Rillington Place on BBC1

[FlowerFairiee]

Is anyone watching?

I did laugh a little bit at ' how do you know what happened ?'

Hes the most famous serial killer of the century. Finding this rather dull though

God this is so depressing

Chilling. Very well done I think. Struggling to imagine why anyone would want to buy the DVD box set as advertised at the end though!

I thought the Same, couldn't imagine anyone putting It on their Christmas list.

agree, why would you want to buy the dvd ?
bit boring in places but poor poor Tim and his crying baby

Why did Tim only have a Welsh accent talking to his family?

I'm guessing when he was in London he was trying to get away from his Welsh boy roots. He was obviously a bit of a fantasist.

I just think they are missing the most important bits out, nobody likes to watch a murder scene but I think it would add to the suspense if they at least showed snippets like they usually do I don't understand why it's not showing what he's doing to them it is dramatised at the end of the day (don't mean that to sound weird either)

I think they're adding suspense to a well known narrative by "showing" us what was known at the time rather than what was pieced together later.

A kind of contemporaneous viewpoint.

That's a good point manumission not thought of it that way.
I think it's Christies creepiness that makes the whole series (as it should) but he makes my skin crawl as soon as I see him.

And of course specifically last week was Ethel's POV, this week Tim's, next week Christie's(?!)

That will be the worst. This is really creepy. Waiting for it all to be known.

Yes, will definitely be the worst POV!! And the eeriest watching it all come to life and him telling his story. I strangely can't wait.

The writers have done well with it haven't they?

I fell asleep half way through, gutted (not through boredom but exhaustion to due moving house). In the film, Timothy Evans had learning difficulties, but this doesn't seem to be the case in this version.

Agree, Flower - in this one his exaggerations and pretences seem to be his disadvantage.

I thought in the film he just couldnt read

Really enjoying it (in a weird sort of way) find the whole thing grim and depressing which really sets the tone. I think the acting is superb. Felt so sorry for Tim last night when he realised what Christie had done to the baby. He really seemed like a lost boy in the big smoke. Was his mum also living in London? couldn't figure that out. I have to admit being Irish I don't know the story but mentioned it to my mum and she knew exactly what I was talking about. Is next weeks the last one? Quite nervous about seeing it all from Christies pov also interested to see how the court case plays out. Christie was obviously committing the murders over a long period of time

I've really enjoyed it too. Wonder how next week will be x

Yes his Mum lived around the corner Dulra but I think his terrible, inadequate habit of telling tall tales caused a bit of distance between them. And of course abortion was such a taboo and everything around that had to be a secret.

Abortion was not only taboo, it was also illegal at the time. I think they have made Timothy Evans too knowing. And I don't think he would have altered his accent to suit the circumstances.

I do know people who's accent naturally switches between London and the original/family accent. Do you think it was supposed to be more cynical than that in this version?

whose

Actually I've just looked him up, and he did change his accent. He moved to London aged 11 and adopted a London accent in order to fit in, but reverted to his Welsh accent when visiting Wales.

I do know people who's accent naturally switches between London and the original/family accent

See the pop singer Lulu for a good example of this

Really enjoying this (if enjoying is the word), Tim Roth is excellent in it, as is Samantha Morton.

Bloody hell my accent switches within five seconds of being on the phone to ' home'.