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In The Club - Series Two coming soon!

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 21/04/2016 14:41

I've just seen the new .

Hang on to your hats for a another round of pregnancy/childbirth bingo and the continuing adventures of the most drama-filled antenatal group and understaffed maternity unit in the country!

Previous thread here to remind yourselves of last series/loose ends and see if any of Bertie's predictions come true!

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SheHasAWildHeart · 18/05/2016 13:13

I scream internally every time I hear that blog lady's patronising voice. Her and her partner Neil are so fake, like a bunch of bad actors, no one talks like that in real life.

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 18/05/2016 13:17

It's shocking, isn't it?Grin

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 18/05/2016 13:19

I want to be Hermione Norris, God she's so elegant and gorgeous...< sigh>

CountessOfStrathearn · 18/05/2016 13:24

Hermione Norris does seem to be the bright spot in this. She is just so elegant and classy. Surely there is something in her head shouting at her going, "Why? Why are you doing this? Surely you don't need to pay the bills this badly?!"

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 18/05/2016 13:28

She is from the same school of womanhood as Joanna Lumley- gorgeous!

She's probably thinking ' new extension, holiday in the Maldives and kids' school fees paid for the term, yay!' Wink

AugustaFinkNottle · 18/05/2016 13:30

Interesting how many of the people posting on here seem to hate the programme. Yet you all seem to come back to it ...

Chippednailvarnishing · 18/05/2016 13:34

Hermione Norris is probably doing this knowing that her acting is positively Oscar worthy compared to her colleagues 😂

CountessOfStrathearn · 18/05/2016 13:53

augusta, I know! My excuse is that I am very pregnant and very tired and just want to watch something that doesn't require too much thought. Grin

squoosh · 18/05/2016 13:58

I'd like to push Blog Woman off the balcony of her luxury apartment. I keep waiting for her IT Crowd personality to emerge but no, it seems sickly sweet is the only setting.

SheHasAWildHeart · 18/05/2016 14:03

augusta I enjoy rubbish TV, pretty everything I was in rubbish.

SheHasAWildHeart · 18/05/2016 14:03

what bad typos :/

dottypotter · 18/05/2016 14:04

the chemistry between dev and jasmine is great and the humour with the parents is well done too.

BertieBotts · 18/05/2016 14:20

Yes WTF is up with that maternity department?!

Talking about the dead woman in the middle of the waiting room Shock Surely they'd march Vicki off to a staff only area as she was clearly in shock?

Then they sent her home but nobody checked on her. (Perhaps that's normal if she doesn't have a partner but you'd think "sweetheart" would phone).

Would she usually be allowed to work again afterwards? Surely she'd be suspended if there was any question it might have been her fault.

Then the woman requested a different midwife - fine - and was told off Shock Totally unprofessional! And she had a completely legitimate concern since they were yelling about it in the waiting room the other day Confused and then "sweetheart" left her all alone to go and console the other midwife in the corridor, the poor dear being upset that somebody didn't want her treating them. Hmm

You would think, wouldn't you, that given the BBC have their own documentary about midwives now the writers would maybe watch a few episodes?

The reduced movements comments are all Shock as well. We have a terrible stillbirth rate in the UK, why are they allowed to make those comments uncorrected? I could understand if they had Dev saying it and then a midwife saying, actually, no, it's really important to come in and be checked. Or if a midwife said it to reassure a patient and then later confided in her colleague that she'd said that to reassure her but reduced movements is never a good sign, or something.

squoosh · 18/05/2016 14:24

I like the mid wife with the specs and short hair, she looks like she's stepped out of a Beryl Cook painting. As does leopard print coat woman!

ellenanora5 · 18/05/2016 14:26

It was all very predictable, quite irritating actually, not sure I'll bother with the rest, very disappointed in lasts nights episode.

officebairn · 18/05/2016 15:32

Honestly I used to watch it for the drama now I watch it purely for the laughability.

and YY to the telling off Bertie my mouth actually fell open when "sweetheart" scolded the 8cm dilated labouring mum and ran after stupid blondie midwife!

AndYourBirdCanSing · 18/05/2016 15:37

I love Hermione Norris, only watchable one in it really. I suspect I'll carry on watching even though it annoys me. How could Dianne not know Rick would be a problem, or did she just not care?!

MargotLovedTom · 18/05/2016 15:41

Paul Nicholls: going to seed slightly but I still wouldn't kick him out of bed for farting. Men who are stunningly beautiful when younger don't age as well as ones who grow into their looks and get craggy and sexy.

Violet from Corrie was Mia's mother ( the broken arm kid). Not seen her in anything since she left Corrie.

I do love Hermione Norris but I would be interested to see her stretch herself as an actor. She is always cast as a well to do type with a sardonic air and murmuring voice.

There needs to be a "Suspension of Reality" thread just for this programme.

squoosh · 18/05/2016 15:48

Paul Nicholls was on Law and Order a couple of years ago and looked as gorgeous as he ever did. But he seems to have changed a lot between then and now!

seasidesally · 18/05/2016 16:18

why not the dislike and name calling for Rowena acting like a right cow

if that was a disliked character or a male they would be all sorts said on here

funny how things can blind us

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 18/05/2016 16:22

I always liked Johnathon Kerrigan in Heartbeat.

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DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 18/05/2016 16:26

I don't think she's acted a right cow. Difficult situation and unlike the rest of the programme more believable IMO.

seasidesally · 18/05/2016 16:32

she hasnt acted like a right cow,disagree with this but an expected response

blatant lying to your partner,meeting up with him,snogging your ex

yes i can see how this is difficult for her Confused

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 18/05/2016 16:49

I think when you've been with your dh for so long it becomes complicated.

seasidesally · 18/05/2016 16:55

sorry but tell that to the many posters in relationships that have been lied and cheated on,plenty of their DP's probably down played the lying/kissing etc when they got caught

if Rowena posted her story in relationships and especially if male the responses would not be sympathetic