TV series that have had an effect on you…

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Just musing about this. Most memorable would have to be The Americans, Orange is the New Black and Handmaid’s Tale. Not just the imagery/storylines/characters but the soundtracks too. Which shows have stayed with you long after they’ve finished?

It’s a Sin was incredibly moving

[quote YourFinestPantaloons]@ABCeasyasdohrayme I'm not "going through" anything thanks but I'm sick of people telling women of any race to STFU about their experiences, or claim their experiences shouldn't be represented- it goes hand-in-hand with idiots who whine about 'Karen's' - and using completely false dichotomy in the process like "The handmaids tale whitewashes". It really doesn't. And then running away from the conversation when challenged.

It's all misogyny dressed up as wokeness and I'm utterly sick of it. It's only serves to silence women by making them scared of coming across as racist if they dare be a white woman who's experienced oppression.m at the hands of men of colour.

And FWIW, main or recurring characters of colour in the Handmaids Tale:

Moira
Luke
Hannah
Alma
Rita
Brianna
The lady who was Ofglen #2
Natalie
Sienna
Hannah's Martha

HTH[/quote]
Literally didn't do that at all, just said I disliked it because it didn't represent my people, who this has actually been happening to, and its very widely reported and well known that there are racial issues within the show

Clearly you have other stuff going on so I won't be replying. Have a good evening.

Years and Years more recently, but going way back (showing my age) Harry's Game which was on TV in the 80s has always really stuck with me, not least for its haunting music.

@ABCeasyasdohrayme I feel like you're completely ignoring what I say.

the Handmaids Tale represented experiences from women all over the world (such as FGM which overwhelmingly happens to girls of colour) but as a limited series do you seriously expect it to represent every single instance of female oppression the world over?? One series would have hundreds of episodes! And you refuse to watch it because it didn't precisely represent one of your cultures and experiences? Not only is that narrow minded but to complain that it represents what happens to white women too is just damaging rather than progressive.

So carry on acting like in huge tidal and you have to tiptoe round the issue, it in sick of not challenging misogyny especially when it's dressed up as something else

Oh! Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect. Jill Gascoine in The Gentle Touch. And Band Of Gold. I would watch these with my Mum .

One from my childhood - Butterflies, with Wendy Craig. Really affected how I viewed relationships and fulfilment as a woman.

Big Little Lies
Chernobyl
Succession

Another one for Inside No.9 episode with Sheridan Smith. Utterly brilliant and devastating. I'll never be able to watch it again.

My So Called Life

Years and Years

The Handmaid's Tale

The Secret Garden (1993 version, I think)

Heavenly Creatures (I performed a monologue inspired by watching this film - I know that is a wanky thing to say btw, that secured my LAMDA great eight which at the time for me personally was a goal I was incredibly proud of)

Recently Des, with David Tennant. It really showed how some serial killers are mundane and not the 'so charming' stereotype, which fascinated me.

Anything from Nick Broomfield.

Almost anything from Louis Theroux especially The Most Hated Family in America

The Office original, The Office US version, Seinfeld and Curb your Enthusiasm have helped me through very tough times, too.

Good night Mr Tom

Also The Magdalene Laundries which as a surrendered baby from a time when some were still up and running (unfathomably in the 90s) hit me hard but helped me understand even more why I was surrendered.

And thinking about it. Derry Girls which did the same thing for me in different ways.

@jesusmaryjosephandtheweedonkey

Good night Mr Tom

Oh god. Yes, so so so true.

When he reveals his injuries. I still sob.

Similarly The Railway Children.

The BBC series on the laundries affected me too and also too many documentaries on series issues in the Catholic Church. I used to have a strong faith. Now I feel my whole upbringing was brain washing (schooling and so on)

Serious

The Secret Life of Us - was an Australian drama of twenty something couples - loved it.

Mare of Easttown

@YourFinestPantaloons

I can't remember the name of the show, but it was on maybe a couple of years ago and had a soap star actress in it. She's had a baby with a hairy Australian man and they go to visit Australia with their baby. But their baby cries, a lot, and he just sits in the plane snoozing while she gets complaints about the crying. Then their baby goes missing when they get there!

DD was a big crier as a baby - she cried all the time, loudly and mostly through the night - and I had undiagnosed PND, and the show was so unbelievably relatable in how the female character was struggling, frustrated and feeling extremely lonely. It actually brought back so many memories that I'd buried - of times that I was so tired and miserable I wouldn't have cared if I'd died, and thought seriously about walking out forever on DD - that I had to stop watching for a bit. It was so eerily spot on about what having a 'noisy' baby is like.

She was maybe 7 when this show aired and I'd been spending some time donning my rose-tinted glasses about how I loved holding a tiny baby. But the show made me remember how AWFUL it is to have a newborn and how I'm so, so grateful for the lovely little person she is today. And it reminded me of how I got from feelings of hate (yes that's horrific but I did at time feel like I hated her ) to building an amazing bond with my wonderful daughter.

“The Cry”

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bmkqng

Six Feet Under, Jake’s Progress (its old but its great if you’ve never seen it- think it’s on All4), Queer as Folk, The Leftovers, Cucumber, Our Friends in the North, It’s a Sin, Boys from the Blackstuff, I could probably go on, but I won’t!

Comedy-wise, The Thick of It, Peep Show and I’m Alan Partridge take some beating.

Roots and Boys from the Blackstuff. So shocking and moving.
Loved Thirty something. I was the same age watching it but that was about all I had in common with the characters! They were so cool.

It’s a sin
Fleabag series 2
Call the midwife especially the episode about Huntington’s disease and Barbara’s last episodes. There was proper sobbing
I was a bit too young the first time I watched Goodnight Mr Tom but then rewatched it over lockdown and it really does stay with you

The A Word. I miss the programme so much, and Joe in particular. I already have 3 sons, I wanted a 4th - Joe! My DH and I still say "let me see" sometimes. Max Vento is a wonderful actor - the others were pretty good too - but I am in two minds whether to watch him in anything else if he continues acting (I really hope he does, I think he would continue to be brilliant), as I think I want him to always be Joe to me. Then again, I probably couldn't resist watching him in other things.

Cracker
This Life
ER
Band of Brothers
Up in Town (Joanna lumley)
Auschwitz, The Nazis and The Final Solution

These didn't have as profound effect on me as "The A Word", but:

The Wooden Tops - the first time I fell in love with a dog!

[Can I cheat with 2 films from my childhood that probably did have just as profound an effect on me as The A Word:

A Town Like Alice
and
Lost Horizon (the original black and white version)]

Back to TV series:

Bewitched
Tenko
All Creatures Great and Small - the original series, although I do enjoy the new ones too.
The Bridge (Bron/Broen) - DH and I loved Saga, and it has given us the almost love of other Scandi type dramas.
The Durrels

@MsTSwift

Orange is the new Black. Binged it - dd was having some friendship problems and my advice was rather influenced by that program and was perhaps more aggressive than o might normally have suggested. Dh was 😮 err maybe not do that dd2!

I've been wondering for a while, is there a word or theory for thus? When one gets so involved in a programme/book/whatever piece of cultural effect that it has a major influence on how they live their life? That happens to me quite often!

Years and Years

Once Upon a Time. It was my escape from reality during a very tough period in my life and I have very fond memories of it. Mary Margaret Blanchard is my fashion dream.