Anyone watching this new TV series I’ve read the book so that’s a bit of a spoiler
But I thought it made a good start
Only watching (or recording to watch the next day) for Martin Shaw. Otherwise I doubt I’d have bothered.
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Yes, he’s already good in it, I think I’ll persist with it
I’m watching it - it took a while to get going but I’m hooked now! The scenery is beautiful too - I wonder whether it was actually filmed in Devon and if so whereabouts …
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Mum and I stayed in Ilfracombe one Christmas, but I don’t remember any of what I am seeing on this show. Mind, it was some years ago. After 2005 (when Dad died), so maybe a year or two after…
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I didn’t recognise the cult leader’s wife being, Anita Dobson.
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Yes it did get off to a good start.
Neither did I. The cult, by the way, is the Plymouth Brethren I think.
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Percy, l am not sure about that? They are described as the ‘Barum’ Brethren in the first episode.
There is also The Brethren as well as The Plymouth Brethren and l suppose they are similar but not the same.
Oh, I’ll have to catch Mrs May on the repeats when it’s re run. I like her and think she is one heck of an actress 
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No, it took me ages, kept thinking “what have I seen her in”
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Thank you for that, pretty place. I like seeing places I know on tv series, or discovering new ones, you get a bit of a different view
My son’s flat in London often ends up as a backdrop and bits of Bristol I recognise
They filmed a lot of another TV series near here, The Outlaws. The first episode of that was on this week so I’ve recorded but haven’t had chance to watch it yet
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Thanks Artangel. I’ve never heard of the Barum Brethren before.
I think I watched about the first 10 mins or so, then dissed it.
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Not for everybody, but if you’ve got a minute, maybe give it another go. It gets quite good!
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Nah, I couldn’t watch something half way through Maree.
It’s funny the little I saw really irritated me. Then last night when it had over-run the 10pm news, I saw the last 2/3mins of it and felt irritated all over again 
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Well, over all, I think that’s 4hrs of my life I won’t be getting back. I found the whole series rather underwhelming after such a good start.