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Post by geometryman on Jun 29, 2020 14:22:20 GMT
Series 2 starts on BBC2 Thursday 9 July, 9.30pm (10.00pm in Wales): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bp2zq4Comedy drama in which David Tennant and Jessica Hynes play the parents of Rosie, who has a severe learning disability. (Series 1 was on BBC4 in October/November 2018 - if there's an existing thread, I can't find it.) |
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Post by sootycat on Jul 1, 2020 11:19:26 GMT
The first series of this was excellent. I reckon this will be too.
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Post by bidiein on Jul 5, 2020 8:33:32 GMT
Delighted this is returning. Wonderful, moving and often funny look at life with a child who has extreme learning difficulties.
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Post by bethb63 on Jul 11, 2020 15:58:44 GMT
Does it always switch back and forth in time like that? I found it quite distracting.
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Post by linseed on Jul 11, 2020 18:35:45 GMT
Yes, the first series was also in 2 timelines, this series is also in both timelines, but one year on.
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Post by bidiein on Jul 11, 2020 18:43:39 GMT
You get used to it - the year the action takes place is clearly marked.
The child playing Rosie is incredible. There are LOL moments and ones of pure despair. David Tennants character - who deals with the situation with jokes, sarcasm and wine/ciggies - is both annoying and sympathetic.
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Post by geometryman on Jun 20, 2023 22:35:23 GMT
After a 3-year gap a one-off special airs tomorrow (Wed 21 June), BBC2 9.00pm - 10.00pm. Rosie hits puberty.
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Post by sootycat on Jun 21, 2023 10:49:59 GMT
This should be good.
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Post by bidiein on Jun 27, 2023 11:12:50 GMT
Very moving - and funny - one off drama. The dilemmas increase for parents of such children as the child grows up. Respite/residential care are often the only safe options.
I did wonder about the mother wanting a 3rd child. I would be worried that Rosie would harm a baby!
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Post by beverley61 on Jun 27, 2023 16:47:11 GMT
These children very rarely harm a baby. They either completely ignore them or are very loving and caring. We have a young man at college who can tear the place apart and regularly hits his mum and dad, but he looks after his little brother and sister very well and has never shown any aggressive behaviour towards them. He can show extreme patience with them.....but not with us.
We have one man who would scream at babies or small children if he wasn't redirected by staff. He can't use a bus as that causes him and any children way too much stress. He would not be safe with a small child. He's never hit one but nobody is going to chance it.
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Post by bidiein on Jun 27, 2023 17:56:40 GMT
But you cannot tell how they will react, can you Beverley? I did not mean that Rosie would deliberately harm a child, but as such children grow stronger the physical damage they can do escalates.
I thought it was wonderful when the big brother said that Rosie would live with him when their parents were gone.
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Post by kakewalk on Jun 27, 2023 18:15:09 GMT
Yes, I thought this was a lovely little drama, and despite the lighthearted look at the very serious issues they are face, I think it was handled very sensitively.
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Post by geometryman on Jul 5, 2023 13:37:22 GMT
It was very good.
Interestingly the ending revealed that the other family they met up with, who introduced themselves as number "385", was actually the real-life family "414" on which the programme is based.
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Anymore to come?
