Upcoming Television Season

Christina · Post by **Christina** » Fri November 7th, 2008, 3:52 pm

Perhaps this is only being shown in England, but I wonder if anyone has seen the current episodes of 'Little Dorrit'? There have been something like 4 or 5 episodes so far and - not having read the book, I'm ashamed to say - it's still very difficult to work out how the characters inter-connect. At the moment there seem to be 3 or 4 separate strands to the story, and the connection between them isn't clear. There is a family secret, a mysterious woman who keeps following a young girl around, a murderer and an Italian man who is afraid of him...and then Little Dorrit herself...It's all a bit confusing and intriguing at the same time. I hope it doesn't end like "Our Mutual Friend" which began with so many intrigues and then came to a hugely disappointing conclusion.

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Fri November 7th, 2008, 6:36 pm

I haven't been watching it, Christina, but I've heard it's quite confusing. In fact, a friend of mine went out to buy a copy of the book just so she could understand it better. Not sure how that will work out as Dickens is quite a long winded author. Great stories, though. Great Expectations is my favourite.

diamondlil · Post by **diamondlil** » Fri November 7th, 2008, 7:31 pm

I love Top Gear UK. They have made an Australian version of the show, which is nowhere near as good, but it's getting better.

KingEricCantona7 · Post by **KingEricCantona7** » Fri November 7th, 2008, 7:35 pm

[quote=""diamondlil""]I love Top Gear UK. They have made an Australian version of the show, which is nowhere near as good, but it's getting better.[/quote]
They have plans on making a US version and it is going to be terrible. I don't think Ford will take to kindly to having the hosts bash their cars after the test drive.

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Fri November 7th, 2008, 8:42 pm

I tried to watch Little Dorrit and couldn't get on with it at all, although I loved Bleak House a couple of years ago and had no trouble following that - LD just seemed to have too many characters and loads of talking!

Telynor · Post by **Telynor** » Fri November 7th, 2008, 11:47 pm

[quote=""diamondlil""]I love Top Gear UK. They have made an Australian version of the show, which is nowhere near as good, but it's getting better.[/quote]

I got to see several of the Top Gear episodes when I was in NZ, and I was hooked. It looked like great fun to watch.

diamondlil · Post by **diamondlil** » Sat November 8th, 2008, 12:59 am

I don't watch it for the car stories, I watch it for the comedy. I often find myself crying laughing watching some of the very silly things they do!

Christina · Post by **Christina** » Sat November 8th, 2008, 2:05 pm

[quote=""Madeleine""]I tried to watch Little Dorrit and couldn't get on with it at all, although I loved Bleak House a couple of years ago and had no trouble following that - LD just seemed to have too many characters and loads of talking![/quote]

I am persevering with "Little Dorrit" but, I agree, it doesn't live up to the wonderful "Bleak House" which was thoroughly absorrbing! I agree, too, about the number of characters and not knowing who is related to whom or their relevance to the story.

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Wed November 19th, 2008, 8:23 am

Tonight in the UK there is a new series starting called The Devil's Whore. Looks promising and I'm hoping to remember to watch it!!

Amanda · Post by **Amanda** » Wed November 19th, 2008, 10:24 am

[quote=""Vanessa""]Tonight in the UK there is a new series starting called The Devil's Whore. Looks promising and I'm hoping to remember to watch it!![/quote]

That looks great!