Trapped in Austen - or something? Who's going to watch?

[Alambil]

looks like it could be good!

looks like life on mars in petticoats to me (minus gene hunt of course)

I read the synopsis today and it does sound a little like a Jasper Fforde idea.

Will watch it though.

Anything is better than Keira Knightly as Lizzie Bennett! Although Alex Kingsley as Mrs Bennett

i am SO fucking sick of the BBC's fascination with Austen.

truly am.

I saw the trailers and thought it looked utterly dreadful. I'm not tempted in the slightest, I'm sure I woudl loathe it.

I'll be watching as lots of it is filmed where we got married! Cannon Hall

It looks like it's going to be awful.
It just needs Emma Thompson to jump out of a wardrobe somewhere along the line, to cap it all off.

You can't blame the bbc for this one I'm afraid. Its on ITV!!

When is it on?

Starts on Wednesday.

I am going to give it a try.

Thanks

The Times said you have to be intelligent enough to know the P & P plot well, but stupid enough to watch a soap-like ITV programme where there is a gap in the space time continuum behind a bathroom cabinet.

Sounds just about right for me then.... well' I'll give it a go and keep an open mind!

excellent braveandcrazy, sounds like it will suit be down to the ground!

It's funny, contrived and I'm a bit

thought it was funny, daft but made me laugh

I felt ever so slightly uncomfortable viewing this programme - thought it was toe curlingly awful, insult to the intelligence..DH loved it though (doubt a middle age man was the target demographic but hey ho!!)

It was pretty ropey, wasn't it? Hugh Bonneville made me smirk now and again, that's about it. As for Darcy...words fail me, and not in a good way.

I quite enjoyed it, i couldn't be 'bothered to start watching', as i am not much of a tv person, but it forced myself an it was quite good.

weird but enjoyable I thought

I thought it was quite fun, as long as you were willing to suspend all critical faculties for the duration.

I loved it.

Though it does help that I am obsessed with P&P and willing ignore any naff bits to enjoy an Austen based show.

Looks like it will only be me and Willali's DH watching next week

I enjoyed it at the beginning but quickly became a bit bored. It could have been much more subtle, but then ITV doesn't do subtle. I ended up Mumsnetting and missing the rest of it. The same as with most TV these days actually.

I started watching but got a bit tetchy when Mr Bingley started fancying wotserface and shouted at the telly. I ended up searching Pride and Prejudice on youtube and watching clips of Colin Firth and Matthew McFadyen instead (how sad).

I enjoyed this. TV programs don't normally grab my attention but will be watching next week.

I enjoyed this. TV programs don't normally grab my attention but will be watching next week.