A Christmas Carol

Whilst we have been away (since 15th December) we have watched OH's favourites. 2 episodes of only connect and 3 or 4 University Challenge episodes.

I've watched the University Challenge episodes too. It always amazes me how unkowledgeable some of those so called intellectual alumni are compared to present day students - and with far easier sets of questions too! 

Like several others on here, I like "The Classics " so much so that I have the complete works of both Dickens and Shakespeare on my Kindle and regularly dip in for a change from Sci Fi / Fantasy.

As for G & S , Moulesy mate, I found it very poor when it was fresh onto the screen, and there was no obvious way I could be forced to watch this latest  money making episode 

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Thanks for the heads up Deleted User: like you I don't enjoy the cinema experience these days so I shall also await the release of the dvd😊

BTW, a bit off thread, but am I alone, or odd, in having found the much vamped come back of Gavin & Stacey an excruciatingly pointless waste of 60 minute's viewing?

Not ever having watched the original stuff, I didn't bother with the comeback. Good to know I haven't wasted 60 minutes which, at my age, I can ill-afford to do.

We all enjoyed G&S except the one person who'd never watched the series so couldn't work out the funny story lines. Have enjoyed the "mature" University Christmas Challenge too, can't say I've bothered with much else, but did watch Worzel Gummidge and missed the Jon Pertwee version which our children loved.

But as for Dickens adaptions I prefer those closer to the original. 

This philistine has never read any Dickens, so I come to this with little idea of the story, no idea of the writing, and only incomplete viewings of other Dickens adaptations. OH loves Dickens. 

It was watchable, but only because of the superb acting. Very slow, good imagery, possibly a realistic interpretation of a brutal time in our history. Still got to catch up from episode one.

Other than UC, OC and a Royal Institute lecture, it’s the only mainstream TV we have seen. OH has been overdosing on the Carry On films while I have been snuffling and sneezing elsewhere.

I shall be tuning in to watch Dracula though!🧛‍♂️😁

We did some research, and avoid the big multiplexes, and find a more arthouse venue. We use The Showroom in Sheffield. Newcastle might have something similar if it’s a location that suits you? We make an afternoon of it, go for lunch in cinema eatery, take our own choice of nibbles and drinks. A world away from stinky hotdogs, plonkers tethered to their phones and too loud building shaking sound tracks. 👍

Edit: found this, sounds very like our Showroom

https://tynesidecinema.co.uk/

 

No one mentioned watching Call the Midwife. It was remarkable.They got all the way to Scotland behind a Great Western Railway engine and used a button A and B phone box that sent pips to add more coins.