The Village anyone?

[PenelopePisstop]

Just starting, I'm looking forward to this.

So, out of 306 deserters shot in WW1, 2 came from this village?

carole yes because it's Misery Central and we haven't had enough yet.

why 2, carol?

I don't think the teacher was shot but I do think the village has one hell of a collection of stereotypes!

I take it no one's read next week's synopsis - one burning question answered but very vague about another big issue. In fact, I think it could be a red herring...

Do you have a link Mean?

No, it's from a tv listings app on my phone :(

nehru - he just shot the cows - thats probably all Bert can remember so they had to shoe horn it in!

mean you are being very - erm - mean!! Give us a clue as to the listing!!

Massive Spoiler Alert

I was right about the War Memorial!

Aaaaahhhh. I see.

But whats the red herring wannabe i think mean has seen another synopsis that tells more

Not sure about the red herring.

Another joyous episode to look forward to then. Not.

Oh balls. The version I saw was very vague about Joe. Mentioned they were grieving and that the war memorial was missing a name, so wondered if the Middletons were grieving, say, the loss of a cow and that the missing name on the memorial was the evil teacher - but the BBC synopsis makes it clear about Joe. Dammit - for a moment I was hopeful!

Bugger - sorry mean shouldnt-have posted that link

Don't worry, was going to look at the Bbc one later anyway! :)

I gave up last night, after ten minutes I couldn't take anymore, far too dreary for me. I will have a look here next week to see how it ended, thanks people

Just watched this week's episode - what a harrowing ending .

To cheer myself up slightly, I have decided that the female interviewer that Old Bert talks to at the beginning of each episode is a descendant (granddaughter?) of Caro's baby, researching her family tree & discovering that Joe Middleton is her great-grandfather.

She's going to write to the MOD to get him a posthumous pardon, and in 36 episodes time, the series will end with his name being added to the village war memorial.

I bloody hope the actor who plays Old Bert sticks around long enough for them to film all 42 episodes - he's great.

When I watch it on iPlayer I have to click 'yes' to 'Adult Content'.
I swear for one of the episodes there was a glitch and it was described as 'Adult Humour' by mistake, which made me giggle (mirthlessly).

I like your thinking banoffee

You could have a point there banoffee, that would be good alright. Is there really 42 episodes altogether, it will go on for years.

How can there be 42 episodes if it's finishing next week. or are they going to do seven series of 6 episodes each or something

I think it's meant to record the changes in the village for 100yrs, as told by Bert-isn't it?

So I think yes, 7 lots of six covering various periods is the idea-whether or not it actually works out...

That's funny. I think the old bert is very am dram

Wonder if young bert will be a different actor now if he's meant to be 18 in Sundays episode?

So teacher comes back. And joe is dead :-(

No mention of Martha though. Still reckoning baby somehow.

And banoffee I like that idea :-)