Not just this show but others I've watched of decades past in jolly old England are hard to date at first, as an American. You wonder, what era am I looking at? The 40's? The 50's? No! It's actually the 70's! So strange.
So much dreariness. People caught up in the sad details of surviving on just the bare minimum, as if concentration on the details is the only thing keeping them from stepping in front of the next bus.
Someone who has a tiny bit more than the next person feeling all la-di-dah in comparison. The hum-drum tedium.... How did they bear it? These are actors, right? It's hard not to see this as a documentary, it all seems too real.
But having this window into the soul of lower-working-class drab old England is mesmerizing. I don't know what made me try this series, but I'm hooked. I took one star off for the slower pace than I'm used to.
So much dreariness. People caught up in the sad details of surviving on just the bare minimum, as if concentration on the details is the only thing keeping them from stepping in front of the next bus.
Someone who has a tiny bit more than the next person feeling all la-di-dah in comparison. The hum-drum tedium.... How did they bear it? These are actors, right? It's hard not to see this as a documentary, it all seems too real.
But having this window into the soul of lower-working-class drab old England is mesmerizing. I don't know what made me try this series, but I'm hooked. I took one star off for the slower pace than I'm used to.