Ethel and Ernest

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Did anyone watch it?? Absolutely beautiful. And heartbreaking.

What a lovely programme, heart warming and heart wrenching.

I Agree. Thought it was very well done too

Absolutely mesmerising. I was completely engrossed from start to finish.

Started watching it by accident & couldn't turn it off. Loved it

I love, love, love it but didn't know it was on.

Which channel was it?

I never cry at TV or films and I'm sat here sobbing. I feel very humble and shows how amazing life really is.

I turned over and thought 'oh ffs a bloody cartoon' how wrong I was.

Even more emotive in illustration I think, especially as it's completely representative of someone's memories

manumission just finished on BBC1

I'm sobbing

BBC 1 Manu. Honestly, I was the same - a cartoon?! It was just lovely .

It was lovely ..but Ethel was an insufferable moaner ...

Thanks. Will be on iPlayer soon then

Just lovely, even DP was engrossed

Superb. And brought back so many memories for me - I was born in 1948 and remember visiting my grandmother in London - she had an Anderson shelter in her garden.

It was an extraordinary time when you think about it - Briggs' parents went from gas lamps to men on the moon, by way of phones, cars, TVs etc. - all in the course of their lifetimes. Amazing.

I was weeping at the end, and those lovely evocative photos during the credits, coupled with that beautiful Macca song, really finished me.

Blossom I know it's crazy. I was only born in 1986, and the changes in my lifetime are mind boggling but incomparable to that!

I've had the book for years and have always loved it.

This was wonderful.

It was lovely,a real surprise.

I wasn't going to watch it, but I got caught up in the first 5 minutes.

Beautiful and charming. A real surprise.

Fantastic but so sad at the end.

Gorgeous

Missed the first half hour - were they older parents when he was born? Think the dad was born in 1895 so 39 when RB was born.

Loved the way he showed how he got impatient with his mother. Was lovely.

Such a fantastic portrayal of life. The natural ebb and flow of two people and their son. I could hear the voices of my grandparents in them. Was really well done.

it was so beautifully scripted and illustrated. one of the nicest things I've watched in a long time. well done BBC

beautiful..