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brue replied on 01/04/2021 14:19

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Posted on 01/04/2021 14:19

I really enjoyed this Weds evening programme, In the Footsteps of Jane Austen with Gyles Brandreth. It was very entertaining and illuminating, humorous too. I was surprised to learn Jane Austen had a go at writing fiction in her father's church parish registers...she was quite naughty! I followed on by watching Sense and Sensibility and could suddenly see Jane in the character of Margaret, the younger sister. Some of this film was made at Montacute near where we live and some beautiful spots on the Flete estate in Devon. Even more interesting for me was the church at Berry Pomeroy because many of my Devon ancestors were hatched and matched there. The evening finished much too late, way past my bedtime, but it was good. I think I'll enjoy the next programmes about Hardy and Dickens too. 😊

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ABM replied on 01/04/2021 16:24

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Posted on 01/04/2021 16:24

Brue, you will have to save them for the next day or so, just watch them on MY5

JVB66 replied on 01/04/2021 17:18

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Posted on 01/04/2021 17:18

really good progtamme and Giles the ideal narrator looking forward to the rest of the programmes

Wherenext replied on 01/04/2021 19:28

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Posted on 01/04/2021 19:28

Mrs WN loves JA. Mrs WN intensely dislikes GB.

"Dislike" trumped "loves".

brue replied on 02/04/2021 09:04

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Posted on 02/04/2021 09:04

It's had good reviews, maybe worth overcoming the GB obstacle?!

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Takethedogalong replied on 02/04/2021 15:03

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Posted on 02/04/2021 15:03

Love Emma Thompson’s adaptation. I have her published Diary/screenplay book that accompanied the film’s making. She even managed to find the love of her life (Greg Wise) during the making. 😁Some very good Austen adaptations, TV and Film.

Same with the Bronte Sisters as well. I love The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, TV version. Toby Stephens, Tara Fitzgerald, James Purefoy, Rupert Graves. Then there’s the Jane Eyre with either Timothy Dalton, Ciaran Hinds or Toby Stephens....... Haddon Hall was used as Thornfield in two of those versions, very interesting place, very old with lovely gardens.

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Posted on 02/04/2021 15:03 by Takethedogalong

Love Emma Thompson’s adaptation. I have her published Diary/screenplay book that accompanied the film’s making. She even managed to find the love of her life (Greg Wise) during the making. 😁Some very good Austen adaptations, TV and Film.

Same with the Bronte Sisters as well. I love The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, TV version. Toby Stephens, Tara Fitzgerald, James Purefoy, Rupert Graves. Then there’s the Jane Eyre with either Timothy Dalton, Ciaran Hinds or Toby Stephens....... Haddon Hall was used as Thornfield in two of those versions, very interesting place, very old with lovely gardens.

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brue replied on 02/04/2021 16:57

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Posted on 02/04/2021 16:57

Hope you enjoy the programme. I will be interested in what he finds out about Hardy, I'm not too keen on Hardy as a person but I would imagine there is more to find out (or crawl out of the woodwork.) We visited the church in Cornwall where he met his first wife, I don't think she had a very happy time with him.

The Ang Lee/ Emma Thompson film which followed the Jane Austen programme seemed a bit saccharine when I watched it again, both the Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman characters did a lot of simpering, not much dialogue. But still enjoyable.

I presume they'll add a related film after each programme.

TDA the Bronte's are included in the series.

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Posted on 02/04/2021 16:57 by brue

Hope you enjoy the programme. I will be interested in what he finds out about Hardy, I'm not too keen on Hardy as a person but I would imagine there is more to find out (or crawl out of the woodwork.) We visited the church in Cornwall where he met his first wife, I don't think she had a very happy time with him.

The Ang Lee/ Emma Thompson film which followed the Jane Austen programme seemed a bit saccharine when I watched it again, both the Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman characters did a lot of simpering, not much dialogue. But still enjoyable.

I presume they'll add a related film after each programme.

TDA the Bronte's are included in the series.

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