Indian Summers

Recorded it to watch tomorrow evening!

Me too. Am looking forward to seeing it very much nanabelle!

I watched it Mishap and I'm not sure about it yet.
It looked good, and was obviously scene setting, but it didn't really grab me. I got a bit confused with who was who, and I had to have the sound up quite high to hear what some were saying.
However, I was quite tired, so maybe it was me!

Judging by the first episode it doesn't seem to be for me. I thought the acting was very average and as much as I like Julie Walters I don't think this is her best role.

I'm reserving judgement on this as the first episode in such an ambitious project is always a bit difficult to take on board. Like Lona I found the sound quality variable and ended up putting the subtitles on which I prefer not to do. However it is obvious that a lot of money has been spent. We'll see how it goes.

Recorded to watch tonight so we can skip the ads.

I will watch it on iplayer sometime this week I also like Julie Walters .

I think Julie Walters is going to be the stand out performance in this....as usual.

We really enjoyed it and the scenery is stunning.

Yes the scenery and the crowd scenes were worthy of a major film project.

As I said on a previous thread, it had plenty of posh frocks and fabulous scenery. It did take a bit of getting in to, rather a character overload, but that seems to be the norm for drama these days. It was a bit 'Stephen Poliakof' but not quite so confusing. (don't think I've spelt his name right, so I apologise in advance). I think I've grasped the main characters and so I'll be watching next week. I love that period of time in 'The Colonies' anyway, so I'm sure I'll stick with it.

Julie Walters was ... Julie Walters, although when she was frantically polishing she slipped into Mrs Overall mode for a few moments.

A bit confusing. Needed the subtitles. Lovely settings. I agree with Absent, I got a hint of Mrs Overall at times from JW. I will watch next time (recording to cut out the adverts.)

JW's wig was a bit naff I thought.

I thought the same, but maybe the wig was deliberate, as the rest of the female cast looked to be 'wearing their own hair'. JW seems to be playing a bit of a memsaab, on slightly hard times, but clinging on to the club as it gives her social standing in the colonial community. So appearance would be paramount.

Who was the actress playing the wife of the British doctor(was he?) who left the train and took the Indian lad to hospital with a very attractive young lady? Lots of longing looks so guess that's going to build from a slow burn into a bonfire!! I'm sure his wife(actress) has been in something recently and it was driving me mad trying to think where I'd seen her. No use asking OH... he'd fallen asleep before the train came to a shuddering stop.

He wasn't a doctor, but took the boy to one and then to the Mission to be looked after. for the first episode I thought it set the scene very well.What a charmed life they lived in Simla and Poona and all those places, having got used to a life in the Raj no wonder they didn't adjust well to life back in Britain, cold, no servants and so expensive here.

It was just a visual feast! So beautiful. Not the real Simla though. I read that it was filmed in Penang. My GPs were tea planters in Assam at the time this was supposed to be. On looking at their old photo albums things looked much more staid at 'the club'. Thank goodness too! Still it was a hard life for the 'mems' stuck on remote tea estates -no radio, intermittent post and no Gransnet to keep up on. When my Dad was being born the Dr arrived on an elephant -the bridge had been washed away in the monsoon. What a life!

absentgrandma here is a link to the cast Apparently she was in Episodes.

Thanks for the link Pittcity.I thought I'd seen her in a costume drama (Austen/Bronte??) but obviously not. The link was helpful in sorting out who was who.

It must have been a pretty lonely existence for a wife out in the colonies, especially with no internet forums, as you said Jane10. No skype, no Facebook... nothing much to do except drink, gossip or have affairs. It was a hard life

Knowing my Grandmother there was absolutely no question of such shenanigans!

Loved it!! but is JW reprising her Cynthia Payne?

Am still sticking with this but ,although it's beautiful to look at, they don't seem to be very likeable people. Not a nice place or time to live in judging by this representation

I've given up on it. I don't like any of the characters.

I'm not really sure if I understand it, actually! I must be missing something. Maybe I've been expecting more.... !

I'd been looking forward to it but didn't bother watching after the first episode. I wasn't convinced by the characters and didn't like them either. I agree the scenery was beautiful.

I've watched all the episodes but am annoyed with myself because I fell asleep watching tonight. Like others above, I find it confusing and I'm not always sure what is going on. Could that be deliberate? The scenery and the clothes are lovely, though, except for Julie Walters' outfits, I don't like them very much, too shapeless. I just read in a magazine that JW loved her outfits but I can't see why as they are not very flattering.