Thanks for the reminder pirate......I am recording it pirate and will watch it later....

I forgot

So I am recording ITV+1 ... I am going to attempt BB now *deep breath*

well  thats a choice eh.

fred west or BB in its present form.

fred west is gonna win..

damn you ch5.

dunno if i felt sorry for the janet bird or if she was an opportunist

did she get caught up in it and want to find the truth

or

did she fall for freds charms

or

did she see a way to make a few quid

dunno

I watched it, Loved it. Best thing on TV for ages and really well done. 

wish I'd have watched the fred west thingy now

well i missed BB

so im gonna find it on t'internet

mind you i watched 'em go in

and i cant wait to watch 'em all go out

being booed

and pelted with tomatoes

and other soft fruit

I thought it was intriguing, but apparently it has upset quite a few people...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/ho...film-sickens-me.html

As a lifelong resident of Gloucester, I chose not to watch this programme out of respect to the families of the victims. As a child I lived nearby where Fred and Rosemary West lived, though I had moved away from that part of Gloucester to the outskirts before they moved into Gloucester, so I never met them and did not know any of the victims.

It is not known whether there were other victims whose bodies have never been found. There will be families whose daughter went mssing during that time and have never been found such as the family of Mary Bastholme a 15 year old who disappeared in 1968.There is a strong suspicion that Fred West was responsible. This took place before he met Rosemary.

John Bennett, the policeman who lead the enquiry has this morning released a statement to the press about this programme. The full statement can be read on my local newspaper's website

Part of it reads:

It is true ITV conducted years of “extensive research” but seemingly for the purpose of the “story” dismissed and misrepresented relevant facts which they know they were made aware of - including her evidence given at the trial.

For this series, 17 years on to convey to a generation that witnessed the horror and tragic events in Gloucestershire unfold and now the next generation that was then too young to know, that the content of this series truly and accurately reflected what occurred, when it does not, I believe is wrong and inflammatory and needs saying.

Anyone having seen these programmes should not base any opinion purely on the content.

I would like to make it clear that I do not criticise the media purely for making such programmes concerning this or any other investigation and defend their right to do so sensitively and accurately for a clear and honest public interest purpose when something might be learned from the content rather than merely for entertainment and commercial gain”

All members of the production were freely advised by me directing them to information already in the public domain of precisely why, how, where, when, Janet Leach came into the investigation.

I was not allowed to see the series before it was screened.

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I was quite surprised that they did this.  Many wounds still raw. 

I heard it was a really  good watch.

I am off to catch up on it now.

Here is linky for anyone wanting to see it.

http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=269442

 That's ITV drama sparkles.

 If there is such a thing.