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Mary and Martha BBC1 tonight 8.30 (so not long)

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CuriousMama · 01/03/2013 20:14

Am looking forward to this, 2 great actresses in it Brenda Blethyn and Hilary Swank. Probably be a bit sad but still sounds interesting.

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Trazzletoes · 01/03/2013 20:16

I'm watching it too! I hope...

travellingwilbury · 01/03/2013 20:19

I am recording it , it looks really well done but I can't cope with malaria on a Friday .

( shallow)

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CuriousMama · 01/03/2013 20:31

Oh dear looks like it's going to be very sad I'll be crying soon Sad

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difficultpickle · 01/03/2013 21:09

I missed the first ten minutes. How did they end up going to Africa? I've been twice with ds and would never take him to a malaria area.

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CuriousMama · 01/03/2013 21:12

I took the dog out so missed a few minutes. Swank and son went because son was being bullied so she thought he'd enjoy an adventure. Blethyn's son went to work there. Both have died of malaria.

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difficultpickle · 01/03/2013 21:15

So was Brenda Blethyn's son the teacher that Hilary Swank's son played football with?

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CuriousMama · 01/03/2013 21:20

Yes that's right.

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CuriousMama · 01/03/2013 21:21

God I'm in bits.

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SizzleSazz · 01/03/2013 21:23

Sobbing here too, and i am not an emotional TV type Sad

difficultpickle · 01/03/2013 21:23

Same here.

OpheliasWeepingWillow · 01/03/2013 21:23

Wish I knew the plot before I started watching Sad

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CuriousMama · 01/03/2013 21:24

Do either of you have sons? Think that's what's getting to me so much.

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SizzleSazz · 01/03/2013 21:25

No, i have dd's. But the mother holding the little childs hand had be in bits

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CuriousMama · 01/03/2013 21:25

yes me too awful.

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difficultpickle · 01/03/2013 21:27

I do, he's 8. He was 2 and 5 when we went to Africa and I made sure we didn't go anywhere that had malaria (which ruled out Kruger national park in SA). I was so careful and worried about him getting bitten.

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CuriousMama · 01/03/2013 21:30

Do you know I didn't know there were areas that didn't have it?

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CuriousMama · 01/03/2013 21:38

I just missed a bit, what did her dh say to her?

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CuriousMama · 01/03/2013 21:39

Oh as if it could get any worse Sad

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difficultpickle · 01/03/2013 21:42

That she isn't a politician and if she goes to the hearing she won't be able to say anything or make a difference.

I'd love to take ds to Etosha national park in Namibia but can't until he is old enough to take malaria tablets. Still have to be careful in areas that are considered low risk.

Cremolafoam · 01/03/2013 21:45

I'm weeping now

SizzleSazz · 01/03/2013 21:45

'I'm not ready to stop being a mother'

Cremolafoam · 01/03/2013 21:48

We are all your children
< sobs>

Ooh they just did a montage

Jellykat · 01/03/2013 21:55

I'm half an hour behind you (in Wales) but i've wept 3 times already..
I have 2 DSs, the same ages as the 2 sons on here.

JustGiveMeFiveMinutes · 01/03/2013 21:58

He knows how to tug the heartstrings that Richard Curtis. That was tough to watch but important and lovely.