period dramas! (and doctors are now slightly less evil)
Well, I'm amazed. I finally got to see a specialist who actually knows about blocked tear ducts and how to treat them. This is the first time I've come away from a doctor's office in months where I haven't been more confused and worried than before I came in! I can't believe I might actually be close to a resolution to all these months of nonsense! \o/
Just finished watching the last episode of The Irish R.M.. A very cute series, and genuinely funny; I laughed out loud several times at each episode. I heartily recommend it to anyone who loves British period TV. (The costumes were quite variable in quality, the first few episodes had beautiful clothes that actually looked like 1898, but I think they got a new costume designer for the later episodes, and then it was all over the map.) But great fun, a bit like an Edwardian-era Ballykissangel. I suppose a lot of the Irish characters were pretty stereotyped, but it was based on books from the 19th century, and they were all very likeable anyway. And Somerville and Ross, who wrote the books it was based on, were apparently some of the first successful Irish novelists, which is quite interesting, since I've been into 19th century women authors for a while and never heard of them. I'll have to hunt up the books now!
Lark Rise to Candleford is another period TV show I've been watching that I quite like; it's sort of like an English version of Road to Avonlea. (With some very fabby Victorian costumes!) I hope there's another season of it coming our way!
Off to watch The Duchess now, at long last. I would say I'll write a review, but I'll more likely just gush about the gorgeous clothes. *teehee*
Just finished watching the last episode of The Irish R.M.. A very cute series, and genuinely funny; I laughed out loud several times at each episode. I heartily recommend it to anyone who loves British period TV. (The costumes were quite variable in quality, the first few episodes had beautiful clothes that actually looked like 1898, but I think they got a new costume designer for the later episodes, and then it was all over the map.) But great fun, a bit like an Edwardian-era Ballykissangel. I suppose a lot of the Irish characters were pretty stereotyped, but it was based on books from the 19th century, and they were all very likeable anyway. And Somerville and Ross, who wrote the books it was based on, were apparently some of the first successful Irish novelists, which is quite interesting, since I've been into 19th century women authors for a while and never heard of them. I'll have to hunt up the books now!
Lark Rise to Candleford is another period TV show I've been watching that I quite like; it's sort of like an English version of Road to Avonlea. (With some very fabby Victorian costumes!) I hope there's another season of it coming our way!
Off to watch The Duchess now, at long last. I would say I'll write a review, but I'll more likely just gush about the gorgeous clothes. *teehee*