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Hepzibar · 01/10/2017 21:31

Group Captain Townsend, Jenny Lee, desperately trying to get their previous characters out of my head.

Liking it so far, not a period I know much about.

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IhaveChillyToes · 06/11/2017 19:16

I don't know but I have an inkling that a woman in 60s couldn't divorce a man unless really bad circumstances

But think that man could divorce wife much easier

I might be really badly wrong though

oklookingahead · 06/11/2017 19:29

Ah chilly I think you are sort of onto something, until the 1969 Divorce Reform Act you could only divorce on grounds of adultery, desertion, cruelty, insanity and maybe some other grounds?

So Laithwaite was offering to give Alison grounds to divorce him by deserting her (it being shameful for a woman for a man to divorce her on grounds of adultery - think that plays a part in the plot of Handful of Dust as far as I remember).

Despite the romantic suggestion that alison had fallen in love with him all over again, I am not convinced that they'd make it work long term I must admit.

LocalEditorMerton · 06/11/2017 19:51

Think this is one of the best dramas on TV for quite a while that's not a 'police procedural' (although there were cross-over elements). Lots of personable characters (officers and squaddies) and really well acted, I thought.

Really hope there's a second series. The Radio Times (via Twitter) was actively canvassing opinion as to whether we'd want a second series - I do!

I think Markham has definitely had it with army life (so unlikely to be in a second series, should one be made) - he seemed to have PTSD towards the end of the series?

Agree that Ed was trying to do the 'honourable thing' by Alison re separating, but not sure that it would come to that?

MissEliza · 06/11/2017 20:28

I hope the BBC don’t abandon it. They did a great series a few years ago called the Crimson Field about WWI and they gave up on it.

Peregrina · 07/11/2017 08:30

I don't often go on twitter, but seeing that the RT was canvassing opinion about the Last Post there, I have sent them a tweet asking for another series. Every little helps, I suppose.

MinesaPinot · 07/11/2017 09:21

I liked it. It made a change from the formulaic police or psychological dramas that we seem to have been bombarded with lately. It's a conflict that I didn't know much about (although talking to my mum she revealed that my late uncle had been in the army in Aden - who knew?) which suddenly made it all the more interesting.

I hope they do a second series.

CourtneyLoveIsMySpiritAnimal · 07/11/2017 20:52

They did a great series a few years ago called the Crimson Field about WWI and they gave up on it.

I really enjoyed that and was mega pissed off that it didn’t get a second series.

I don’t think the beeb give shows enough of a chance to get going these days. Unless it’s a ratings hit from Day One, that’s it. Done.

Rhubarb01 · 08/11/2017 18:29

Overall, I did enjoy the series and I would be happy to watch another series. On the negative side I can't believe that after spending six episodes being generally drunk and angry and complaining endlessly about the army Alison then told her husband she didn't want him to leave it when he offered!

Also, when Alison invited the jack-of-all-trades surgeon round for cucumber sandwiches in the hope of procuring an abortion, what was the outcome apart from him stating it was illegal? It was pretty obvious he would say that but are we supposed to believe she might have changed his mind? I won't mention the non-existent bump anymore.

I've no idea what the viewing figures have been for this but given other dramas such as The Crimson Field being dropped after one series I won't hold my breath.

pixieg1rl · 09/11/2017 13:44

Hi Rhu 👋

I’m not sure I’d want another series, I like it how it is, but then I like the ambiguity of open endings.

From a series point of view the dying days of colonial power are a rich seam to mine, there could be equivalent stories all over. British East Africa would be good, but I think it would need to be a whole new cast and stories. Part of my enjoyment came from learning about somewhere I didn’t know much about.

diddl · 10/11/2017 14:50

Why couldn't the journalist use the story?

Also, Joe having an affair with a married woman-was it really so awful then?

The stigma was almost always on the woman, wasn't it

diddl · 10/11/2017 14:51

Why couldn't the journalist use the story?

Also, Joe having an affair with a married woman-was it really so awful then?

The stigma was almost always on the woman, wasn't it?

CoolCarrie · 10/11/2017 21:46

She couldn't use the story and her photos as it showed the soldier who had been beheaded, and it made the British army look weak as they had handed over the main terrorist leader to get George and his nanny back.

diddl · 11/11/2017 09:28

Ah, I see.

I thought that her story was going to be about the government having talks with the terrorist.

thegreylady · 11/11/2017 09:55

Just watched the final episode last night. I was a bit confused by the length of time Armstrong was with Yusra in the desert. At the end the officer was watching the gate saying,”Come on Armstrong.”

oklookingahead · 11/11/2017 11:06

diddl I think she offered not to use the story about 'government talks to terrorist' in exchange for their dropping the charges against Joe. Not sure how realistic that was! But govt obviously didn't want that story to come out as it was all being done hush hush - hence Joe having to drive the leader to a secret assignation rather than the Minister of Colonies just visiting the leader in prison round the corner.

I'm not sure where the issue of the photos of the beheaded man eventually came to in the end. Honor and Martha spent a lot of time developing the photos, but I don't know that Martha ever used them - my impression was that it was the 'govt talks to terrorists' story she was using as leverage, not the 'beheaded man story'. Or perhaps it was both? .

CoolCarrie · 11/11/2017 14:38

I think it would have been both, but the impact of those photos would have been rightly shocking.

eddiemairswife · 11/11/2017 15:24

I doubt the photos of the beheaded soldier would have been published in British newspapers. Even now they wouldn't be, though they would find their way on-line.

diddl · 11/11/2017 18:10

I guess what I didn't quite get was why it couldn't be his defence & used as a story.

oklookingahead · 11/11/2017 19:32

It wouldn't really have been a defence though would it, as the charge was disobeying an order wasn't it? Which Joe did - as he said, it was pretty open and shut against him!

So it was more a 'you don't want this to come out? drop the charges against Joe.' But would Martha really have sacrificed the story of a lifetime? (And another interesting question as to how that squares with her journalistic ethics - what did Honor say to persuade her?)

Agree I didn't understand the Armstrong timeline - how long was he staying with Yusra in the desert?

diddl · 11/11/2017 21:19

Yes- more blackmail.

I was thinking defence in terms of Joe taking orders from people who weren't fit to give them-which I'm sure isn't a defence.

Yes the Yusra thing was sad-& predictable.

Her whole family killed -& would they have even got Starfish back if not for her?

Can't remember where Joe was supposed to take him.

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