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Shaw Tarse said:
Thanks.
Eric Mc said:
Saw a trailer a few weeks ago and I thought it looked promising. At least the actor playing James Herriot has a Scottish accent, which Christopher Timothy never had.
Ah, but did Mr Wight? 
He might have been raised in Glasgow, but his parents were from Sunderland, and his mum actually went back to Sunderland to give birth 
randlemarcus said:
Eric Mc said:
Saw a trailer a few weeks ago and I thought it looked promising. At least the actor playing James Herriot has a Scottish accent, which Christopher Timothy never had.
Ah, but did Mr Wight? He might have been raised in Glasgow, but his parents were from Sunderland, and his mum actually went back to Sunderland to give birth randlemarcus said:
Ah, but did Mr Wight? He might have been raised in Glasgow, but his parents were from Sunderland, and his mum actually went back to Sunderland to give birth
Christopher Timothy wrote a book about his experiences filming ACGAS, and did mention when he met Alf Wight that he had a Scottish accent. He might have been raised in Glasgow, but his parents were from Sunderland, and his mum actually went back to Sunderland to give birth Loved the books and the original series. Saw it was on Channel 5 and worried that it might have been done on the cheap. I think the investment from PBS has obviously solved this! But as someone who is familiar with the Dales I loved it. I rather thought that the most difficult act to follow was not Christopher Timothy as Mr. 'Erriot but Samuel West following Robert Hardy's Siegfried Farnon and I thought he was excellent.
Odd time to show it, this should be Sunday early evening viewing.
If you are a fan of the books or the original TV series I am pretty sure you will enjoy it.
Odd time to show it, this should be Sunday early evening viewing.
If you are a fan of the books or the original TV series I am pretty sure you will enjoy it.
I live about 5minutes walk from Mr Herriot's surgery , now museum , so ACGAS is a big thing locally. I am sure its target audience will adore it . But my inner pedant was activated from the opening scenes - jogging , in Glasgow, then ? Various attempts at Dales accents were tried by the cast, most of them awful and the more authentic ones sounding more Wakefield than Grassington. Odd how every journey was on the same bit of road , and nobody said 'truck ' then but 'lorry' . And the godawful plinkety plonk soundtrack was near emetic .
But that is just nitpicking - it's a never- never land which many love, so good luck to them . I wonder how many fans get confused- as I did- that the bloke who wrote about being a vet in the Dales actually practised in Thirsk, in the Vale of Mowbray. the flat bit between Dales and the North York Moors and far closer to the latter?
But that is just nitpicking - it's a never- never land which many love, so good luck to them . I wonder how many fans get confused- as I did- that the bloke who wrote about being a vet in the Dales actually practised in Thirsk, in the Vale of Mowbray. the flat bit between Dales and the North York Moors and far closer to the latter?
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