had no idea who any of the characters were at that point. |
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It was a German air raid, wasn't it? Not so odd in the middle of a war.
The screen caption then said "Seven months earlier", and we went back to the Phoney War, and events leading up to the first scene. I don't usually watch stuff like this, but watched this because it was set in WW2. I liked what I saw so far. I'm interested to find out what happens next. We never went back to the teaser - which is exactly what was so weird about the episode. Not as appalling as some of the narrative stunts pulled in Mr Selfridge … but not far off. Why put two parties in the same location within one episode, especially when some of the actors were wearing similar, if not exactly the same clothes (the eldest son, for instance)? |
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And one of the great things about it for me was that apart from Kara Tointon and Mark Benton, I didn't know any of the other actors ! So refreshing to see new faces for a change, you get sick of seeing the same old well known ones in everything you watch.
Also, good to hear all the accents delivered with clarity , whether upper class or working class. I don't think there will be any accusations of mumbling in this as there has been for some dramas such as ' To Walk Invisible and Happy Valley ' Quote:
BIB - I can only assume that you don't watch that much film and TV, as there were loads of really well known faces in there: Liz White (Life On Mars, Our Zoo, Line Of Duty - also played the first thalidomide mum in last year's CTM); Annabelle Apsion (CTM), Alex Jennings (The Crown, The Lady In The Van), Olivia Williams (Case Sensitive, Dollhouse, The Sixth Sense) - and Steven Mackintosh (Inside Men, Our Mutual Friend, Luther, The Jury, What Remains).
I guess much of this is down to the sort of TV one likes to watch. Personally I'm really picky about TV drama, normally steering clear of ITV productions. I've been to the cinema once in the last fifteen years (can't stand all the crisp/popcorn rustling and people's mobile phones shining distracting lights back from their positions in the rows in front of me). As I know I'm not alone here, it's only reasonable to assume that many characters in these new dramas will indeed be pretty much unfamiliar. |
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I agree with your opinion of Mr Garland - odious describes him perfectly.
I'll probably give it another go next week - not absolutely hooked, but also not completely uninterested - there's enough to keep with it for the minute I thought? Loved Kara Tointon's line (sorry, can't remember the character name yet) about Him being the owner's son and You being the receptionist - she's probably spot on. |
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