This Town (BBC Drama)
Discussion
Slow.Patrol said:
Now done four episodes and really enjoying it.
What struck me was how easily I had forgotten the impact of the troubles. I lived in a garrison town and we were often subjected to scares and subsequent evacuations, although thankfully never bombed. A friend was stationed at Chelsea Barracks and used to continually check the underneath of his car with a mirror on a stick.
The nearest I got was being in the Docklands the weekend before the Canary Wharf bombing. We had taken my nephew to the top of One Canada Square to see the view. After the bomb, it was closed to the public for a long while .
When my now ex wife and I were together, she was not a big fan of London, but I used to love it.What struck me was how easily I had forgotten the impact of the troubles. I lived in a garrison town and we were often subjected to scares and subsequent evacuations, although thankfully never bombed. A friend was stationed at Chelsea Barracks and used to continually check the underneath of his car with a mirror on a stick.
The nearest I got was being in the Docklands the weekend before the Canary Wharf bombing. We had taken my nephew to the top of One Canada Square to see the view. After the bomb, it was closed to the public for a long while .
Wanted to have a day in town shopping, but the fear of the IRA bombing when we there made her adamant that she was not going into London.
I finally persuaded her, and we went to London. and we went on the 17th December, 1992.
How can I be so sure of the date? It was the day of the IRA John Lewis bombing.
The bomb exploded whilst we were on the tube on the way to Piccadilly Circus......
Just finished the last episode, I’m in my 60’s so it rang quite a few bells for me. I did 10 years at “The Rover”.
I enjoyed it but with a few reservations. I thought it was well directed and acted, especially “Lady Mary”
. Although I didn’t rate the writing, I felt it was a bit disjointed and haphazard. I would have preferred more focus on the music, the band and the creative process, make this more believable. Rather than the focus on the IRA which seemed to dominate the storyline. Good effort though a solid 7/10, could have been much better.
I enjoyed it but with a few reservations. I thought it was well directed and acted, especially “Lady Mary”
. Although I didn’t rate the writing, I felt it was a bit disjointed and haphazard. I would have preferred more focus on the music, the band and the creative process, make this more believable. Rather than the focus on the IRA which seemed to dominate the storyline. Good effort though a solid 7/10, could have been much better.
bigmowley said:
Just finished the last episode, I’m in my 60’s so it rang quite a few bells for me. I did 10 years at “The Rover”.
I enjoyed it but with a few reservations. I thought it was well directed and acted, especially “Lady Mary”. Although I didn’t rate the writing, I felt it was a bit disjointed and haphazard. I would have preferred more focus on the music, the band and the creative process, make this more believable. Rather than the focus on the IRA which seemed to dominate the storyline. Good effort though a solid 7/10, could have been much better.
We're enjoying it, although from what I remember of Birmingham back in the 1970s when I was a student, the locations do bounce around a bit.I enjoyed it but with a few reservations. I thought it was well directed and acted, especially “Lady Mary”
. Although I didn’t rate the writing, I felt it was a bit disjointed and haphazard. I would have preferred more focus on the music, the band and the creative process, make this more believable. Rather than the focus on the IRA which seemed to dominate the storyline. Good effort though a solid 7/10, could have been much better.The IRA storyline was an uncomfortable memory of just how precarious life could be back then, recalling the Birmingham pub bombings and the subsequent events
I didn't enjoy that as much as I was hoping to. It didn't really capture the atmosphere of the era as well as something like "This is England" did. I don't know if it was too glossy. All of the cars looked mint and polished. I was expecting a bit more of a gloomy tinge. The characters and story were OK but there's just something about it that didn't quite hit the spot for me. Not a bad show but could have been better. The bar fight with the skin heads didn't seem plausible given how he took them all out yet was a pacifist and not a natural fighter like his brother. It just detracted from the believability.
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