tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post3366674950961080701..comments2024-03-27T20:36:43.009-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: The Beiderbecke ConnectionNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-29041698519198890792013-06-01T11:47:30.962-04:002013-06-01T11:47:30.962-04:00I think you'll enjoy the trilogy. If Netflix i...I think you'll enjoy the trilogy. If Netflix is available there, they are there.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-65753526336936329452013-06-01T11:46:27.169-04:002013-06-01T11:46:27.169-04:00I didn't know he died. Very sad. Most people ...I didn't know he died. Very sad. Most people know him now from Harry Potter, but for me it is Pie in the Sky, and also The History Boys. Such a good actor.<br />All the Beiderbecke shows are on Netflix.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-80721913311318494022013-06-01T11:44:13.803-04:002013-06-01T11:44:13.803-04:00It will be just the ticket!
I haven't seen it,...It will be just the ticket!<br />I haven't seen it, and on your recommendation I just went to Netflix and added the first three episodes, and put them at the top of the queue. I saw Dawn French is in it! Thanks so much.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-42393579131218458422013-06-01T11:39:07.070-04:002013-06-01T11:39:07.070-04:00I haven't seen either of those shows - neither...I haven't seen either of those shows - neither are available on netflix. :<( There are so, so many English shows I can't watch unless I buy them. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-76135704924820668682013-06-01T11:36:10.046-04:002013-06-01T11:36:10.046-04:00I think you'll like it.I think you'll like it.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7100716359843272422013-06-01T11:35:44.305-04:002013-06-01T11:35:44.305-04:00This is the best story! Thanks so much for coming ...This is the best story! Thanks so much for coming by to tell me.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-56663261297388614242013-06-01T11:35:16.827-04:002013-06-01T11:35:16.827-04:00I was watching Lewis the other night, from the beg...I was watching Lewis the other night, from the beginning, and saw one of the episodes was written by Alan Plater. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-75811758979195082142013-06-01T11:29:45.127-04:002013-06-01T11:29:45.127-04:00I wish When the Boat Comes In was available on Net...I wish When the Boat Comes In was available on Netflix. We did enjoy the shows years ago, and as I remember 'Jack Ford' wasn't such a nice guy. :<) I loved New Tricks until I read that piece. Then I couldn't look at the actor without anger.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-49639849115597929912013-05-31T14:10:44.987-04:002013-05-31T14:10:44.987-04:00This sounds so much like a pendant to the "Te...This sounds so much like a pendant to the "Teacher" books by Jack Sheffield I am reading right now, also set in Yorkshire (Leeds features, too), also set in the late 1970s-early 1980s. Lovely! Must try and find this.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-70684592436728118152013-05-30T14:02:43.886-04:002013-05-30T14:02:43.886-04:00I don't remember this one but I must have seen...I don't remember this one but I must have seen it. Pie in the Sky is one of my favourites! Love that. Did you know that Richard Griffiths died recently. Such a shame. He was a great actor.<br />Thank you for the reminder about these lovely programmes.Stella Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699491230987143490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-70835065062264803532013-05-30T13:17:48.065-04:002013-05-30T13:17:48.065-04:00Oh, I'll have to give this series a go during ...Oh, I'll have to give this series a go during my next flair-up!<br /><br />Have you seen Lark Rise to Candleford? It features a lovely, down-to-earth couple as well. They're not the main characters, but they're usually in every episode. :)Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-84239731891421509272013-05-30T08:24:00.068-04:002013-05-30T08:24:00.068-04:00I remember James Bolam in The Likely Lads and appa...I remember James Bolam in The Likely Lads and apparently he was in Z-Cars (pronounced Zed Cars in England.) I'll look out for this series - they might have it at our library.<br />AnnAnn Summervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300190648788509096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53342288360465514182013-05-30T08:00:05.859-04:002013-05-30T08:00:05.859-04:00I've had this in my netflix que for sometime a...I've had this in my netflix que for sometime and will have to get to it! I do love James Bolam too! Thanks!Peggy Annhttp://peggyannspost.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-58229112377437556482013-05-30T05:44:32.014-04:002013-05-30T05:44:32.014-04:00I watched this series on television when it was fi...I watched this series on television when it was first broadcast and loved it. My children were small at the time and my husband away at sea so this was my personal indulgence when I had put the children to bed and could sink, exhausted, into an armchair. Great jazz.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-65906176974063807742013-05-30T03:27:33.779-04:002013-05-30T03:27:33.779-04:00How I love this eccentric series! It's one of ...How I love this eccentric series! It's one of my comfort viewings. Of course I adore James Bolam but I also see a lot of my young teaching self in the Barbara Flynn character. One of the best things ever on television and Alan Plater's script just brilliant. callmemadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711070764040041338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-2485063985989800782013-05-30T02:59:55.461-04:002013-05-30T02:59:55.461-04:00I loved these too, and was sorry to see the end of...I loved these too, and was sorry to see the end of them. I loved When the Boat Comes In also. You stopped watching New Tricks? You'll not miss much - Bolam is gone, and the stories are not so hot now anyway. Mrs Mac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13169786083907144694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-59677049424923855112013-05-29T22:22:21.167-04:002013-05-29T22:22:21.167-04:00I am a big fan of nearly everything British, so I&...I am a big fan of nearly everything British, so I've seen a lot of them!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7106880643977750502013-05-29T19:34:27.390-04:002013-05-29T19:34:27.390-04:00I'm always ready for television recommendation...I'm always ready for television recommendations for shows like this. Thanks, Nan.Dewenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330797553600987145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-84335925616466449942013-05-29T19:16:32.863-04:002013-05-29T19:16:32.863-04:00The first thing we ever saw him in was When The Bo...The first thing we ever saw him in was When The Boat Comes In, and he was ten years younger than in the Beiderbecke shows. <br />I quit New Tricks once I read this:<br /><br />http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dennis-watermans-shock-domestic-violence-766571 <br /><br />I just couldn't enjoy watching anymore.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-66278905932909292972013-05-29T19:08:51.396-04:002013-05-29T19:08:51.396-04:00How interesting to see James Bolam so much younger...How interesting to see James Bolam so much younger than in his New Tricks days!spritehttp://www.spritewrites.netnoreply@blogger.com