SMALL PROPHETS - Mon 10pm bbc2 - TV PACE. NO SPOILERS

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New six part comedy drama

A lonely man turns to magic in a desperate final bid to get to learn the truth about his missing partner.

DIY store worker Michael was heartbroken when Clea disappeared seven years ago and has been unable to move on with his life.

His father Brian shares an ancient recipe for growing magical spirits that can predict the future in the hope that they can answer his question.

With Clea brother Roy demanding his siblings house back Michael is determined to finally get to know the truth and opens up with colleague at the store, Casey

Casey accompanies Michael as the embark a part of remarkable journey.

Micheal is played by Pearce quigley , his dad Brian by Sir Michael Palin and Roy is Paul Kaye

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Absolutely delightful. My brain is frazzled with world/personal events and this series is like a warm hug for the soul.

Wonder why he keeps dreaming of seagulls, is it part of the story I wonder or insignificant.. every episode makes me want to know more

E4 tonight

I have watched it through 3 times now!

Just brilliantly clever funny moments, sometimes in only a few seconds (the Bananarama T-shirt opening sequence is superbly done).

MC is a comedy genius.

Another fab episode

so in one of the boxes is a bird book worth a few million

so in one of the boxes is a bird book worth a few million
In case anybody doesn't know, it is a real book. wiki.

Was anybody else getting flashbacks to Harrison's watch in Only Fools and Horses?

Article about the book from BBC news - this slightly spoilered me because I saw it before yesterday's episode.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77edrr8jg2o

Gosh, I’d completely forgotten I saw the book at Liverpool Central Library!

What an utter joy this was. From start to finish.

5 stars.

More please.

Kacey/Lauren Patel makes me think of Anna Paul from Casualty all those years ago (Zita Sattar)

That’s who she reminds me of! It’s bugged me for weeks!

Just finished watching this, I loved it. There's a word (I can't remember what it is though) that means being nostalgic for something you haven't actually experienced, and this made me feel that way.

Oh the PP @GrillaMilla asking about the seagulls, Michael said that he wanted to count seagulls on an island and that that was an actual job.

Oh thanks, I was wondering too. You do se those adverts occasionally to live on a remote place to do conservation and never speak to someone for a year, so makes sense.

Thanks @Beeinalily
There's so many random details it's hard to know what's relevant to the story!

Where do I apply 😂

Although I'd need a TV

Anemoia.

I was upset to find that it was invented by an American because nostalgia seems such an English thing. But then I find that 'nostalgia' itself is also a (relatively) recently-coined-and-not-by-an-Englishman word, too!

Yes, she does, and Zita was in The Cleaner with Greg Davis.
I’ve loved this series so much that I’m on my fourth viewing. I’m not particularly a lover of fantasy stories, but I never doubted that Michael’s dad had the instructions for making the Homunculi. I think the set designers and props makers must have had a fabulous time creating this world. I loved the contraption that his dad made, in the care home and how lovely Michael was with the people who were kind to him and his dad, like Hilary in the care home and the next door neighbour with slug pellets on the plastic plants.

I loved the scene where the mugger thought he was Father Christmas and gave him his phone back. There are so many subtle things that you would miss if you didn't pay attention.

That scene was funny but also so deeply sad and tragic somehow.

How was it sad and tragic? Didn't it show how stupid muggers are, either on drugs or just a bit thick?

I agree. No child grows up wanting to be a drug addict - I took that scene to be that he was reverting to a happier time in his life when Santa was real, and perhaps he grew up in a family where there was a Christmas with presents. Even though he was drug addict he couldn't rob the Santa of his childhood.

Or maybe I totally overthought it!

I disagree.

I also disagree.