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News Avoidance: What are You Watching?
Since finishing The Last Kingdom and Band of Brothers, I’ve been looking for less intense, more wholesome TV fare. I’ve subscribed to BritBox in order to get the latest season of Fr. Brown Mysteries and also stumbled onto reruns of The Return of Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett, and Monty Don’s Gardener’s World (51 seasons, woo hoo!!).
On Trink’s recommendation, I’ve also been watching Tony Robinson Walking Through History in the UK. The Chauvinists have done a little touring of the UK, so it brings back fond memories as well as teaches more about the history of the place. It’s very pleasant and well done, although I do find myself nodding off in the last fifteen minutes or so. Not sure what that’s about, except maybe it’s just so relaxing.
Last night, Mr. C and I watched the first episode of Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets. And, let me tell, you’ve never seen white privilege until you’ve seen this! These people will be the first to the guillotine when the revolution reaches Britain! She starts with a visit to Highclere Castle, home of the Downtown Abbey series. Some “country house!” It’s magnificent and so very civilized. I can’t imagine how she’ll follow it up, but we’re going to find out!
And speaking of civilized and shockingly white, we’re also watching the BBC version of Antiques Roadshow. Always entertaining.
So what are you watching instead of the news? Any recommendations?
Published in General
The Scapegoat. Now playing on Amazon Prime. 2012. A remake of the earlier film with Alec Guinness and Bette Davis and based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. Starts out a bit humorously and gets more serious and intense as it goes along. Wonderful performances all around.
I will put a plug in for Major Crimes if you’ve not watched it. A little PC at times as with anything from LA but I enjoyed it and thought they did a good job of following an arc to the stories of the various characters.
My husband was in tears at the end. He said, “Well, it’s a good thing we didn’t see that in the theater.” :-)
Of course, some prefer to sing-along with Luciano Pavarotti, the late great tenor during the lockdown and to avoid the constant bad news.
Gotta love the music lovers!
We need to keep this on an endless loop. We’ll be fine. :-)
I second that! The story arc with Mary McDonnell and Anthony Denison’s characters was well done, moving and believable, a particular accomplishment when many shows struggle to portray mature relationships interestingly (and Provenza was always funny). Brooklyn-99 too, if you haven’t seen it.
Thanks for that, Marci. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard it, but…still: goosebumps. Wowie. Definitely better without the dog. Seems like a good time to turn off the computer and go home. Truly, thank you for the delightful end to my workday.