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I like Lix too - best I've ever seen Chancellor. (spoilers, I guess). Legolas Send a noteboard - 19/08/2011 11:52:32 PM
I like it, even if it keeps attracting complaints about not being authentic enough. Some of the characters are superb - Lix in particular is excellent.

Eh, some people are just too keen on catching some detail that is wrong so they can feel smart.

It seems plenty authentic to me, at least. Of course I'm neither British nor old enough to have memories of the fifties, but still. :P
It is a shame it is only 6 episodes, I think the pacing would have been better with a couple more. Hopefully they will get a second series if they have a good plot for it.

Seems like six episodes will work well for the amount of plot there is, I have no complaints about the pacing... but it's true that with such a good concept and good characters, they could just have written a more extensive plot. Or make a second series as you say - one can't help but think Bel and Freddie will end up together eventually, but it would feel rushed indeed if they did so in episode six. And there's certainly more potential in Lix, in Bel's mother, and various other secondary characters.

Of course, a second series would have to find some other political events to run in the background, and I can't think of much in the fifties after Suez that would qualify...
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The Hour (BBC / BBC America) - anyone else watching it? Legolas - 19/08/2011 09:23:22 PM 1056 Views
Yes. Chas - 19/08/2011 09:56:27 PM 676 Views
Right, watched it all now. It's quite good. *spoiler* Chas - 30/08/2011 10:07:35 PM 680 Views
Yes. snoopcester - 19/08/2011 11:33:34 PM 683 Views
I like Lix too - best I've ever seen Chancellor. (spoilers, I guess). Legolas - 19/08/2011 11:52:32 PM 744 Views
Re: I like Lix too - best I've ever seen Chancellor. (spoilers, I guess). snoopcester - 20/08/2011 12:31:49 AM 821 Views
Oh, and also (still perhaps spoilers) snoopcester - 20/08/2011 12:40:03 AM 667 Views
Especially considering Chas - 30/08/2011 10:12:16 PM 674 Views
I don't know about that. Legolas - 30/08/2011 10:33:45 PM 770 Views
Haven't mananged to see it yet, though I intend to watch it. Stephen - 20/08/2011 12:24:29 AM 622 Views
I fully intend to Camilla - 20/08/2011 03:27:50 PM 675 Views
And if you liked The Hour, you should try an see Glorious 39 that was on recently snoopcester - 20/08/2011 04:14:52 PM 702 Views
That's the new Steven Poliakoff one, right? Stephen - 20/08/2011 05:55:58 PM 685 Views
If you are implying that I am posting about The Hour just because of Romola Garai... Legolas - 20/08/2011 06:53:40 PM 793 Views
I wasn't snoopcester - 21/08/2011 07:31:22 PM 759 Views
Really liked that! Kallichore - 20/08/2011 06:58:04 PM 873 Views
The first episode is slow, but the episodes get better and better as they go Kallichore - 20/08/2011 07:00:20 PM 806 Views
Now that's what I call going out with a bang... I did not expect the final episode to be this good. Legolas - 23/08/2011 10:41:14 PM 686 Views
I liked it (spoilers) snoopcester - 23/08/2011 11:01:36 PM 642 Views
Re: I liked it (spoilers) Legolas - 23/08/2011 11:16:03 PM 659 Views
Re: I liked it (spoilers) snoopcester - 23/08/2011 11:36:01 PM 754 Views
Having now seen it, I liked it quite a bit Camilla - 31/08/2011 08:41:46 PM 742 Views
How far off? *NM* Legolas - 31/08/2011 10:25:13 PM 304 Views
Rather far Camilla - 01/09/2011 06:32:06 AM 643 Views
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