did anyone see The Night Watch

[emmie]

last night, i did and thought it was very good, but why didn't they make
it longer, say 6 episodes, as it was obvious from reading the blurb of the
book, they missed out an awful lot.

[emmie]

anyone watch?

[sandyRoe]

Those that watched it must be still catching up on their sleep. Is it available on iplayer?

[gingejbee]

Recorded for watching tonight/tomorrow. Looked good.

[puternut]

Watched the first 45 mins with the OH and gave up!!

Sorry but to spread it out even longer would have been a real sleeper as we both gave up with nothing happening

[emmie]

Lots happened, but it should have been spread out at least 4 maybe 6 episodes, as it seems quite a complex and long story. The performances
were excellent, it too a little bit to get going, but i found it quite moving.

[Bbbananas]

Must admit I fell asleep too..... but that was more to do with the bottle & a half of Sauvignon that I drank.

[emmie]

I think it was an intelligent, interesting and sometime moving piece of drama

[Eastender]

Yes it was acted very well. The girl who cut her hair short, was in another programme a few weeks back. Good actress.

[bimbo123456]

Watched it. Story thin. Acting thinner.

[carmalee]

eastender she was a new head teacher in a north country school drama wasn't she - David Morrisy (sp) was in it - he died in a riding accident and his young daughter was disturbed by her mother's death? Re: Night watch I'm not sure what I thought - obviously very heavy lesbian/homosexual content with no hetrosexual balance and as a story, quite interesting but as to the content, not sure - or have I missed something?

[smart1]

I watvhed it, and enjoyed it. I did think though that the writers made it seem that homosexuals and lesbians were the majority during that period of time. If they were, I don't feel they were openly so.

[jackthehat]

It was written 'specifically' about lesbian and characters......and the 'twilight world' they inhabited at that time.

[emmie]

i think that the book its based on is much more complex, and don't think it did it justice by being a one off drama. Anna Maxwell Martin was also in
Bleak House, a while ago, which i thought excellent.

[carmalee]

thanks J the H - didn't know that -

[carolegif]

She was in South Riding which was the one where she was a schoolteacher

[emmie]

Well i enjoyed it,

[jackthehat]

I recorded it to watch sometime soon.
However, they seem to have excised so much of the book that I can't help but feel that I'll be disappointed by it (they also changed one fundamental character, too, I believe :o().

[smart1]

Really JTH - where did it say that?

[emmie]

JHT, that is what i said before, though i haven't read the book, i would like to, as i did read some of the reviews, and i am sure its far more complicated, complex, with well drawn characters. To do a one off drama seemed a bit of a waste

[jackthehat]

One of the characters who is a peripheral 'love interest' in the book is a woman who has a husband away fighting overseas.......

Perhaps I ought to write a letter to the DM expressing my outrage at the crow-barring of a heterosexual character into a lesbian story? :o)