Christopher Isherwood programme

[sharbie]

just finished on bbc2 - it was fab.

Anyone else watch it?

yes, I really enjoyed it.

wasn't it brill and dr who

I thought he did a really good job. I liked his friend Jean too.

yh i loved her - her clothes were great

Yes, I was quite impressed.
Who was the actress who played Jean?

imogen poots

Loved it. Has reignited my inappropriate Matt Smith crush.

I enjoyed it, but it felt really wrong to be watching Doctor Who have loud gay sex.
And yes, the clothes were fab.

argh i missed the first bit - will have to catch it on iplayer

The guy who played Heinz has amazing cheekbones, I was wondering where I had seen them before. Then it hit me, he was Boy George in Worried About the boy. Didn't recognise him without the face full of make-up!

I thought it was great- but Isherwood was a bit of a cunt cad, no?

I enjoyed it. I like Christopher Isherwood anyway and thought it was very well done. Captured the frightening shifts towards Nazi rule very well. The whole landscape changed so quickly.

DH came in halfway through the loud gay sex, raised an eyebrow and walked out again.

Isherwood was brilliant. Went from repressed London to the joys of Berlin's underworld in one train journey. He of course took advantage. He fell irrevocably in love with a 16yr old when he was 48ish iirc and they were together for 30 odd years. I think I heard on the radio that he consulted on this production (don bachardy, the artist).

Didn't treat Heinz particularly well I thought...

Which bit? I thought he did his best.

yh me too

Half way through watching this at the moment. Isherwood is a nasty man IMO, but I am optimistic it will change.
DH and I started watching it together last night, when the announcer man said it contained scenes of a sexual nature he was quite happy. The realisation that it would be scenes of a gay sexual nature soon took the smile off his face and he stopped watching.
Interesting really as we have several gay male friends.

Loved it.