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Post by CG Wendy on Mar 31, 2013 21:28:42 GMT
Looks blooming excellent...can`t wait to watch it in an hour. Great cast list too. I`m such a fan of period costume dramas Thank you BBC
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Post by homer on Apr 1, 2013 14:52:53 GMT
I'm also a fan of costume drama's too Wendy.I recorded The Village,will probably watch it tonight.
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Post by Nick on Apr 1, 2013 17:05:16 GMT
We were a bit dissapointed
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2013 20:49:26 GMT
We thought it was good - very gritty, very real.
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Post by homer on Apr 2, 2013 14:50:24 GMT
I was also slightly dissapointed too Nick,it wasn't too bad but most of the time it was a bit depressing.
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Post by Nick on Apr 2, 2013 17:14:29 GMT
I just don't feel it portrayed people and the village of the time accurately
From what I have read all the villagers and fellow farmers would help each other get their harvests in..including the wives...they did more than tootle up to the field ands give their hubby a mug of beer
And no one was smoking..they would all have been at it in those days, especially pipes..I know you can't make people smoke if they don't want to, but there are plenty of fake things they could use to give the drama a feel of authenticity......it's as if they are trying to air brush smoking out of history.
And I can't see a village of that size having a communal bathhouse....you would have to go to the nearest town...our village in Staffordshire where I was brought up didn't have one and it was a larger village than the one depicted
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Post by homer on Apr 9, 2013 15:28:27 GMT
Was I imagining things,but in the last episode was someone using watered down beer to scrub the floors with,and that was what John was drinking.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2013 5:35:29 GMT
Last episode was far and away the best in the series.
Storylines neatly resolved, lots going on, and a really moving ending.
Overall I would have said the series was perhaps a bit 'flat', but the final episode was a belter.
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