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rachylou

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On Masterpiece Theatre? Starts tonight: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/master.....ollection/

8 years ago

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bridgie

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To my dismay I did not watch it. I wish I had . Hope I catch the next ones. Hope you enjoyed it.

8 years ago

Greyscale

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Ooh, that sounds interesting. I really should watch more TV. We basically didn't when I was a kid, except sometimes my parents watched Masterpiece Theatre after I was asleep. I'd sneak down the stairs and watch through the bannister. So I always assumed that was what classy grownups watched, but I just never think to watch it, which is weird.

It looks like the episodes might be on Amazon Prime video after airing? Fingers crossed.

8 years ago

Laura G

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"I really should watch more TV." Now that's something you don't hear very often!

8 years ago

rachylou

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The first episode just ended. Precocious and sophisticated children should only watch surreptitiously through the bannister - definitely gritty. It's really an interesting thought though... 1947 Paris. Makes you think about the Dior New Look photos... you don't necessarily look at them and think about the context and the time frame... but the truth is, the War is raw memory. Can't imagine what it was like to produce a collection under those conditions. Not really.

8 years ago

Inge

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It's on my to-watch list!-)

8 years ago

RobinF

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Missed that one! I'll have to keep it in mind.

8 years ago

Sara L.

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I saw the ads and thought it looked good. I'm not sure DH will be interested though...

8 years ago

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

Fun. Thanks for the heads up.

8 years ago

rachylou

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The makeup is interesting too. I suspect that's how it looked then - awful. Lol. The mother wears powder and it shows...

8 years ago

Anonymous

I could swear I've seen this before - but it's dated in 2017 so maybe I'm hallucinating. I couldn't get through more than one episode though.

And I'm with greyscale - lately I think I could stand to watch more tv too. I never know what the heck is going on in terms of cultural references anymore or who any of the actors/actresses are. Makes me feel old and out of touch. I only watch hockey games and Netflix stuff.

8 years ago

Greyscale

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Lisa, you may well have seen it. It looks like it was on last year in the UK before Masterpiece picked it up. And all the episodes are up already on Amazon Prime video and probably have been since 2016 -- I guess it was co-produced by Amazon.

8 years ago

rachylou

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When I moved back from the suburbs I decided to start watching tv again because I was so out of touch. Something about city life. It's actually quite a difficult thing to do. To just sit there. I bought a portable tv that I move around with me from room to room. Lol! I watch by on Sundays, Monday and Thursdays.

And still... I wouldn't know who anyone was if not for fashion mags and Twitter and computer game advertising (Spider Solitaire). Hahaha!

Also: What Greyscale said: we still have one season to go on The Great British Baking show thingy here in the US...

8 years ago

Gigi

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Wow, glad I'm not the only one not watching much TV! I have to do a lot of nodding and smiling when certain cultural references come up and I have no idea what is being talked about!

8 years ago

Anonymous

I watched it Sunday and had a hard time keeping track of all the characters. It is interesting to think of what Paris must have been like so soon after WWII.

8 years ago

rachylou

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You're funny, Gigi! Yeah, that's why I had to fire up the ol' to again...

Joy, it took me the whole show to figure out that strong man the family has hanging around...

8 years ago

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