Family bitterness and envy! How true to life! A shame Americans do not have the current aptitude for such TV drama, brainless reality shows is all the rage and it reflects a declining cultural morass.
Saw it as a kid back in the early 80's. Hard to remember there was a time when Mawsterpiece Theatre miniseries' actually got bus stop billboard and movie page advertising. I'm reading the book for the first time and there's a whole lot of dialog here that wasn't in the novel. Powlett-Jones as played by Duttine is far more brittle and edgy, more ethnic and class-obsessed than the literary version and I fear the scriptwriter just had to pump up the politics and personality clashes to soap opera levels to try and stay "relevant."
Great series. Watched it many times. Grew up attending a similar school environment. Best days of my life.
This family sibling bitterness is so timeless and so hard to bear
I'm loving this, the book is great and so far this adaptation is wonderful
Saw it about thirty years ago on PBS in the States. Then I read the book. Great series and book.
it takes great skill to adapt a book as good as this.
Love the expression, "knob"
His brother wants everyone to stick to their class.. in fact he's a conservative, not a socialist, he just doesn't realise it.
Powlett-Jones looks nothing as how I pictured him. He's really good looking.
John Duttine, is a very fine actor.
Family bitterness and envy! How true to life! A shame Americans do not have the current aptitude for such TV drama, brainless reality shows is all the rage and it reflects a declining cultural morass.
Saw it as a kid back in the early 80's. Hard to remember there was a time when Mawsterpiece Theatre miniseries' actually got bus stop billboard and movie page advertising. I'm reading the book for the first time and there's a whole lot of dialog here that wasn't in the novel. Powlett-Jones as played by Duttine is far more brittle and edgy, more ethnic and class-obsessed than the literary version and I fear the scriptwriter just had to pump up the politics and personality clashes to soap opera levels to try and stay "relevant."
Mater is pronounced with a long A?
PJ's brother is a right prat. :)
Know what y'mean..
His brother is a jealous knob.