The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe - ITV.
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe - ITV.
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rjfp1962

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9,060 posts

95 months

Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Looking forward to this beginning on Sunday at 9pm..

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/itv...

rigga

8,796 posts

223 months

Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Looking forward to it too, its a strange story, and can't believe its 20 years ago.

steveatesh

5,311 posts

186 months

Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Interesting case, pretty sure that’s a Geordie accent the actor is using rather than a Hartlepool one though!

Exit pedant mode….

mickyh7

2,347 posts

108 months

Wednesday 13th April 2022
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steveatesh said:
Interesting case, pretty sure that’s a Geordie accent the actor is using rather than a Hartlepool one though!

Exit pedant mode….
He'll not want to be blamed for hanging the Monkey that's why !

ShampooEfficient

4,278 posts

233 months

Wednesday 13th April 2022
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mickyh7 said:
steveatesh said:
Interesting case, pretty sure that’s a Geordie accent the actor is using rather than a Hartlepool one though!

Exit pedant mode….
He'll not want to be blamed for hanging the Monkey that's why !
The further you get into Hartlepool the more it blurs into the Co. Durham accent from next door. Still a way off full Geordie but there's similar harsh sounds and a slight singsong to a lot of Co. Durham accents. A lot of the local area has former pit villages which are still relatively isolated...

Gretchen

19,612 posts

238 months

Wednesday 13th April 2022
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rigga said:
Looking forward to it too, its a strange story, and can't believe its 20 years ago.
I’ve googled that because was a bit shocked - he turned up in 2007. Still 15 years ago! MiL is recording this for me to watch as thought it looked like it would be interesting.

Strangely enough other half has just bought and collected a canoe tonight… scratchchin



Ouroboros

2,371 posts

61 months

Wednesday 13th April 2022
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is this a remake i'm sure there was a drama done already.

steveatesh

5,311 posts

186 months

Wednesday 13th April 2022
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ShampooEfficient said:
mickyh7 said:
steveatesh said:
Interesting case, pretty sure that’s a Geordie accent the actor is using rather than a Hartlepool one though!

Exit pedant mode….
He'll not want to be blamed for hanging the Monkey that's why !
The further you get into Hartlepool the more it blurs into the Co. Durham accent from next door. Still a way off full Geordie but there's similar harsh sounds and a slight singsong to a lot of Co. Durham accents. A lot of the local area has former pit villages which are still relatively isolated...
Indeed. I’m from sunderland for my sins, my daughter in law is from Hartlepool, the accent is nothing like the newcastle based geordie accent the actor is using, nor is the sunderland accent which is much closer to Newcastle than Hartlepool.

I suppose for the rest of the country anything north of Hull is “geordie land”…….

mickyh7

2,347 posts

108 months

Thursday 14th April 2022
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I'm a Geordie and have lived in Leeds for 20 years.
It boils my piss when an obvious Macum or Smoggie is called a Geordie down here, the accent is so different.
It's the same for every local accent in the country though.
I can almost tell which village people in the North East come from!

Randy Winkman

20,678 posts

211 months

Thursday 14th April 2022
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Whatever the accuracy of the accent is I'm looking forward to seeing Eddie Marsan in the role. He's done some Mike Leigh stuff which is normally a sign of a good actor.

mickyh7

2,347 posts

108 months

Thursday 14th April 2022
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Randy Winkman said:
Whatever the accuracy of the accent is I'm looking forward to seeing Eddie Marsan in the role. He's done some Mike Leigh stuff which is normally a sign of a good actor.
I'll agree with that!

cuprabob

17,989 posts

236 months

Thursday 14th April 2022
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Ouroboros said:
is this a remake i'm sure there was a drama done already.
Yes, it is a remake. The BBC did one previously called "Canoe Man" back in 2010

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs2kc#:~:text=...

motco

17,323 posts

268 months

Thursday 14th April 2022
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Randy Winkman said:
Whatever the accuracy of the accent is I'm looking forward to seeing Eddie Marsan in the role. He's done some Mike Leigh stuff which is normally a sign of a good actor.
He is very good. He played the part of Dr Guttman (sp?) in a drama about the Jewish doctor who set up the Stoke Mandeville spinal injuries unit. He was also in The Limehouse Golem, although in a small part, and he was convincing in that role.

wpa1975

13,531 posts

136 months

Thursday 14th April 2022
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Looking forward to this, still seems a crazy story to me.

MOBB

4,303 posts

149 months

Thursday 14th April 2022
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Randy Winkman said:
Whatever the accuracy of the accent is I'm looking forward to seeing Eddie Marsan in the role. He's done some Mike Leigh stuff which is normally a sign of a good actor.
I'll watch anything with him in it, top top actor



Paul Dishman

5,229 posts

259 months

Friday 15th April 2022
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Gretchen said:
rigga said:
Looking forward to it too, its a strange story, and can't believe its 20 years ago.
I’ve googled that because was a bit shocked - he turned up in 2007. Still 15 years ago! MiL is recording this for me to watch as thought it looked like it would be interesting.

Strangely enough other half has just bought and collected a canoe tonight… scratchchin

Has he just been to Costco? smile

iandc

3,863 posts

228 months

Saturday 16th April 2022
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cuprabob said:
Ouroboros said:
is this a remake i'm sure there was a drama done already.
Yes, it is a remake. The BBC did one previously called "Canoe Man" back in 2010

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs2kc#:~:text=...
This is being shown at 10.00 tonight on BBC4.

rjfp1962

Original Poster:

9,060 posts

95 months

Saturday 16th April 2022
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iandc said:
cuprabob said:
Ouroboros said:
is this a remake i'm sure there was a drama done already.
Yes, it is a remake. The BBC did one previously called "Canoe Man" back in 2010

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs2kc#:~:text=...
This is being shown at 10.00 tonight on BBC4.
Probably give this a watch too, as it seems to just be a single-parter of just an hour..

ClaphamGT3

12,016 posts

265 months

Saturday 16th April 2022
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I used to work with one of Darwin's sons and daughters-in-law.

I wish people would reflect on the fact that this isn't some soap opera or ancient history. This is a story about a family who have experienced a great deal of pain and sorrow. People know the story; it really doesn't need laying bare all over again 🙄

Radec

5,368 posts

69 months

Saturday 16th April 2022
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MOBB said:
Randy Winkman said:
Whatever the accuracy of the accent is I'm looking forward to seeing Eddie Marsan in the role. He's done some Mike Leigh stuff which is normally a sign of a good actor.
I'll watch anything with him in it, top top actor
Don't watch his new horror Choose or Die that's just popped up on Netflix then, it's crap and he's not that good in it either.