Having just bingewatched all three series of Ted Lasso in 2 weeks, I needed something to fill the void so, upon hearing this TV continuation of one of my favourite films seemed just up my street.
Maybe like Ted Lasso in the early days, perhaps half an hour would have been long enough.
The writing is good and the same actors are there (plus a few new characters) but an episode nearly half as long as thd original film is a big ask even if they have had 25 years to write it.
Even though things are just as grim up north as they have always been, there is something amiss.
I didn't expect the glossiness of Ted Lasso but there is little appeal here.
Modern media dictates that there has to be same sex relationships (OK, the film almost shockingly and unnecessarily had such a scene) , mixed race kids and someone in a wheelchair. This show ticks all of those boxes.
Hoping for better but know that one character hardly in this story won't see the end of thd series.
Maybe like Ted Lasso in the early days, perhaps half an hour would have been long enough.
The writing is good and the same actors are there (plus a few new characters) but an episode nearly half as long as thd original film is a big ask even if they have had 25 years to write it.
Even though things are just as grim up north as they have always been, there is something amiss.
I didn't expect the glossiness of Ted Lasso but there is little appeal here.
Modern media dictates that there has to be same sex relationships (OK, the film almost shockingly and unnecessarily had such a scene) , mixed race kids and someone in a wheelchair. This show ticks all of those boxes.
Hoping for better but know that one character hardly in this story won't see the end of thd series.
