Far From The Madding Crowd

[Stargazer]

I have just sat through a BBC production of Far from the madding crowd. It was impossible to beat the Julie Christie Alan Bates, Terence Stamp and Peter Finch version. That original production was as near perfect as could be imagined. I would like to her if anyone agrees.

[Peter Pedant]

hear if anyone agrees

yes me - but then I was down in Darzet aaaargh when it was filmed ( not as an extra )

[jourdain2]

I didn't even bother watching this version. I had seen a few clips from it and decided that it couldn't eclipse the Christie/Stamp version.
I remember studying the book at Grammar School and comparing the original version with it - and it was pretty near perfect.

[naomi24]

Such a full and fascinating life you lead, PP, having been there and done it regardless if what it is. Your wardrobe must be groaning under the weight of the T-shirts.

[lankeela]

I worked in a bank in New Bond Street when Terence Stamp came in and was asked for identification - he was livid and did the usual "do you know who I am" - well obviously not or they wouldn't have asked!

[bobbinwales]

That dig is a bit unnecessary IMO naomi

[Mamyalynne]

Not unusual to be in a County that you have strong family connections to.

[tonyav]

Or on hol's, Weymouth or Bournemouth maybe.

[naomi24]

Possibly not, but it’s unusual to be everywhere at every time.

[anneasquith]

You manage to be on every thread Naomi. Leave pp alone .

[Fibonacci]

Far from the madding crowd - latest government Covid advice ?
:-)

[Theblip]

I absolutely loved the Carey Mulligan / Michael Sheen remake

[johnny.5]

I have not watched any of them but I was in Lutterworth when they were filming Baywatch

[naomi24]

You’re mistaken anneasquith, but trying to keep a check on other people’s whereabouts is a sad hobby.

[anneasquith]

It only takes a short visit a couple of times a day to observe the posts .

[naomi24]

Poor Anne. :o)

[Mamyalynne]

Probably Fibonacci.

[ladybirder]

I can't believe I'm reading this. PP has followed Naomi around for years even though he has been asked not to do so many times. Haven't noticed Anne or others ticking him off when he does it to Naomi which he does far more often than the other way round.

Agree with you stargazer, I think most people will.

[Mamyalynne]

I'm not having a go at anyone, Peter has strong Dorset connections and it wouldn't be at all unusual for him to have been there in the mid sixties.

[Peter Pedant]

// I was in Lutterworth when they were filming Baywatch//
I am surprised it wasnt Wyclif ter daah (*)

Yeah the first scene was set in Chalk Newton ( Maiden Newton to those of you that are not gargling with battery acid ) and in the film, the dogs tip the sheep ( Dorset horns) over a cliff near weymouth - the flock has to be "oversedated" to get them to lie down

Men poss up takes place in the barn at Abbotsbury ....

extras were paid £40 a day if you rode a horse and turned up with one and rode side saddle ( bring own saddle)....

(*) - John Wycliffe the sordda failed reformer thought it politic to become vicar of Lutterworth and take him out of London 1380 - not 1995 hur hur hur

[Peter Pedant]

Ladies please stop botching - someone may actually read this unedifying list of insults