[pressgang] Douglas is Cancelled
Belinda
lynda2475 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 3 12:29:29 GMT 2024
This is finally available on ABC / iView in Australia, i just binged it.
Thought it was brilliantly written and acted.
The clips embedded in the end credits very reminiscent of PG.
On Mon, 22 July 2024, 16:54 Laura Nunn, <laura.nunn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I heartily agree that the third episode was stunning, and encapsulated
> exactly what it felt like to be a woman in your 20s in a room with a man in
> power. Walking that fine line between being rude, escalating a situation to
> violence or sexual assault, and all the time worried about losing your job
> or getting a reputation as difficult or litigious.
>
> Coincidentally, my eldest (11) and I watched A Quarter to Midnight
> recently. It was never a favourite (and has anyone looked at the science of
> how likely a vault is completely airtight, and even if it is, how long that
> amount of oxygen would last?). But my eleven year-old loved the quips about
> the blind driving plumber!
>
> Laura
>
>
> On 22 Jul 2024, at 04:55, Dipskit Comedy <dipskitcomedy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It’s not available in Apple TV in Australia from what I can see (I’m
> logged in). It seems the only way to watch outside the UK is with a VPN and
> ITVX.
>
> Claire
>
> On 21 Jul 2024, at 23:38, Belinda <lynda2475 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> According to Google only Apple TV has it in Australia at the moment, so
> nowhere this Android user can watch it legally. Hopefully pops up
> elsewhere soon.
>
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 11:32 PM Vince Deehan <vince.deehan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I live in the UK and am watching it on ITV1.
>>
>> Vince Deehan
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 12:27 PM Pamela L <pjmdolphin at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I love Quarter to Midnight, I think I might even have to call it my
>>> favourite episode.
>>>
>>> Where are you all watching Douglas is Cancelled? Anyone from Australia
>>> know how to access it?
>>>
>>> Pam
>>>
>>> On 21 Jul 2024, at 18:28, Vince Deehan <vince.deehan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I just finished watching the last episode of DOUGLAS IS CANCELLED.
>>>
>>> The first two episodes were really good, but it's episode three where
>>> the show really lifts off.
>>> I won't say what happens, but it's essentially a two-hander episode with
>>> just two characters
>>> in one location.
>>>
>>> Steven's writing is superb and the acting is excellent, especially Karen
>>> Gillan who was
>>> simply amazing in a highly complex role which she pulled off with great
>>> skill.
>>>
>>> The end credit scenes with the car driver talking into his dictaphone
>>> were really
>>> funny. He doesn't say much but the actor's use of long pauses were
>>> really amusing.
>>>
>>> I know that Matt liked it, but has anyone else here seen it.
>>>
>>> On an unrelated note, I had difficulty getting to sleep a few nights
>>> ago, and decided
>>> on a whim to dig out a Press Gang DVD. I chose the Series 4 episode
>>> 'A Quarter to Midnight'. I could not have enjoyed it more. Just
>>> brilliant!
>>>
>>> I did find it funny that the team were having a very late night
>>> restaurant meal
>>> at around 11pm. Do many restaurants serve meals past 11pm? A minor point
>>> really. You can hear Colin say something like "Can I have another Vimto,
>>> please waiter"
>>> and Julie says "Can I have another Diet Coke". I guess it would be a bit
>>> difficult
>>> to have characters on a show screened in the children's TV slot,
>>> ordering alcoholic drinks!
>>>
>>> The way Julia Sawalha shows her increasing desperation as the air is
>>> running out, is a testament
>>> to her superb acting skills.
>>>
>>> I get the impression that Julia rarely seems to do any acting these
>>> days, I don't know why. Though I notice she did appear in a recent
>>> episode of the TV drama VERA. Season 13, episode 2.
>>>
>>> Vince Deehan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 11:43 PM Matt Saunders <matts at yoyo.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Vince - I love that you're still here. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Well, Douglas is Cancelled took me on a journey I didn't expect ...
>>>>
>>>> I was ready to give up in the first episode and almost didn't bother
>>>> finishing it! Came back to it a couple of weeks later and binged the
>>>> final three during which you find out what it's *really* about, by way
>>>> of an absolute tour-de-force from Karen Gillan - including her being
>>>> even more Lynda Day than she was in the Amy Pond days.
>>>>
>>>> Haunting, twisty and sublime ... one of Moffat's finest. Go watch it if
>>>> you haven't already.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 21, Vince Deehan wrote:
>>>> > Hi Matt,
>>>> >
>>>> > Great to hear from you. The Boss!
>>>> >
>>>> > I too read that article and am really looking forward to Steven
>>>> Moffat's new
>>>> > show.
>>>> >
>>>> > I don't think we can judge Press Gang harshly for not having any gay
>>>> > characters,
>>>> > as almost no TV shows did back then. Off the top of my head, I don't
>>>> recall any
>>>> > gay characters on TV in those days.
>>>> >
>>>> > It really was a very long time ago. Thirty five years since the
>>>> broadcast of
>>>> > series 1, in 1989.
>>>> >
>>>> > Vince Deehan
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 2:19 PM Matt Saunders <matts at yoyo.org> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Steven Moffat's newest creation is on ITV in the UK next week:
>>>> >
>>>> > https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/17/
>>>> >
>>>> douglas-is-cancelled-hugh-bonneville-alex-kingston-steven-moffat-cancel-comedy
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm looking forward to this (as ever with anything that the Moff
>>>> > writes!) - hoping for typical Moff cleverness and humour.
>>>> >
>>>> > There's a small mention of PG in the article - Steven's regret
>>>> about the
>>>> > lack of gay characters. With hindsight, the imposition of a
>>>> > heteronormative love life on every key character at some point in
>>>> the
>>>> > show feels clumsy in today's world, but would including some gay
>>>> > representation more than 30 years ago have felt token? I don't
>>>> think so
>>>> > but interested in what others think.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Matt.
>>>> > --
>>>> > Matt Saunders
>>>> > 07506 857125
>>>> >
>>>> >
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