| Author | Message | ||
     Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.26.61.140 |
OK, OK, so it's me recommending this, but I do think it's a class act: THE STREET by Jimmy McGovern. Monday, BBC1, 9pm. Genius. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.26.61.140 |
(Ah, hold on, perhaps I should have added an irony emoticon to that thread header . . . ) | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.203.110 |
Getting On, with Jo Brand. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.179.237 |
Gary, I remember Lucius Shepard recommending The Street a few weeks ago, and I've been wanting to see it ever since. McGovern's stuff is always worth watching, I've found. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.27.129.86 |
He's the guvnor, Huw. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.210.209.176 |
I've seen every episode of this from the previous series, and there isn't a bad one. I think it's a fantastic drama series. McGovern's writing is compelling. Very solid indeed. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.27.129.86 |
The superb Post Office episode in the last series, Steve, was written by Alice Nutter of pop fame. The one about domestic violence in series one, and the one about drug dealing, were devastating telly. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.118.211 |
Alice Nutter - wasn't she in The Lancashire Witches? | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.210.209.176 |
I loved the David Thewlis episode (the one where he replaced his dead twin). Amazing how they pulled off such a far-fetched story in a believable manner. Ally, Alice Nutter is/was in Chumbawamba. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.28.249 |
...and the Pendle Witches. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.210.209.176 |
Aah, I googled it, and now I see. I thought The Pendle Witches was another band... | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.28.249 |
:>) | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 86.29.182.162 |
Did anyone see FREEFALL, the Beeb's one-off credit crunch drama? I thought it was well-acted and shot very nicely but the story was pretty naff. |