War and Peace [CAUTION: SPOILERS]

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Anyone watching? All British actors appearing here...

It's quite a commitment. It's on but i am not sure. I thought that it was Will from the Inbetweeners but it isn't.

I'm watching and recording, so far it seems good

Aww Ade Edmonson.

It's like posh brit boy bingo.

That one from Downton is a bit pants.

I'm lost already.

I also thought it was wassisname from the Inbetweeners!

Thanks cupcake. I now think it should have been him from the Inbetweeners.

I am not fully concentrating now.

Him from The Inbetweeners. AKA Simon Bird

I love the interfering mother character, played by Rebecca thingie, who we just watched in Billionaire Boy .

Bit lost with the story as I don't know the period and haven't read the book, but it's a fabulous thing to look at, gorgeous costumes and sets.

I want to like it, but the dialogue just seems so false and far too bright and shiny ....

Trying. Not sure I'm going to be able to stick with this.

Haha sparkling That's him!

Trying but failing! Thought that was Ade Edmondson.

Anyone remember Anthony Hopkins as Pierre in the 70s version?

Has this been edited by my cat?

Who's the Downton dude?

The Natasha / Rose one. There may be more from Downton.

posh boy Brit bingo snort

It's awful

Oh Lily wotsit. Liking Pierre but can't get a grip on the other characters (note to self to read book).

Scuse my history knowledge, but... why did Napoleon think it was a good idea to take on a country the size of Russia? And do so after travelling bloody miles over Europe to get there in the first place?

The battle scenes were good. The rest of it - oh Lord where do I start?

I quite enjoyed it tbh!

Bit lost, but looked great, was there an incest scene or did I get confused?

There was some incest... wouldn't be a historical drama without a dash of incest

There was incest. I thought the brother and sister were the most intriguing characters. I remember trying to read the book and giving up after page after page of characters. That's what the beginning felt like, but the rest went surprisingly fast for me. I like Lily James, but she is about 27. Why they get her to play particularly irritating simpering teenagers all the time, I'll never know.

thenightskyI studied Napoleon for A Levels. From what I remember, it was very long ago! it was basically a vanity project. He wanted to be the first to conquer Russia. They did what they always did, retreated into Russia and let Napoleon's armies freeze and starve to death in the Russian winter. It was the beginning of the end of Napoleon.