tisdag 15 april 2014

Country-house mysticism (huh?) and Upstairs Downstairs-inspired family saga (yay - I think)

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Yes, I know, my blog posts on television have by far outnumbered the ones on books this year. But quite apart from the lengthy Downton debri...
söndag 30 mars 2014

The Paradise series two: here come the villains

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Funny, I never thought I'd be sad to hear The Paradise would be discontinued. However, it picked itself up so considerably in its secon...
onsdag 19 mars 2014

Solemn entertainment

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Pocahontas may be one of my least favourite animated Disney films, but there is one quote from it that has stayed in my mind. When the hero...
onsdag 12 mars 2014

Downtonathon: Predictions for Downton Abbey series five (and yeah - it's still wild guesses)

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Just one more blog post, and I'm through with my Downtonathon - for now. Though I had mixed success with my predictions for Downton seri...
onsdag 5 mars 2014

Downtonathon: series four follow-up II (or, a plotter without a cause)

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A virus is descending and putting a whole new meaning into "fevered imaginings". I'd better get cracking before I'm comple...
onsdag 26 februari 2014

Downtonathon: Series four follow-up I

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Finally! The whole of Downton Abbey series four has now been aired in the US, and I've decided to have no more compunction about spoile...
onsdag 12 februari 2014

Light at the end of the Beeb costume drama tunnel?

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It is too early to cheer, but maybe, just maybe, we are nearing the end of the "new grit" trend in English costume drama. The high...