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Post by theatreian on Sept 21, 2017 14:37:33 GMT
We did see rather a lot of Bertie tonight Indeed we did and quite a pretty site it was!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2017 7:29:05 GMT
I've watched all of series 1 and caught up with series 2 in a week. I got weirdly addicted and I never 'binge watch' any series- about 2 episodes of something a week is usually all I can take. But this is weirdly addictive. It's totally trashy and ridiculous but oddly compelling (and not just waiting to see if Bertie's Bum makes another appearance).
I do agree the last couple of episodes seem to have derailed a bit though, I'm not writing it off just yet- I can see hope for a suitably over the top conclusion somewhere. Suranne is indeed relishing the melodrama of it all- she gives angry driving game like nobody else-and I adore her for it.
Also I have developed a 'thing' for Adam James. Oh who am I kidding I always had a 'thing' for Adam James.
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Post by stefy69 on Oct 3, 2017 6:11:42 GMT
Only one more episode if anything as this series has gone on it's become more and more unbelievable but I love it !!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 8:06:17 GMT
Only one more episode if anything as this series has gone on it's become more and more unbelievable but I love it !!! Me too!! It's gloriously mad and trashy but I love it. Suranne was on Graham Norton's radio show on Saturday chatting about it, quite good little interview for anyone who missed it! Can we get one more shot of Bertie in his pants/not much, for old times sake/science?
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Post by stefy69 on Oct 3, 2017 8:10:55 GMT
Only one more episode if anything as this series has gone on it's become more and more unbelievable but I love it !!! Me too!! It's gloriously mad and trashy but I love it. Suranne was on Graham Norton's radio show on Saturday chatting about it, quite good little interview for anyone who missed it! Can we get one more shot of Bertie in his pants/not much, for old times sake/science? Ooh ! yes please merely as you say for research purposes
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 8:14:19 GMT
Me too!! It's gloriously mad and trashy but I love it. Suranne was on Graham Norton's radio show on Saturday chatting about it, quite good little interview for anyone who missed it! Can we get one more shot of Bertie in his pants/not much, for old times sake/science? Ooh ! yes please merely as you say for research purposes We've got a dog staying with us called Brodie at the minute and I keep calling him Bertie by mistake. Not that I'm obsessed with Mr C or anything. (Dog is a Golden Retriever and therefore looks nowt like him but still)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 8:25:30 GMT
Ooh did I just get some 'shade' (as the kids say) on twitter for mentioning it. The arty-farty types don't like people to enjoy things do they?!
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Post by theatreian on Oct 3, 2017 8:30:57 GMT
Can we get one more shot of Bertie in his pants/not much, for old times sake/science? Yes please!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 13:04:10 GMT
There is a seriously uncomfortable
Interview with Carvel
On This Morning
He seems really weird
As for the show
The second series is laughable
Yet again it just shows the massive gap between
UK and US
TV
In terms of investment talent and prestige
And forget his pants
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Post by adrianics on Oct 3, 2017 13:16:07 GMT
I'm so happy that you're back and being as pointlessly nasty about personal appearances as ever, Parsley
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 13:20:21 GMT
I think he's uncomfortable because he's clearly not someone who likes all of the 'interview stuff' that needs to happen for publicity, he's quite private apparently.
And I guess he's not the traditional leading man (and doesn't seem to really want to be) and therefore probably doesn't care a jot whether his teeth are perfect or not. Just a guess.
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 3, 2017 13:22:33 GMT
I'm just surprised that Parsley watches This Morning!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 13:35:46 GMT
I'm just surprised that Parsley watches This Morning! I'm not. Although Parsley likes to convince us that he is oh-so-very-cultured and highbrow, I bet the reality is that he never misses an episode of 'The Only Way Is Essex', won't go out if 'Gogglebox' is on and regularly calls into the 'This Morning' phone-in using a variety of different voices in the desperate hope of talking to Holly Willoughby. I bet he drinks wine out of a box too.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 14:05:24 GMT
I'm just surprised that Parsley watches This Morning! I was sent a clip By a friend I myself have been at PFW recently
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 16:05:43 GMT
And I guess he's not the traditional leading man (and doesn't seem to really want to be) and therefore probably doesn't care a jot whether his teeth are perfect or not. Just a guess. And clearly there's a few of us here who don't give a jot if his teeth are perfect. We may be shallow but thankfully not that shallow. Anyway, as much as he has demonstrated his, ahem various qualities. It's actually his talent as an actor that brought him to our attention. Poor bloke I don't think I'd much fancy dragging my sorry self down to This Morning to be interviewed either.
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Post by kathryn on Oct 3, 2017 16:10:54 GMT
I'm just surprised that Parsley watches This Morning! I'm not. Although Parsley likes to convince us that he is oh-so-very-cultured and highbrow, I bet the reality is that he never misses an episode of 'The Only Way Is Essex', won't go out if 'Gogglebox' is on and regularly calls into the 'This Morning' phone-in using a variety of different voices in the desperate hope of talking to Holly Willoughby. I bet he drinks wine out of a box too. At least he has finally stopped pretending to be female.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 16:12:05 GMT
I'm not. Although Parsley likes to convince us that he is oh-so-very-cultured and highbrow, I bet the reality is that he never misses an episode of 'The Only Way Is Essex', won't go out if 'Gogglebox' is on and regularly calls into the 'This Morning' phone-in using a variety of different voices in the desperate hope of talking to Holly Willoughby. I bet he drinks wine out of a box too. At least he has finally stopped pretending to be female. Bertie or Parsley?!!
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Post by kathryn on Oct 3, 2017 16:13:14 GMT
LOL!
I very much enjoyed it when Bertie pretended to be female.
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Post by theatremadness on Oct 3, 2017 16:13:19 GMT
After a good episode last week I am looking forward to the finale tonight, but the way the series has gone I'm not going to set my expectations too high and then hopefully I'll be pleasantly pleased. Also expecting it to be rather outlandish and contrived but why not....s'only telly!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 16:20:05 GMT
After a good episode last week I am looking forward to the finale tonight, but the way the series has gone I'm not going to set my expectations too high and then hopefully I'll be pleasantly pleased. Also expecting it to be rather outlandish and contrived but why not....s'only telly!! Right? I mean I think TV should be taken seriously in that there's a lot of quality work out there. But also, in the same way some theatre is just daft fun ENTERTAINMENT, so is TV. So bring on whatever ridiculous conclusion it has for us. Oooh maybe Bertie is going to dress up as a woman again...plot twist!
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Post by theatremadness on Oct 3, 2017 16:41:53 GMT
After a good episode last week I am looking forward to the finale tonight, but the way the series has gone I'm not going to set my expectations too high and then hopefully I'll be pleasantly pleased. Also expecting it to be rather outlandish and contrived but why not....s'only telly!! Right? I mean I think TV should be taken seriously in that there's a lot of quality work out there. But also, in the same way some theatre is just daft fun ENTERTAINMENT, so is TV. So bring on whatever ridiculous conclusion it has for us. Oooh maybe Bertie is going to dress up as a woman again...plot twist! 100% agreed! And yes that'd be a great plot twist!! Gemma does Simon in, and then like 6 months later she decides to leave for good (with her son) to start life anew in a completely new place. She enrolls her son into his new school, but guess who the headmistress is......BLACKOUT.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 16:47:37 GMT
@theatremadness I'm phoning BBC right now, sorry Bartlett you're fired we've come up with series three....and it's got SONGS.
This thread has got as ridiculous as the show. And I love it.
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Post by Backdrifter on Oct 3, 2017 21:15:54 GMT
Gave up on it after ep1 but the occasional glimpse suggests if there were no cars or phones in it the screen would mostly be blank.
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Post by Xanderl on Oct 3, 2017 21:22:11 GMT
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Post by theatremadness on Oct 3, 2017 21:38:03 GMT
Well it was OK! Not shouting and screaming about it, though. Some of the things that were threatened to have happened/been happening would've made for better endings in my opinion, but it was a gripping enough hour. Oh, and why did Gemma address us directly at the end? Felt weird, whatever the intention was. I feel guilty that I'm hiding Tom somewhere in my house!
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Post by alicechallice on Oct 3, 2017 22:40:41 GMT
She wasn't addressing us, she was pleading with Tom. Good ending I thought, interesting when you try & contextualise with just how many young people go missing all the time now.
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Post by Rory on Oct 3, 2017 23:10:24 GMT
A bit of an uneven series but the acting was superb throughout and I quite liked the ending. I see Bertie is being harangued on Twitter for giving Phil and Holly the run-around on today's This Morning!
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Post by stefy69 on Oct 4, 2017 5:54:33 GMT
How will I fill my Tuesday evenings now !
I could always rerun and rerun Bertie's " best bits "
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Post by adrianics on Oct 4, 2017 9:08:12 GMT
I really hope they leave the series now, "children are the ones who suffer when their parents feud" is a logical message and conclusion from this story and almost makes season two feel necessary.
Cavel was phenomenal in the finale, I think it's testament to his talent that you almost felt sorry for Simon by the end.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 11:03:08 GMT
The finale was really well done I thought- quite hard hitting after some levels of ridiculous. And Bertie was really phenomenal I thought. The idea that yes, you mess yourselves up but the children suffered more is a really strong ending and I liked that the last episode was pretty much just the three of them.
Suranne mentioned that she's booked up for the entirety of next year so if they did do series 3 (and Bartlett had told her what it would be) then it's at least 2 years away. I kind of like it ending there, but I could see how a revisit in 2-3 years might also work.
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