Last Tango in Halifax

What have I missed, what is Gillian's secret ?

And new nanny appeared hyper !!

I think Gary might have anger management issues.

Although she must have been a good actress to play 'Raquel' in Corrie, as she's quite posh really!

I felt quite exhausted after watching Call the Midwife and Last Tango!

DD1 had colic very early on - they blamed it on the grapes I was eating.

Flora was huge for a newborn, though! I know they can't have really tiny babies on on tv programmes, but it does make some scenes a bit odd! I thought at first Kate's funeral had been delayed for some reason...

It's the same with Call the Midwife.

(And do days-old babies get colic? )

Any drama with Sarah Lancashire is worth watching. I think she is an amazingly good actress - she's come a long way since "Racquel" in Corrie.
I cried through most of last night's episode - meaning I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I think there was a clue in the preview about the nanny - some sort of emergency re the baby.

I really like Gillian. In fact I like all the characters apart from Caroline's younger son who is totally selfish but, given his dad's seeming inability to think about anyone but himself, I suppose it's not that surprising.

No, you couldn't be friends with Gillian, could you. She would leave you feeling agitated - and probably pinch your OH.

Or popped our clogs Roseq

I agree about Gillian Day6
I suspect I'm the only one who likes Caroline though!

Mary Poppins will prove to be off her trolley and thingummybob (the biological father) will prove to be adept at nappy changing, feeding and move in as the nanny. He won't be allowed to acknowledge to Flora who he is until she is 18. By which time we will all have switched off.

I suspect I might be alone in not liking Gillian's character much. I find her edgy, moody, direct, unsmiling, blunt and unable to expand on any of her thoughts. In real life I would give her a wide berth. Having staccato conversations with her would depress me and make me feel in some way guilty. I know she has a hard life, but I wish she would let herself go occasionally. (She did, when drunk but afterwards was as miserable as sin!) Robbie wants to marry into that? Is he aware of what he is letting himself in for...and does he have a shed-load of anti-depressants to hand? ;)

The drabness of the farm and it's bleak surrounds contrasts well with the sumptuous, middle-classiness of the big house in posh Harrogate. I must admit, I warm to very few of the characters...but that's the way it's supposed to be, isn't it?

I am not convinced by the young, cheery nanny (ex pupil) breezing in to lift all the gloom. Their amazed smiles at the end as she walked into the house left me feeling I'd somehow stumbled into a scene from Mary Poppins. I get the feeling Caroline will give up the baby. I can't feel the love.

Oh I do so enjoy being an armchair critic. Last Tango has me hooked.

Especially when she finds out Alan's known all along...

I don't trust the nanny one bit. Trying to be Mary Poppins, but with something not quite right in that spoonful of sugar ......

Yes, Caroline is going to tell Celia then all hell will break loose. Again.

I don't trust him either, Gagagran, he seems to be simmering with resentment deep down, and only just managing to control it!

No it was Downton - she played the maid Ivy. The actress is called Cara Theobald.

Gillian is my favourite character. She's just so human. Brilliant actress. I would like to think that Robbie guessed what had happened to Eddie and knew what a bad lot he'd been to Gillian and doesn't care because he has loved her since she was 16. (I'm just an old romantic).

That girl who plays the would-be nanny has been in something else where she talked a lot - non-stop in fact. Can't think what it was though. Royle Family?

Still feel a bit suspicious about Gary, Alan's long-lost son. Don't quite trust him somehow.

Watched this for the first time last night, seem to remember that originally it was a comedy/drama, feeling a bit down just now and that just about finished it.
had to phone a friend to find out what was going on.
Not for me.

I think Raff, the teenager, has more maturity and responsibility than the adults!

What do you mean it's not real? It's real just like Downton and The Archers!!

Oh Jeez yes ! That would put the cat among the pigeons janeainsworth Not sure whether Raff would be so spiteful though as he does seem to be pleased for his mum. More likely John will be the one doing the telling............

I know it's not real.
I know it's not real.
I know it's not real.
I know it's not real.
I know.............

As my mother would have said "there will be tears before bedtime...." .

Can't wait.

Or Raff tells Robbie about John staying the night..........!

Yes janeainsworth that's how I understood it too. Caroline remembered her as an ex pupil who had gone off to uni and then left/dropped out. She said that she had always wanted to be a nanny. I must say I am really loving it. I do hope Caroline doesn't confide in Celia about Gillian's terrible secret. Mrs Goody goody would have to go to the police wouldn't she?

I don't think we have seen her before. I got the impression she was a former pupil of Caroline's who left university because she wanted to be a nanny.

That's how she appeared last night gilly but Caroline obviously knew her and i don't know why

Was she not the young nanny yogagran?