The Pursuit of Love

[NurseButtercup]

Oh the absolute irony of the words of the character played by Dominic West in this trailer!! Wasn't he start shagging Lily James when he was filming this TV series???

This will be on BBC from 9th May - looks good.

[AbsolutelyPatsy]

i enjoyed episode 2 a lot more

[TracyHorrobin]

I sat and watched all 3 episodes. I absolutely loved it.

[NewModelArmyMayhem18]

I have 'I'm in with the in-crowd' playing on loop in my brain now!

[LadyEloise]

Oh Lordy ! How could Lily James play with that mouse ?

[Stripyhoglets1]

I watched it all last night after putting on the first episode and really enjoyed it. I think it's interesting to have different ways of presenting a period drama rather than them all being completely historically accurate. The modern music and Lily James will engage a younger audience too.

[BettyCarver]

Loved it. I thought it was very creatively produced and the music worked really well.

It reminded me that the only good thing about Bridgerton was the modern sound track!

[Puttingouthefirewithgasoline]

I loved it.

Fabulous fashions, set decor, short and sweet.

Lily was quite OK in it, I don't get why she's in every thing either, I am no fan but I liked her in this.

The music was OK, I prefer the music of the time though. I thought it was light hearted fun.

[dogsdinnerlady]

I think Fabrice is described as being very dark, stocky and not conventionally good looking. But Linda says she enjoyed the best sex of her life with him and she loved him until the end. I thought the TV Fabrice was too young and pretty. Awful blinding white Hollywood teeth too.

[TatianaBis]

In real life Gaston Palewski was not attractive, had severe halitosis and was a serial philanderer/lech.

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

Just watched the second episode. Much better than the first. I can forgive almost everything because of the perfection of the Kroesigs’ garden.

[Horehound]

Watched them all. Abrupt ending!

Can't think how Lilly and the guy had an affair they barely had two scenes together!

[NewModelArmyMayhem18]

On the subject of Lily and DW having that fling, even worse is that his eldest DD was apparently in the drama too (playing one of the other children).

[Horehound]

Ugh!

[AbsolutelyPatsy]

I do like Lily James and she was perfect for the role

[CaptainMyCaptain]

@AbsolutelyPatsy

I do like Lily James and she was perfect for the role

Apart from being almost twice the age of the person she is playing.

[SirVixofVixHall]

@reprehensibleme

I've just checked and it was 1979 ffs and Jeremy Brett was Max, and Anna Massey was Mrs Danvers. Jeez I'm old.........

Oh yes ! I had forgotten that.

[GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER]

Having read and really enjoyed the book more than once, I enjoyed this too. Ditto DH who’d never read it. IMO it was pretty faithful to the novel. People who haven’t read it may think it overdone or exaggerated, but there was a lot in the book that was outrageous by today’s standards.

I wish they’d included Uncle Matthew’s ‘classic’ ‘Abroad is unutterably bloody and foreigners are fiends!’
Ditto his practice of writing the name of anyone he disliked on a piece of paper and putting it in a drawer - in the hope that they’d die - and looking pleased but guilty if they did. 😱 but 😂 too.

[TrickyD]

@LadyEloise

Oh Lordy ! How could Lily James play with that mouse ?

Why not? Our family rats loved a cuddle.

[diddl]

@NewModelArmyMayhem18

On the subject of Lily and DW having that fling, even worse is that his eldest DD was apparently in the drama too (playing one of the other children).

She played Jassy who went to Hollywood(land).

[ElderMillennial]

This wasn't really on my radar but I just finished watching series three of Motherland (for the second time) and this started playing.

I'm not going to watch it right now but the opening sequence drew me in slightly.

[andrewscottmaybe]

I've name changed.
I'm 99.9% sure I saw Andrew Scott out for a walk with his Mum today in Dublin.
" I'll be watching you tonight on the telly." I wanted to say to him
I didn't of course.

[Heyduggee123]

I’ve loved this series

[TheMoth]

I'm glad I didn't read it first. So many things I watch are ruined cos I've always bloody read them. I sank into this like a warm bath. And really didn't see the ending coming. Glad we didn't have the lights on; dh would have taken the piss.

[Clawdy]

Didn't expect that sad ending.

[Lizzie523]

I know @Clawdy it was fairly abrupt!