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[justfran]

The Bear series 3 is now available. I don’t think it’s as good as the previous ones, have only seen two episodes so far - hoping it will pick up.

[alece10]

I got 6 months free with my phone so bought an Amazon Fire stick in the Amazon sale for £22 the other day.
Have only watched a couple of things but I have really been enjoying Welcome to Wrexham and have now watched alln3 series in a week.
Now I have zero interest in football but found the series so enjoyable and so well made. I even got quite stressed watching some of the matches.
Hasn't changed my view on football but its a great series.

[justfran]

Rivals is now streaming on Disney+. I have to say I think it’s a lot of fun - so OTT in the best possible sense and the 80s vibe is brilliant. Cast are all great.

[alece10]

I've watched episode 1, it's very trashy but great fun.
I read the books back in the day but don't remember anything about them.

[danb]

Oct 18, 2024 19:53:36 GMT justfran said:

Rivals is now streaming on Disney+. I have to say I think it’s a lot of fun - so OTT in the best possible sense and the 80s vibe is brilliant. Cast are all great.

It’s glorious! I can’t bear for it to end.

[jaqs]

Loved Rivals. Watched it far too fast, the clothes, the cars, the hair, the smoking, the bad hair dye and the moustaches all fabulous. The soundtrack utterly perfect.

So it felt pretty jarring when the girl piped up saying she was doing gcse french, when it was still o levels at the time.

[solotheatregoer]

Oct 20, 2024 16:21:45 GMT jaqs said:

Loved Rivals. Watched it far too fast, the clothes, the cars, the hair, the smoking, the bad hair dye and the moustaches all fabulous. The soundtrack utterly perfect.

So it felt pretty jarring when the girl piped up saying she was doing gcse french, when it was still o levels at the time.

Agreed, aside from the music and facial hair, there wasn't a lot of 80s about this show. It could have been set in the present day and I wouldn't have known the difference. Still loved it though. 

[oxfordsimon]

Oct 20, 2024 16:21:45 GMT jaqs said:

Loved Rivals. Watched it far too fast, the clothes, the cars, the hair, the smoking, the bad hair dye and the moustaches all fabulous. The soundtrack utterly perfect.

So it felt pretty jarring when the girl piped up saying she was doing gcse french, when it was still o levels at the time.

I did my O levels in 1985/6. It was the last full year of them. My French course was actually a trial for the GCSE style so I sat one set of exams and got a Grade A O level and a Grade 1 CSE! It was a confused time for education so I can forgive a slight error there.

[Jon]

Are the Rutland novels connected in any way or could they adapt the other books as standalone series?

It's interesting Rivals has been well received, normally fun and entertaining is not something critics enjoy.

[danb]

They have adapted ‘Riders’ twice I think, which is the book before ‘Rivals’, then ‘Polo’ is next (also good) but then the quality drops a bit. Rupert and the location are the only constant, with some overlaps. They would make for a great sprawling tale but with much pruning to keep it relevant (even if still. ‘period’) and there’s one book with a really grubby child abuse storyline that put me off reading any more.

[thedrowsychaperone]

I am LOVING Rivals! My fiance and I are being very good and trying to stick to one episode a day as we don't want it to end!

[jek]

I'm enjoying Rivals which I remember reading as a twenty-something when it first came out. I do love the way that the designers look to have consulted the photographs of Martin Parr, the documentary photographer who took so many photos of various subsets of English society in the period concerned. And I think the performance by Bella Mclean is fantastic (I have a daughter of the same age and recognise the confusion/bewilderment and much else of young womanhood.)

[alece10]

Did I spot a cameo appearance by Jilly Cooper on the restaurant sitting across from Felicity Kendal?

[tysilio2]

Jul 29, 2024 15:12:57 GMT alece10 said:

I got 6 months free with my phone so bought an Amazon Fire stick in the Amazon sale for £22 the other day.
Have only watched a couple of things but I have really been enjoying Welcome to Wrexham and have now watched alln3 series in a week.
Now I have zero interest in football but found the series so enjoyable and so well made. I even got quite stressed watching some of the matches.
Hasn't changed my view on football but its a great series.

You very probably (and unintentionally) saw my wife then. She was playing in the brass band who played outside the stadium in Series 2 (episode 10 possibly). If it had been filmed a few years previously, you might have seen me as well 😉.

[alece10]

Oct 22, 2024 19:43:15 GMT tysilio2 said:

Jul 29, 2024 15:12:57 GMT alece10 said:

I got 6 months free with my phone so bought an Amazon Fire stick in the Amazon sale for £22 the other day.
Have only watched a couple of things but I have really been enjoying Welcome to Wrexham and have now watched alln3 series in a week.
Now I have zero interest in football but found the series so enjoyable and so well made. I even got quite stressed watching some of the matches.
Hasn't changed my view on football but its a great series.

You very probably (and unintentionally) saw my wife then. She was playing in the brass band who played outside the stadium in Series 2 (episode 10 possibly). If it had been filmed a few years previously, you might have seen me as well 😉.

Thats brilliant. I remember the brass band.

[alece10]

Just finished Rivals and wondered if anyone can tell me if that's how the book ends or if there is a 2nd series to come from the same book.

[Sam]

Oct 24, 2024 8:23:21 GMT alece10 said:

Just finished Rivals and wondered if anyone can tell me if that's how the book ends or if there is a 2nd series to come from the same book.

I have the same question!