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Thomas and Sarah (1979)
Summary
This lovely series has recently been re-run on Granada. The two main characters made their first appearance in Upstairs Downstairs. This series follows their mixed fortunes when they try to make it on their own.
The series captures Edwardian England in a way that only the English seem to manage with accuracy and sympathy.
Each 1 hour episode is self contained and whilst not always completely plausible, the series is a great pleasure to watch. Then again with such two outstanding actors in Pauline Collins and John Alderton, what could possibly go wrong? Pauline Collins even manages to breathe life into the otherwise very ordinary current series "The Ambassador".
The episode in the Welsh village was quite excellent. And, in a typically English manner (thank god), the ending of the series is left open to the viewer to interpret.
Why the hell aren't they making TV series like these anymore?
Our Mother's House (1967)
exciting, thought-provoking, and very well acted
So different to most films. This one really does allow the viewer to suspend disbelief. Bogarde is young here and his performance is typical if not brilliant. The film is stolen by the child actors and the director all of whom make wonderful impressions. A weird one parent family then the mother dies. So closely knit are they all and so brainwashed with religious belief, that the children decide to lock themselves away from the world. Then the estranged husband appears with disastrous consequences. Even the ending is excellent