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cleaning up cat sick
Ripper Street
Survivors (2nd series)
what exactly are the BBC up to
neither of these were bad
Survivors (2nd series)
what exactly are the BBC up to
neither of these were bad
The final episode of series 2 attracted 3.7 milion viewers last night. Although the BBC has axed Ripper Street they are in talks with LoveFilm about a co-funded third series , which if commissioned will see it appear first online via LoveFilm and then shown on BBC at a later date.
Ripper Street
Survivors (2nd series)
what exactly are the BBC up to
neither of these were bad
For me, Ripper Street had all the right ingredients for a good story but it didn't quite work for some reason. Matthew Macfadyen has all the stage presence of a lump of wood - he could give 'Charlie' from Casualty a run for his money in the least expressive acting awards. Jerome Flynn was supposed to be a street-fighting local hard man yet spoke with the same clipped awkward dialogue of Macfadyen. In fact none of the characters seemed to come from London... Why did we have to have an American? It added nothing to the story, presumably the BBC had trans-Atlantic sales in mind.
The BBC seems to have spent all the budget on the sets and historical accuracy but forgot to hire any decent actors.
Ripper Street
Survivors (2nd series)
what exactly are the BBC up to
neither of these were bad
Never seen ripper street but survivors was awful
Bang on, I'm pretty sure that's why Captain Jack Harkness was given a Western Atlantic twang for Dr Who, especially as he is Scottish and can do fluent Glaswegian.
Maybe the american accent was more due to the fact that Barrowman was raised in the US!!! Have to say I thought he was American until I checked on Wiki!!!
i think the problem is they aren't bad but they aren't particularly good either....i can see why they were axed as they can free the space up for something that will potentially be a lot more popular