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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2011, 07:15:45 PM » |
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Yes,I love Alan Bennett. Julie does seem to be inextricably linked with Crossroads.
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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2011, 07:44:26 PM » |
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I rather enjoyed that
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2011, 12:10:29 AM » |
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I ended up watching the whole thing (again). This started off my love of Julie Walters and honestly, if anyone could turn me straight it would be her. Her eyes are just beautiful. This is wonderfully played out - funny and sad.
Me and my best friend could (still today probably) almost repeat this soliloquy word for word. We should, we played it often enough.
Patricia Routledge's 'A Lady Of Letters' is also very good. About a nosy neighbour who reports everything she see to the local authority or police.
And yes, bringing it back on topic, Julie is never that far removed from Crossroads. I love the vague reference to Meg's wedding, but I don't recall carpet on the wall anywhere in the Motel.
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2011, 08:19:20 AM » |
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I think the 1970s bar had carpet on it though I may be wrong. I've only seen an episode or two with the big bar in.
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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2011, 05:20:52 PM » |
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I ended up watching the whole thing (again). This started off my love of Julie Walters and honestly, if anyone could turn me straight it would be her. Her eyes are just beautiful. This is wonderfully played out - funny and sad.
Me and my best friend could (still today probably) almost repeat this soliloquy word for word. We should, we played it often enough.
Patricia Routledge's 'A Lady Of Letters' is also very good. About a nosy neighbour who reports everything she see to the local authority or police.
And yes, bringing it back on topic, Julie is never that far removed from Crossroads. I love the vague reference to Meg's wedding, but I don't recall carpet on the wall anywhere in the Motel.
I'm a massive Alan Bennett fan,Castlewich. I'd love to see the six plays he wrote for LWT IN 1978-79 again. They were repeated on Channel 4 in the 90s. Alan must have been a secret Crossroads fan. |
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« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2011, 07:49:35 PM » |
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I hope he was a fan. I was looking through Kenneth Williams diaries in the hope of a Crossroads reference but although he did mention Coronation Street - he was moved to tears by on episode - no mention of Crossroads.
Crossroads was referenced in so many things, las Neighbours was in the 80s. What would be the equivalent today? I always think Hollyoaks is a modern Crossroads in a way - as an early teatime soap, but it doesn't get mentioned in other programmes.
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« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2011, 10:00:04 PM » |
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Yes,I love Alan Bennett.
Me too - "A Cream Cracker Under The Settee" in the 1980s "Talking Heads" series was such brilliant viewing. |
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« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2011, 10:03:18 PM » |
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That's the one I remember from all the `Talking Heads'. Brilliantly acted by Dame Thora Hird.
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2011, 12:14:20 AM » |
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Oh that was a tear-jerker. Thora won a Bafta for that performance, I think.
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« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2011, 07:12:32 AM » |
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Yes she did Castlewich.
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« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2011, 07:01:15 PM » |
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I hope he was a fan. I was looking through Kenneth Williams diaries in the hope of a Crossroads reference but although he did mention Coronation Street - he was moved to tears by on episode - no mention of Crossroads.
Crossroads was referenced in so many things, las Neighbours was in the 80s. What would be the equivalent today? I always think Hollyoaks is a modern Crossroads in a way - as an early teatime soap, but it doesn't get mentioned in other programmes.
IIRC,the episode of the Street that moved Kenneth was the one where Tracy was born! I doubt he would have liked Crossroads-he's pretty scathing about most popular television in the diaries-although he did seem keen on "All Creatures...". |
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« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2011, 07:22:16 PM » |
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That's the one I remember from all the `Talking Heads'. Brilliantly acted by Dame Thora Hird.
It had particular reasonance for me as I was working at a Social Services home for the elderly at the time (sadly sold off to the private sector under Mr Blair and now not a nice place). Back in 1988, the staff group was passionately committed to helping the residents live out the remainder of their lives with a good degree of quality and comfort. Some residents loved it. But for many, it could never be home. When I watched A Cream Cracker... I just wept and wept. A stunning bit of telly, that. |
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