This is England 86

[g3org3y]

As mentioned, pretty intense ending to last night's episode. Certainly made me feel uncomfortable - perhaps that is a good thing however. Very little on the screen seems to provoke any genuine emotion anymore so fair play to the producers.

Not a family show.

[Halb]

g3org3y said:

Certainly made me feel uncomfortable - perhaps that is a good thing however.

[NismoGT]

Anyone else think Combo is going to kick the st out of Lol's dad?

[Frankeh]

If they want realism then she probably wont tell anyone for a few episodes.

[Blue Meanie]

NismoGT said:

Anyone else think Combo is going to kick the st out of Lol's dad?

I hope so... Also, doesn't Lol's dad look like the bloke from gangster No 1? Eddie Marson I think his name is.

Edited by Blue Meanie on Wednesday 22 September 22:49

[HeavySoul]

Pothole said:

HeavySoul said:

Original Poster said:

Last nights episode was some of the best TV I have ever watched, amazing acting and very impressive all round.

The final episode is going to be absolutely fantastic, I hope they make more.

Completely agree - I think it has been a superb TV drama so far. It packs the full gambit of emotions and really pushes 'out the screen' so to speak.

Episode three was extremely dark towards the end but it was a honest, non-sensational scene which truely conveyed the horror of that particular crime. I cannot understand why people would criticise it for being hard to watch or overly dark - how can you lighten something like that up FFS?!

I think Channel 4 and the team behind the series should be applauded and rewarded for making and showing a proper adult drama without softening the edges out. British TV has little time or motivation to produce properly gripping drama (compared to the USA) and This Is England '86 really highlights how mediocre and homogenised most other UK drama are IMO.

Cannot wait for the final episode next week and looking forward to This Is England '90 already.

gamut, not gambit. What do you mean by pushes 'out the screen'? an honest. truly. most other UK drama is. (or dramas are)

Other than that, I tend to concur.

Thanks for the lesson.

[Pothole]

HeavySoul said:

Pothole said:

HeavySoul said:

Original Poster said:

Last nights episode was some of the best TV I have ever watched, amazing acting and very impressive all round.

The final episode is going to be absolutely fantastic, I hope they make more.

Completely agree - I think it has been a superb TV drama so far. It packs the full gambit of emotions and really pushes 'out the screen' so to speak.

Episode three was extremely dark towards the end but it was a honest, non-sensational scene which truely conveyed the horror of that particular crime. I cannot understand why people would criticise it for being hard to watch or overly dark - how can you lighten something like that up FFS?!

I think Channel 4 and the team behind the series should be applauded and rewarded for making and showing a proper adult drama without softening the edges out. British TV has little time or motivation to produce properly gripping drama (compared to the USA) and This Is England '86 really highlights how mediocre and homogenised most other UK drama are IMO.

Cannot wait for the final episode next week and looking forward to This Is England '90 already.

gamut, not gambit. What do you mean by pushes 'out the screen'? an honest. truly. most other UK drama is. (or dramas are)

Other than that, I tend to concur.

Thanks for the lesson.

yw, but really, what do you mean by that phrase?

[HeavySoul]

Pothole said:

HeavySoul said:

Pothole said:

HeavySoul said:

Original Poster said:

Last nights episode was some of the best TV I have ever watched, amazing acting and very impressive all round.

The final episode is going to be absolutely fantastic, I hope they make more.

Completely agree - I think it has been a superb TV drama so far. It packs the full gambit of emotions and really pushes 'out the screen' so to speak.

Episode three was extremely dark towards the end but it was a honest, non-sensational scene which truely conveyed the horror of that particular crime. I cannot understand why people would criticise it for being hard to watch or overly dark - how can you lighten something like that up FFS?!

I think Channel 4 and the team behind the series should be applauded and rewarded for making and showing a proper adult drama without softening the edges out. British TV has little time or motivation to produce properly gripping drama (compared to the USA) and This Is England '86 really highlights how mediocre and homogenised most other UK drama are IMO.

Cannot wait for the final episode next week and looking forward to This Is England '90 already.

gamut, not gambit. What do you mean by pushes 'out the screen'? an honest. truly. most other UK drama is. (or dramas are)

Other than that, I tend to concur.

Thanks for the lesson.

yw, but really, what do you mean by that phrase?

For me, television is usually quite a cold and distant experience but these characters and story lines really jump out the screen and touch a lot of different nerves. It has me completely immersed.

[NismoGT]

Blue Meanie said:

NismoGT said:

Anyone else think Combo is going to kick the st out of Lol's dad?

I hope so... Also, doesn't Lol's dad look like the bloke from gangster No 1? Eddie Marson I think his name is.

Edited by Blue Meanie on Wednesday 22 September 22:49

He does , it's uncanny!

[Antony Moxey]

Frankeh said:

If they want realism then she probably wont tell anyone for a few episodes.

There's only one episode left isn't there?

[Frankeh]

I have absolutely no clue.

[HeavySoul]

Antony Moxey said:

Frankeh said:

If they want realism then she probably wont tell anyone for a few episodes.

There's only one episode left isn't there?

Yes.

[Lawsome]

I found myself looking at funny videos on the internet after that last few minutes to try and bring myself round.
Very raw indeed

[Pothole]

HeavySoul said:

For me, television is usually quite a cold and distant experience but these characters and story lines really jump out the screen and touch a lot of different nerves. It has me completely immersed.

ah, out of. (not actual 3d pushing the screen out.) OK thanks.

[UncleRic]

Lawsome said:

I found myself looking at funny videos on the internet after that last few minutes to try and bring myself round.
Very raw indeed

Becuase you were upset or angry?

I was fuming. Really, really annoyed. Weird, it's only tv but it really made me very angry with Lols dad. Properly angry, not just 'it's a tv programme and I'll forget about it in a few minutes angry', but 'actually' angry.

Excellent series though, I can't decide if the girl who plays Smell is the worst actress on the face of the planet or an absolute star. The scenes with her and 'The Ginge' are superb, as if they're just making it up as they go along.

[zeb]

which town is it supposed to be in?

[Pothole]

Nottingham? although it's supposed to be 'loosely based on' his childhood and he grew up in Uttoxeter. I think it's generic midlands, really. It's shot in Sheffield.

Edited by Pothole on Thursday 23 September 10:07

[Republik]

Remember it has Docks, Ginge mentioned it when he ran away. It's either set in Grimsby or Hull.

[zeb]

Pothole said:

Nottingham? although it's supposed to be 'loosely based on' his childhood and he grew up in Uttoxeter. I think it's generic midlands, really. It's shot in Sheffield.

Edited by Pothole on Thursday 23 September 10:07

Thought I recognised some of it. Where the football/fight scene was looks like the old page hall flats in sheffield

[Halb]

Republik said:

Remember it has Docks, Ginge mentioned it when he ran away. It's either set in Grimsby or Hull.

I don't know where it is set, but large industrial inland towns like Manchester also have docks.