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unique1986 · 19/05/2019 19:36

BBC 1 9pm

Well well well Shock

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MorrisZapp · 24/05/2019 23:24

The song at the end was simply brilliant!

MyOtherProfile · 25/05/2019 07:18

For you, @Fruityb in case you haven't seen them already and live anywhere close.

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JohnWolfenstein · 25/05/2019 18:32

Just finished watching on iPlayer. I really liked it. Did anyone else notice Peter Davison as Mr Priestly? He was my favourite Dr, and I used to love him in All Creatures Great and Small.

LoveMySituation · 25/05/2019 20:20

Peter Davison was on the Dales programme on BBC 2 earlier talking about All Creatures John

JohnWolfenstein · 25/05/2019 21:53

Thanks Love I'll see if I can iPlayer it.

mydogisthebest · 26/05/2019 13:50

I think Suranne Jones is a terrible actress and this hasn't changed my mind in the slightest. I won't be watching any more

WinterHoliday · 26/05/2019 20:11

I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next episode.

I agree that conventionally women would not have walked much, but Anne Lister was not a conventional woman so this is another way to demonstrate that.

I read that Suranne Jones was told to stand really close to the other actors when she talked to them to demonstrate that Anne Lister didn't respect other people's personal space/boundaries. The other actors weren't told about this and kept stepping backwards in scenes.

MyOtherProfile · 26/05/2019 21:32

I'm not enjoying it as much this week. She's horribly manipulative.

Crinkle77 · 26/05/2019 21:33

myotherprofile I thoughts same. Like she's preying on the innocent Miss Walker.

woodhill · 26/05/2019 21:50

Yes definitely preditary

Toddlerteaplease · 26/05/2019 22:01

Yes agreed. I'm going off her.

Binglebong · 26/05/2019 22:05

I haven't read the diaries but I understand she was predatory and manipulative. I've seen her described as a sex pest! She is a curious mixture of very cool, independent
woman and machiavellian pain in the neck.

I adore the theme song!

LoveMySituation · 26/05/2019 22:05

Why are some of the cast such an strange colour this week? It's like they've suddenly developed jaundice Grin

JinglingHellsBells · 26/05/2019 22:34

I think Suranne J is well suited to this role as she always looks quite masculine anyway in real life - her face is quite masculine.

If you read the biography of her- there was a long feature on the BBC News homepage- she was quite promiscuous, had loads of lovers, and most ended in tears as the women married men for appearance's sake.

I think the problem with the TV adaptation is there is so much that's missed from her actual diaries.

Chilledout11 · 26/05/2019 22:39

I really enjoyed tonight but yes she is predatory.

SoupDragon · 26/05/2019 22:58

I really dislike the way she's preying on Miss Walker. It's horrible. She's very unlikable.

WatcherintheRye · 26/05/2019 23:13

I can't quite reconcile the predatory, manipulative behaviour with the kindness and thoughtfulness she sometimes displays (with regard to the little boy who lost his leg, for example).

LoafofSellotape · 26/05/2019 23:43

I'm glad I stuck with it,I really enjoyed this week's episode.

EBearhug · 27/05/2019 01:16

I can't quite reconcile the predatory, manipulative behaviour with the kindness and thoughtfulness she sometimes displays

Lots of us are full of contradictions, though.

BitOfFun · 27/05/2019 02:41

I am really enjoying it. The asides to camera don't bother me at all- it's just a way of dramatising the way she confides in her diary.

It's incredibly well-researched, and it's a fascinating insight into the mind of a woman who genuinely bucked societal conventions. I love her for the way she is unashamedly seeking happiness on her own terms, in a world which really didn't offer her any obvious role models or any kind of template for the life she wants to live.

She's a real trail-blazer.

CherryBlossom23 · 27/05/2019 09:22

I'm really enjoying it; the opening credits remind me a bit of Sherlock. I'd had never heard of Anne Lister before - she is really fascinating. The sound mixing is poor though, I keep having to adjust the volume and find myself wondering if I'm suddenly going deaf Hmm

SoupDragon · 27/05/2019 09:34

the kindness and thoughtfulness she sometimes displays (with regard to the little boy who lost his leg, for example).

I'm not convinced she cares about the boy differently to how she cared abiut the horse she shot. The only time I think she's shown she cares about someone with genuine emotion is about the ex-lover who's just got married.

LoafofSellotape · 27/05/2019 09:37

Oh I didn't get that at all Soup that she's not a caring person.

JohnWolfenstein · 27/05/2019 10:00

I don't think she's a particularly sympathetic character, but that's because she's real. She is manipulative, predatory and selfish, but objectively fascinating. It's such an interesting story. And the juxtaposition of the staid drawing rooms and the sudden flash of rampant shagging amuses me.

LoafofSellotape · 27/05/2019 10:10

Is she predatory? I think if she were a man she'd just be seen as wooing the blonde woman. It's just we're not used to seeing that behaviour in a woman on screen maybe?