Great Expectations 1 thanks
With the 200th anniversary of his birth, there's a lot of Dickens about at the moment, including Armando Iannucci's "Tale of Charles Dickens" last night. In this he makes the point that the majority of people see CD's works as being stuck in the 19th century whereas so many of his tales of greed, poverty and politics could have been written today.
He uses David Copperfield to prove his point and I would use the gripping 3 parter last week of Great Expectations, made even more gripping by Gillian Anderson!
I must ...
... watch Great Expectations on catchup, a number of people here said who good it was (Ray Winstone's always worth a watch anyway, although Beowolf was a bit weird I have to say!).
TV - What was on
I thought Endeavor was really good - it states on the ITV Endeavour website that if this pilot was well accepted that a series is in the offing, so we can live in hope. The Madam Butterfly aria sends shivers down my spine, too. I had a large birthday in February last year and my husband took me to see Madame Butterfly at The Albert Hall. It was mind bogglingly wonderful.
TheAncientOne
Sherlock
A well thought-out and well cast update of the original stories. The two leads (Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Watson) are particularly striking but Mark Gatiss self-casting as Mycroft also works well. I especially like the way they've thought how someone like Holmes would use modern technology in his work and the references to the original stories are good for long-term fans.
Thank you ...
... I have now watched Great Expectations, and thoroughly enjoyed it - what a superb cast who had me enthralled from start to finish.
Bleak House
Hi OGA - did you ever see the BBC's adaptation of Bleak House? Well worth the cost of the DVD and a huge cast....yes Gillian Anderson again, only looking even better than Miss Havisham !
I haven't seen Bleak House ...
... but perchance I saw Eternal Law this evening.
I really enjoyed this, more so as I chanced upon it - well worth a watch in my view.
Miranda Hart
Just caught up on second episode of "Call the Midwife". Two in and I am already hooked on this.
My personal opinion is that with just one episode under her belt Miranda has proved she is a very talented actress and not just a big lump who falls over a lot.
Her delivery of the breach baby has to be one of the best and most intense scenes on television in many a long while - time stood still as I watched, heart in mouth, waiting and hoping!
One for replay
Really liked #1 and then Missed #2 so definately one to watch on replay, thanks. There is so much dross on, good to find the odd gem.
By the way, I too had a "heart in mouth" moment on Sunday morning from an unusual quarter, Desert Island Discs. Vikram Seth (of "A Suitable Boy" fame) played a piece recorded in a Surrey wood in 1942, not an open air Bach concerto, but the sound of nightingales with a background of Lancaster bombers flying overhead, just stood and imagined.
It's worth it Paul
There are other bits that will break your heart too!
Life is (should be) so simple, but we make such difficulties in it!
not watching anything
except my missus pandering to my every whim.