Comments on Bloggertropolis: Jewel

Hi Laura, I agree with you regarding Andrew Davies...

2007-11-30T10:38:00.000+01:00

Hi Laura, I agree with you regarding Andrew Davies - he lives "just up the road" in Kenilworth and sometimes comes to the art gallery where I work to partake in a life drawing class... I'm pleased he's had so much success but I am a little bored with his bawdy TV adaptations... a case of same meat different gravy. Everytime I watch the latest one I always feel like I've already seen it before...

I'm just enjoying the programme immensely. Julia S...

2007-11-30T10:29:00.000+01:00

I'm just enjoying the programme immensely. Julia S is good, but so are many of the rest of the sterling cast including good old Dame Judi and Franscesca Annis. Eileen Atkins stole the show I thought as the uproariously prim sister whose moral example the rest of the town had to follow or else!
It's like a female Pickwick Papers.
Good to know that a bonnet drama can be just as compelling when the cast keep their clothes on! Refreshing too to watch something not adapted by Andrew Davies for a change!

Far from thinking you an anorak, Hitch, I'm genuin...

2007-11-30T08:14:00.000+01:00

Far from thinking you an anorak, Hitch, I'm genuinely impressed with the depth and detail of your knowledge. Must be a great place if you miss it so much.

"CRANFORD"Is Knustfordalso the place general patto...

2007-11-29T22:19:00.000+01:00

"CRANFORD"
Is Knustford
also the place general patton was exiled to during ww2
if you saw the film "patton" with george c scott you will have seen it, he lives at toft hall and met Eisenhower for lunch at my fav pub
THE BELLS AT PEOVER
Sorry for being an anorak , just am a little homesick.

Thanks Hitch, it's good to have some gaps in my ig...

2007-11-29T08:15:00.000+01:00

Thanks Hitch, it's good to have some gaps in my ignorance plugged - I must admit I had no idea that Cranford was a real geographical place. I've only ever read one of Gaskell's novels - North And South - and recall it as being welcomely less prim than Austin and not so "pretend chummy" as Dickens... not sure if that's a recommendation or not!

Point of triviabefore moving to london I lived in ...

2007-11-28T19:19:00.000+01:00

Point of trivia
before moving to london I lived in "Cranford" and on the same rd as inhabited by Elizabeth Gaskell when alive. I could see her garden from my french windows.
Beuatiful little town ruined by the low flying jets.
There are also some fabulous houses designed by clough Ellis of port Merrion fame. Just as wacky and beautiful as the port.

Hi Andrew, I must admit I find all these bread bas...

2007-11-28T10:05:00.000+01:00

Hi Andrew, I must admit I find all these bread based analogies really funny... baps, buns, muffins and crusty cobs, etc. Although it doesn't work so well with bagels, cheese and onion toasties and Bhutanese Red Rice Bread...

BAPS !!!!!!! I do like that phrase !

2007-11-27T23:05:00.000+01:00

BAPS !!!!!!! I do like that phrase !

Thanks TimeWarden - nice to know that we think so ...

2007-11-27T19:32:00.000+01:00

Thanks TimeWarden - nice to know that we think so alike! Great minds indeed!

Tris, in this ever changing, ever transient world isn't it nice to know that some things never change...?! :-)

Steve, Steve, Steve - as ever, I find the two side...

2007-11-27T18:15:00.001+01:00

Steve, Steve, Steve - as ever, I find the two sides of your personality inevitably leaking out in your blog. On the one hand, there's the poetic soul who waxes lyrical and on the other there's the pervy purveyor of the double-entendre with a big thing for brunettes. You haven't changed since you were 17, mooning after Kate Bush!

Nice piece, Steve, and I'm talking about your post...

2007-11-27T18:15:00.000+01:00

Nice piece, Steve, and I'm talking about your post!

I only started watching "Jonathan Creek" when Julia joined not caring for Caroline Quentin. Sometimes it does depend on who is in a series as to whether or not one watches! It's not always the case but the same applied to "Silent Witness". When Emilia Fox joined the cast I joined the audience, again not liking Amanda Burton particularly.

I watched "Press Gang", too, and I wasn't a child at the time just someone who appreciates quality drama and a good cast. It was, and is, better than many programmes aimed at adults.