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Offline Mike in Cumbria

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"The Village" BBC series
« on: Monday 01 April 13 10:02 BST (UK) »
Saw the first episode last night and was interested enough to mark it down for next week's viewing. It sounds intriguing - 100 years of life in one community, starting in 1914, with all the action set entirely within the village.

One scene that didn't ring true though was the children stone-picking - it was in a permanent pasture field. I've always associated stone-picking with arable land, not grassland - I don't know why they'd be stone-picking there.

It was quite gritty, and seen from the point of view of the working classes - a good antidote to Downton Abbey!

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Re: "The Village" BBC series
« Reply #1 on: Monday 01 April 13 10:42 BST (UK) »


I wondered about that stone picking scene as well but enjoyed the rest of the programme.
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Re: "The Village" BBC series
« Reply #2 on: Monday 01 April 13 12:16 BST (UK) »
I hope that the next episode improves, sadly i found my attention wandering in the last 20 minutes, i love period dramas but thought it rather slow.
 OH had to go out to work halfway through the porgramme and had enjoyed it and was looking forward to next weeks.
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Re: "The Village" BBC series
« Reply #3 on: Monday 01 April 13 13:13 BST (UK) »
my hubby thought it a bit slow but i enjoyed it looking forward to next week

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Re: "The Village" BBC series
« Reply #4 on: Monday 01 April 13 13:19 BST (UK) »
I can remember as a child picking stones up from pasture.  It was in the Chilterns and the flints seemed to work their way up onto the surface.  It was hard work for small hands.  Hannah
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« Reply #5 on: Monday 01 April 13 13:23 BST (UK) »
its still done today, pasture is mown for hay and stones can wreck the scythe, today they can do enormous damage to a mower blade, expensive and inconvenient

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Re: "The Village" BBC series
« Reply #6 on: Monday 01 April 13 13:31 BST (UK) »
Was not impressed on first viewing despite both Maxine Peake and John Simm in the cast. I hope it picks up as the concept seems very interesting.

 I also found it suffered from "TV realism" to the extent that half the time I couldn't see what was happening it was so dark - and no the TV doesn't need brightness and contrast adjusting! So many programmes are filmed in dim lighting these days, no doubt to be more realistic about how things actually were, but I would actually like to see what is going on!
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Re: "The Village" BBC series
« Reply #7 on: Monday 01 April 13 13:33 BST (UK) »
I enjoyed it. Quite confronting. Yes, it was a bit slow, but I'm happy with that.

What I did think was bad continuity wise was the fact that the old gent had very pale blue eyes yet the boy playing him as a child had brown eyes?  :-\ [I have got that right haven't I? The old gent = the young boy?]

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« Reply #8 on: Monday 01 April 13 13:35 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Ruskie on Monday 01 April 13 13:33 BST (UK)
I enjoyed it. Quite confronting. Yes, it was a bit slow, but I'm happy with that.

What I did think was bad continuity wise was the fact that the old gent had very pale blue eyes yet the boy playing him as a child had brown eyes?  :-\ [I have got that right haven't I? The old gent = the young boy?]

Yes, the old man Bert is the same person as the young boy. I hadn't noticed his eyes though!
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