Howard's end

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Anyone watching?

It's not that bad and you can't expect to know who everyone is from the get go. I'm reserving judgement until I've seen the full episode.

The guy who plays Tibby is a good actor I think. He’s in The End of the Fucking World on C4.

Seems pretty faithful to the book so far so I am giving it a chance. It will definitely be easier to imagine Mr Wilcox as a love interest with him played by Matthew MacFadyen.

I don't think they would have said "pop round" in those days.

Am watching just for the houses and interiors 😍

Who are the Wilcox family in relation to the other family?

They met on holiday, it was mentioned near the beginning.

For those who want to know the plot.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howards_End

Was Edwardian England really that multicultural? The kimono women, the doctor, Annie that maid and Mrs Bast?

Apart from that still can't get the excellent film out of my mind. Quite like Julia Ormond though.

The main characters don't look 'period enough' for my liking. It was far too much of a contemporary feel.

The clothes are pretty great too. Very intrusive background music though.

I'm enjoying it.

"Tibby was in bed with hay fever"?? Kudos to Hayley Atwell for delivering that line with a straight face

Not finding it very gripping. I've seen the film, but didn't enjoy it as I have an aversion to Vanessa Redgrave.

I’m enjoying it but mostly because I adore Hayley Atwell 😍
I’ve never read the book or watched the film though.

I've never read the book or seen the film but I love both Hayley Atwell and Matthew McFaddyen.

lol at pop over

how about 'can i have a cigarette' haha

I know the storey very well but not started it yet. Sad a lot of you not liking it. I'd say it's not that easy to follow as a story tho even the film version

Howard's bleeding end as Rita in Educating Rita says, is boring, expect for the bit with the bookcase!

its very am dram

The table manners!!! I couldn't have got away with that in the 60s.

Except that should be!

I loved the film and we studied the book at university. This is shaping up well enough. There's quite a lot of characters to get used to but surely most dramas are like that?

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

sigh

lol

I loved the film. Just haven’t got into this yet.

Mrs Wilcox is a dreadful actress..

Leonard & Jackie's working class accents pretty unconvincing. A large part of the story hinges on the fact that in this period you can tell people apart by their accents, their clothing, their whole manner of moving and being. When Charles attacks Leonard in the bookcase scene part of his violence arises out of disgust that his father's SIL has got herself pregnant by this lower class character.

Very hard to hear at the start.

I liked it though.

Trailer for next week pretty much meant I don’t have to watch next week’s episode mind you! Spoiler central.