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Any This Life fans out there?

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Snooks14 · 25/04/2010 22:36

This was a tv series which I absolutely loved! I watched it from the very first episode and and that time it was just so very different! And so rude!!! I've now got both series on DVD and do rewatch now and again but I was so disappointed in the one off special they did a few years back.
I loved Miles - the Jack Davenport character - but I realise that Egg was really the one you should get together with - the nice boy next door one.

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DeborahDevonshire · 25/04/2010 22:38

Oh I loved this as well.

I liked it when the smug blonde cow got punched in the face in the last episode!

And Anna rocked.

Such a shame about that special - all the characters turned into arseholes.

notyummy · 25/04/2010 22:38

Great series. I really enjoyed it. Most of them have gone on to quite big things as well.

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Snooks14 · 25/04/2010 22:48

I did think the last episode was an absolute classic! And yep I loved it when Rachael got punched at the end!
One of the things I hated about the special was it didn't explain anything - why were Milly and Egg still together after she was shagging O'Donnell - yuck!!!!
And yep some Jack Davenport has done well for himself and Egg does well out of voiceovers!

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wintera · 25/04/2010 22:51

Quite right, loved This Life but hated the special they did a few years ago. It was awful, they should have left it alone. I liked both Miles and Egg, could never decide between them! Hated Milly though.

Valpollicella · 25/04/2010 23:00

Absolutely loved this - I think I stumbled accross the second episode when I was about 15, and was hooked instantly.

When they repeated them all back to back a few years ago I was in heaven!

Loved it when Rachel got punched, although I hated Milly for cheating on Egg with that slimeball...

Remeber when Anna slept with Egg's dad...? Ewww

Valpollicella · 25/04/2010 23:01

Snooks, probably because she begged and pleaded and Egg was so lovely and took her back...grr

wintera · 25/04/2010 23:11

Me and my friends always used to laugh about the fact that Milly always seemed to be in the bath! I still to this day remember a quote from Ferdie in This Life. It was this -

"A woman for duty, a man for pleasure, and a melon for ecstasy"

Always stuck in my head that one!

Valpollicella · 25/04/2010 23:16

Oh I remember that quote I loved Ferdie. So weird when he pops up in other programmes now.

What was the name of the anorexic girl Miles was shagging in the first series?

Yeah she was, wasn't she? She always needed to relax and get away from all the hedonists living it up downstairs boring

choosyfloosy · 25/04/2010 23:19

the special was so bad it made me angry

but maybe i was more angry at boring, implausible and annoying developments of my own life, accurately represented on screen

because the original series WAS me, or us, or something, even though my life was nothing like theirs, there was a kernel or a core that had some kind of truth about it

still very rare

wintera · 25/04/2010 23:25

Ferdie turned up in Eastenders not long back didn't he? Warren is now in Midsomer Murders. Andrew Lincoln and Jack Davenport did very well out of it. The girl who played Kira was in Holby City I think but haven't seen her for ages. And the guy that played the young fella in Anna's office was in Being Human not long back. Milly has done loads too. Surprised that Daniela Nardini (Anna) hasn't been in more stuff though.

Valpollicella · 25/04/2010 23:37

Think she does a lot of radio/stage Wintera...

Jack Davenport has done especially well, he's in flash forward now. I fancied him something chronic when I was 15

choosyfloosy · 25/04/2010 23:39

daniela nardini did a few amazing things - a very good miniseries with erm stephen thingy who plays psychopaths a lot

Magaly · 25/04/2010 23:40

I thought the scene at the dinner table where anna did that tick tock meeting tick tock flights to catch tick tock salaries to negotiate tick tock friends to compete with meet up with tick tock

does anybody else remember that? that was the best two minutes of the special.

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UnquietDad · 25/04/2010 23:51

Daniela Nardini played Servalan in the Blake's Seven remake. On audio.

Loved "This Life" at the time. Would probably find the characters annoying now.

UnquietDad · 25/04/2010 23:52

The funniest bit for me was when Miles accused Ferdy of "swinging it between Arthur and Martha" and Ferdy thumped him.

DW and I still use that expression to this day

EightiesChick · 25/04/2010 23:58

Loved it at the time. It was very much of the moment. I haven't watched it since, and found the spcial disappointing (as Amy Jenkins's novels have been) - I should probably get the DVDs and indulge. I have never seen it repeated - surely it's time it was on UK Gold or similar?

Valpollicella · 25/04/2010 23:59

Oh I LOVED that punch UD We'd find them annoying now as we are old wiser to life

He was a twat Miles, wasn't he?

Valpollicella · 26/04/2010 00:01

The last time it was repeated was just before the special, and before that about 5 years ago. Both times were 'slient' time in my house

papooshka · 26/04/2010 02:14

Oh god I love that programme, at the time it was on, I lived with my 2 best friends and we couldn't wait for it to be on every week and yes when Milly punched Rachel was just the best!

Haven't seen the special for some reason but I've got the 2 series on DVD now and recently watched it again with my DH who had never seen it, he loved it and I enjoyed it all over again.

CJCregg · 26/04/2010 10:28

I loved this show. The actor who played Egg's Dad is always known as 'Egg's Dad' whenever he shows up in anything, whoever he's playing, no matter how different the character. He will always be Egg's Dad to me.

Milly's stress was measured in candlelit baths ...

I also had a huge crush on Miles. Such a shit, but so clever and sexy. (Oh dear, I always used to go for men like that ...)

Anyone remember those fabulous ruby rollerblades they got for Warren when he left for San Francisco?

Blondeshavemorefun · 26/04/2010 13:40

fab series

kwym about eggs dad and voiceovers

ferdy is the dad of ameria in ee at the moment

jack was in pirates of the carribeana dn of course flashforward

Portofino · 26/04/2010 14:08

Yes = loved it! Must investigate DVD prices....

bluebump · 26/04/2010 14:39

I loved it! That was one of my all time favourite programmes as a teenager. I have a book here on the series that someone bought me too. I always liked the guy that played Joe who worked in the law firm.

timmyinatizzy · 26/04/2010 16:14

I actually went past Chancery Lane Tube station last Friday and said to DH, oooo thats where they used to film This Life to which his reply was, And? It was lost on him.

Valpollicalla The stick thin bird that Miles was shagging was called Delilah (sp?)

My absolute favourite programme as a teen. Couldn't wait for Monday nights.

Am currently lusting after watching Miles in Flash Forward. He looks exactly the same as he did all those years ago.

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