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Riches
Jul 5, 2023 15:20:48 GMT
Post by marion on Jul 5, 2023 15:20:48 GMT
This started last Friday on ITV1. Did anyone watch? I think it is a total hoot. It’s like a Poundland Succession/Black Dynasty. I think it will prove to be hysterical.
Hugh Quashie plays the father who dies in the first ten minutes. His estranged children from his first wife live successful lives in NYC. The second wife and her three children of course live indolent lives financed by Daddy, who is the founder of a Black Haircare company called Flair and Glory (honestly, what’s not to love?) which was really the brainchild of his first wife… but she got NOTHING! Obviously the playboy son from the second marriage expects to inherit the company, but he wills it to the first two siblings. What amused me was how the second children called the first children greedy, gold-digging strangers…. But they have as much right to a share as the second children!!! Because they’re all his kids. Yet no one pointed that out. I hope this doesn’t go off the boil.
Now after the Champion debacle I googled this and it was filmed in London, and NYC apparently. Although when they were outside a NY bar I’ll swear that was shot in Cornhill.
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Riches
Jul 5, 2023 16:22:21 GMT
Post by geometryman on Jul 5, 2023 16:22:21 GMT
I've watched the first episode and found it entertaining. I reckon it was pretty much all filmed in London, and any shots of NY are "stock" footage.
I'll continue with it, probably on ITVX, which so far I've found to be advert-free for box sets apart from internal plugs and sponsors' intros/outros.
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Riches
Jul 5, 2023 23:21:45 GMT
Post by kakewalk on Jul 5, 2023 23:21:45 GMT
Yes I saw this last week. I enjoyed it, although keeping up with who’s who proved a bit tricky. However, it was quite fun so I will stick with it.
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Riches
Aug 8, 2023 8:06:15 GMT
Post by marion on Aug 8, 2023 8:06:15 GMT
Well this may have been universally panned by the critics (or so I believe) but I thoroughly enjoyed this! Very soapy but excellent Friday night or weekend fare imho. I hope there’s a second series as there were open issues. I also got the main villain wrong because I was sure it would be Hemione Norris because otherwise this wasn’t much of a role for her. Maybe in series 2 though..
Im watching the box set Medium on ITVX and there are loads of adverts throughout so it must depend on what you are viewing. The other day I got the same advert three, possibly four, times in one break!! I thought my player had gone wrong!
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Riches
Aug 13, 2023 21:14:06 GMT
Post by geometryman on Aug 13, 2023 21:14:06 GMT
I enjoyed it too, and would like a second series. It definitely seemed to be set up for one, with a further sibling coming to light at the end.
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Riches
Aug 14, 2023 11:38:21 GMT
via mobile
Post by vicky on Aug 14, 2023 11:38:21 GMT
Is this the series that had a trailer with a woman saying "If they want my company they'll have to fight me for it?. It was played so many times a few months ago it put me off seeking out the series and now I've forgotten what it was called. I may have got the wrong channel anyway
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Riches
Aug 15, 2023 8:02:39 GMT
Post by marion on Aug 15, 2023 8:02:39 GMT
I can’t exactly remember the trailer but it sounds like it.
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