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Post by vicky on Dec 26, 2018 8:28:39 GMT
I always enjoy Call the Midwife and actually think it has got better since they ran out of the original source material. OK, it is very twee in places (usually when the ghastly Turner family are featired. I see we still have Timothy) but they have tackled some strong subjects, like thalidomide. I often find myself with a few tears in my eyes by the end of an episode. I'm looking forward to the new series.
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Post by marion on Dec 26, 2018 12:59:48 GMT
I did enjoy it but wish it had been a Turner free zone. That ghastly son! The stilted conversations! I am not a Miriam Margolyes (sp?) fan either. Nor Trixie! So given all that I am always quite surprised to find how much I actually do enjoy the programmes. I hope we get some nice new nuns to replace the.one who is leaving. I liked her.
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Post by beverley61 on Dec 26, 2018 17:54:03 GMT
I enjoyed it too, it is what it is and at least they keep it topical.
Sadly the Turner's are here for keeps, he's married to the Producer!!
Shame Jennie A. didn't have time for her smoke, they could have given her that at least!! Lol
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Post by Delia on Dec 27, 2018 8:11:16 GMT
I've come on to see what you all thought of this, as I didn't watch. I stopped following it when they ran out of the original stories, and it all became a sugary version of what we had all enjoyed in the first place.
I'm not sorry I missed it now!
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Post by superdreen on Dec 29, 2018 7:32:55 GMT
Didn’t really enjoy this as I can’t stand Miriam Margolyes, mainly because whenever she’s on chat shows she’s usually very vulgar, so I felt she was totally miscast as a nun!
I also spent a lot of time pondering over whether or not the Turners new car was correct in having seat belts fitted. They never wore them in the programme,but then most people didn’t until you legally had to, which was in the 80’s . I googled that , but as I wasn’t sure when this episode was set apart from it being in the 60’s
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 9:46:53 GMT
I read that it was the year after the really heavy snow which would make it 1964 I think.
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Post by sootycat on Dec 29, 2018 12:31:55 GMT
I enjoyed this.
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Post by vicky on Dec 29, 2018 12:58:48 GMT
Didn’t really enjoy this as I can’t stand Miriam Margolyes, mainly because whenever she’s on chat shows she’s usually very vulgar, so I felt she was totally miscast as a nun! I also spent a lot of time pondering over whether or not the Turners new car was correct in having seat belts fitted. They never wore them in the programme,but then most people didn’t until you legally had to, which was in the 80’s . I googled that , but as I wasn’t sure when this episode was set apart from it being in the 60’s It was set in 1964. I met my future husband in 1966 and his new car, registered that year, didn't have any seat belts although whether they were an optional extra he didn't choose to have, I don't know. I can't remember exactly when it became mandatory to actually wear the things but I do know that we had cars with seat belts that we chose not to wear as we thought they were uncomfortable. I take a very different view now: I had an accident in my car last year and it was the seat belt that saved me from serious injury. |
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Post by cakewalk on Dec 29, 2018 13:10:36 GMT
It had to have come in around 1982 as that is when I took my test - in the December. During my lessons, although it wasn't actually a legal requirement, my instructor told me is was a good habit to get into as it would be compulsory very soon. So possibly 1983. I have never driven a car without a seat belt on. Afternoon all  Just trying to summon up the energy to do the Sainsbury's run. |
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Jan 5, 2019 7:10:56 GMT
The eighth series of Call The Midwife will premiere on BBC One on Sunday January 13th at 8pm.
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Post by vicky on Jan 5, 2019 7:40:39 GMT
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Post by Geoffers on Jan 14, 2019 6:52:36 GMT
On paper,this should not be my choice at all,but this programme is just perfect Sunday night viewing, does get a bit soppy at times but also not afraid to tackle sensitive issues.
Last night's was excellent and who could not shed a tear when the third baby took a breath?
As Del-Boy would say,soppy old sod.
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Post by cakewalk on Jan 14, 2019 9:52:08 GMT
I certainly shed a tear when the triplets were being born, and I was on the edge of my seat as the third was born and more tears as she took her first breath.
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Post by vicky on Jan 14, 2019 12:02:04 GMT
I certainly shed a tear when the triplets were being born, and I was on the edge of my seat as the third was born and more tears as she took her first breath. Me too! This programme has me in tears nearly every time. One minor quibble last night though: I remember 1964 very well and no-one I knew ever referred to the Queen as "Her Majesty". Then, as now, she was just "the Queen". And oh PLEASE will they turn Timothy into a normal 1960s teenager? At least give him a hairstyle of the time. I didn't know any boys in 1964 who wore their hair severely parted and brylcreemed flat like Timothy's. |
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Post by Miranda on Jan 14, 2019 12:06:03 GMT
Are we coming up to the time when abortion was made legal? I'm not sure when that was.
I like the two new nuns so far. Hell of a first day for the young one.
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