Ya mucky pup !

Watching the final episode of Broadchurch.    I'm riveted!

Oooh... third series  

Just seen advert for the new series of Masterchef ....coming soon  

Me too. 

Can't wait  

3rd series indeed Kaffs! I still think Lee didn't kill pippa... I think it was Claire!

Good wasn't it?  

I hate the defence barrister.

3rd series indeed Kaffs! I still think Lee didn't kill pippa... I think it was Claire!

You could be right  - you didn't see it happen after all... 

I also hate the defence barrister.   

Well, I was glad to see Marianne Jean-Baptiste back on our screens, but yeah: not exactly a likeable character...

Good actress to make you dislike her so much (I imdb'd her - haven't seen a single thing she's been in!)

She was good in Secrets & Lies  but she's just shouted & hammed her way through this.  And her defence was a crock!

I've just realised I've got six episodes of Secrets and Lies on my Tivo box.   I might delete it now... or leave it a bit longer to calm down before I watch it.

She's probably best known for the US TV series "Without a Trace", but to me (and other Mike Leigh fans on the forum - including Cosmo!) she'll always be Hortense from "Secrets and Lies".

I'm hoping we get more Tennant next series.... The way it was left with the cab I'm not sure we will

They're just winding you up, Jen...reeling you in.  He'll be there  

"Secrets and Lies" the Mike Leigh movie - not the TV series of the same name...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117589/

Oh, that's not the series of Secrets and Lies I have recorded then... 

Gotcha.. another film I never quite got around to seeing .. and I should be the look of the cast list..

I loves me a bit of Mike Leigh, Eugene;  Tim Spall has put in some good work for him.  Liked him as *forgotten the name* in Life is Sweet.

Most odd!  

Kaffs..!  Watch it  

*Aubrey..? 

It's right up your alley for a Sunday afternoon slob, Kaffs 

It's very good...

The failure of "Mr Turner" to get any significant award nominations at either the BAFTAs or Oscars - and in particular the lack of nominations for Timothy Spall - is one of the great scandals of this year's awards season, IMO...

I'm not up to speed with Mr Turner I'm afraid.  I do think that Leigh being a prickly sod doesn't do him any favours with those that 'matter'.  Then again, I doubt he really cares - as long as the public like him, I'm sure that's proof enough.

Can't remember if I've mentioned it before, but I met him once at a special screening of "Topsy-Turvy", and he was quite charming. My friend egged me on to approach him at the bar afterwards, and I've still got his autograph stashed away with my copy of the DVD. Mind you, I was there as a fan, not a critic...

Not that I'm aware of, no.  What a lovely story - and you got a couple of mementos too    Was the screening at the Bafta building?  I'm only asking (and being on topic) as I went there and was a bit disappointed with the layout in the reception area (bit higgledy piggledy).  The auditorium was good though   Would've been a bit odd if it wasn't...   

Oh, and I'm still mourning that Leigh and Steadman divorced, btw.

No: it was - perhaps rather oddly - at the Everyman cinema in Winchester. I think the screening was organized by Classic FM, and many of the audience were there because of Gilbert and Sullivan rather than Mike Leigh, so it was quite an interesting mix.

I bet it was..!  

Has The Following been mentioned in this thread? 

Very graphic, but great. I just close my eyes for the gory bits.

Top of my list of most  favourite films ever, with two of my fav actrors Brenda Blethyn and Timothy Spall.

I've just caught up with 'the casual vacancy' - Im still not liking the adaptation for tv.I think the book  has suffered abridge too far maybe.

The casting and acting is first class though the nasty,waspish character Julia McKnezie plays with just the right amount of passive aggressive is quite brillaint

is that the same  story as the Brad Pitt film ,Jen? 

or was it Bruce Willis..

If I were J K Rowling,I'm not sure I'd be too happy with the adaptation of her novel,the ending was completely different to the book,I don't think it was an improvement on the original,in fact quite a few aspects of the book were lost and the whole tv version seemed rushed muddled.

First up: I have not read the book. I was aware that the ending had been changed for the TV adaptation, and I had a look through the book's plot synopsis on Wiki after watching the final episode.

Although I understand why they might want to soften the ending a bit, I got the distnct feeling (even before I'd googled the synopsis) that a lot more had been thrown out with the bathwater. The events shown were certainly dramatic, but (without going into spoiler territory) I'd been expecting a lot more. The previous two episodes had suggested something along the lines of "An Inspector Calls", but then they seemed to pull back from a full exposé andcondemnation of the characters.

I would agree that it came across as rushed and muddled.