I am watching BALLET SHOES and it is HEAVENLY... do NOT miss it, you will cry and be sad forever

[Aitch]

ooooooh, only 20 mins in and am excited beyond belief. Harriet Walters is masterly, Emilia Fox a pleasant surprise as usuallly i find her a posho show-off.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

On in a wee while. Can't wait, have just re-read the book.

I thought it was on later.

Aitch I can't remember what your Christmas name was, it was really good, can you remind me please!

Am going to watch ballet shoes later. Glad you lot reminded me.

i'll watch it but i can't understand why they're showing it so late. it's a children's story isn't it?

it's on now

too bad DH is watching this dumb ass film the now.

recording for future enjoyment all alone...

hoping it shows up on YouTube at one point.

i forgot to record it and this stoopid Nicholas Cage film he is watching - is there any other sort if he's in it? - is lasting an aeon.

[sob]

it'll be on iplayer, you can watch it online. poor mrsjc can't, though...

must.not.get.sucked.into.Nicholas.Cage.film.

no, no, no.

i'm sure petrova should have short silky hair. but am very much enjoying it.

Aitch, can i borrow your copy of it tomorrow pleeease? [shows off that knows Aitch in RL]

oh this was so good, big thanks bbc, I must re-read the book
I let dd 6 stay up and watch it, she was burning with with pleasure throughout, just lovely to see

Well yes, it was fab, but they made stuff up!!!

Aitch has a copy?

Erm, Aitch, are you free for a quick coffee, say, Friday?

That vitomum character should be finished with it by then and all?

And I've got a day all to myself, in Glasgow, ALONE!

OOOOOOO. Already have a list of shops I'm going to visit.

Bliss, pure fecking bliss!

Ohhh, loved it and cried at the end, like the girlie saddo I am.

Have been trying to dig out my old copy of the book but have so far unearthed only Watership Down, Jock of the Bushveld (fgs) and two, yes two! identical copies of Black Beauty. I don't even like animals.

I don't remember any love interest in Ballet Shoes ... It was fab though and even DS loved it. He initially refused to watch it on the grounds that it was for and about girls

This fecking Nicholas Cage film really is going to last forever.

I cleaned the kitchen, did the coffee, put the chicken in the slow cooker, cleaned the worktops.

They are still sitting in front of this ridiculous excuse for a film.

Ah, but they got the black dress with the white collar and Winifred's faded blue velvet off to a tee.

I am recording it, will my 8yrold dance mad DD like it or too old for her???

Oh I loved it

What did they make up, remind me please? It was so long ago since I read the books!

They made up the love interest - from memory Mr Smith didn't appear until later and I think he was married.

Anyhow he certainly didn't marry Garnie at the end of the book.

oh aitch am not reading thread as don't want to spoil it all just in case I get chance to watch it

you didn't happen to record it did you????

It was lovely. And Snaf is right about the dresses, v. well done.

Love interest presumably added to suit today's audiences, in the book Mr and Mrs Simpson both lived with the Fossils.