My computer has been dead for the last few weeks hence I have been suffering Mac Deprivation Sickness ... and been unable to update this blog, sadly. All being well, business can now resume as usual.
Reviews to come, based on material watched in the last two weeks, include the BBC's Dracula (screened December 2006), Our Mutual Friend (BBC, 1998), Vanity Fair (Focus/Granada 2004) and Nicholas Nickleby (2002).
On the non-adaptation front, I have also been enjoying the BBC's new drama series Lilies, charting the experiences of three young women, growing up in 1920s Liverpool. It's great stuff so far - fine acting and a great script from Heidi Thomas. I hope a second series is commissioned.
And like many others no doubt, I am eagerly looking forward to the return of Lost to Sky One on the 11th February.
I also caught up (finally) with the political BBC mini-seres, State of Play, which first aired in 2003. Magnificent! John Simms was fantastic, Bill Nighy was sublime, Kelly MacDonald was brilliant, James MacAvoy was his best chirpy self, and David Morissey proved to me yet again that he was one of our finest actors. In fact all the cast, including Philip Glenister and Polly Walker, were simply outstanding - not a dud performance in sight. The drama, penned by Paul Abbott, was superbly paced, truly riveting.
2 comments:
I totally agree with everyone said about Lilies! fabulous drama that brought to life a forgotten age and people in our modern history - bring on a second series!!!
I'm glad you feel this way about Lilies. I adored this series and would love to see a second series but fear one won't be commissioned. I actually find it unbearable that we won't know what is going to happen with these wonderful characters: Will Father Melia return and reveal his true feelings to Iris? Will Frank inveigle his way into May's affections? Will Ruby wed the butcher or will he scare her off with his political allegiances? Will Dadda find romantic happiness with Miss Bird or is it all up? How will Billy orient himself through life, at a time when homosexuality was illegal?
For the record, I have written a couple of blog entries focusing on Lilies: Why the BBC's Lilies deserves a second series (March 4th) and BBC misses golden opportunity with high class Lilies (Feb 24th). You might have read these articles already, of course ...
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