cranford - isn't it dull

[southeastastra]

lots of costumes left over from pride and prejudice or something

No it is FAB.

lolol if you saw the book you would never pick it up

is it adapted byandrew daviers if so just wait for the girl on girl action he must have found some sopmewhere

it's boring as all hell

I'm with Carmenere. It's excellent. Touching and very funny.

a mn schism

I thought it was brilliant. The book's as dull as ditchwater though!

I remember reading the book when I was about 14 and loving it, but I can only watch these adaptations on Christmas day when I'm half-cut and very sleepy.

i would prefer something set in space really

i am full of admiration and astonsihment when people say they read this kind of thing when they were young...you didn't read i vanhoe did you?

i saw the musical of ivanhoe it was very nice

I'm not paying attention to the dialogue at all, but I'm agog at the cast they've managed to assemble.

2 deaths in 5 mins!

Bastards, now I am in tears

And my friend's little boy was just hospitalised with croup, now I am petrified!

I cried too, but that may be because I am chronically hungover after a stupidly long and late night out last night

Ditto Carmenere, in every respect. Why did it seem like a good idea at the time???

Cranford's brilliant by the way.

I cried too. No excuse, just me being my usual soppy self.

Cranford is brilliant. And the book is good too, though rather confusingly they've cut it with material from other works of hers for the TV series. Still great though.

Mrs Gaskell is a great author, actually -- I don't understand why everyone raves about Jane Austen but ignores Mrs G.

Disagree.
Fantastic cast.
Enjoyable Sunday night fodder.
Like eating a box of soft centred chocolates; nothing too challenging.

I think it's great. Although wasn't expecting to be reduced to tears tonight .
(Have no idea about the books, but agree it's a bit of fun for Sunday evenings - at least I thought it was )

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It's also not done by Andrew Davies, what a refreshing change. It's been adapted by the woman who wrote Lilies (which didn't appeal) and I think she has done a fabulous job. I've not read Cranford, so didn't see young Walter's death coming and was in floods of tears.
We let the dcs watch the repeated bit with Puss and the boot and the lace and they were LOLing too. Ds now thinks Imelda Staunton is the world's greatest actress - from Dolores Umbridge to Miss Pole

They have, haven't they frogs? Another novel and a novella. My recollection from seeing a much earlier BBC adaptation is that much of Lady Ludlow's life and experience is not from Cranford.

I love it and surprisingly my DS 12 is enjoying as well. The actors are excellent and the characters are wonderful.

We watched the afternoon repeat on Sunday and dd (11) loved it. I get the feeling that the next one might not be suitable for children - am I right?