Banished

Forgot to video it. Won't bother now as you Gransnetters are usually spot on.

I liked it..... even with her magically not sore back and the imperfections

I liked it to and am looking forward to the remainder of the series.

I just watched it and I thought it was okish. Maybe because I'm quite smitten with the dark haired sadistic soldier who was a doctor in Holby a while ago!

I`ve just watched it and quite enjoyed it, so will be tuning in next week.

I thought it was a bit of a wasted opportunity as there is such a wealth of information and a lot of stories recorded about that period. I have read a lot, some non-fiction, some good fiction and some tosh.

Were they supposed to be in Botany Bay or had they moved on to Sydney Cove?
If so, how come they had a lovely beach just down from the camp?
Where were all the other convicts? There only seemed to be a few. I think 11 ships went out in the First Fleet.
Elizabeth Quinn wasn't transported until 1832 so how come she was there in 1788 doing the cooking for all those people?

The First Fleet of 11 ships, each one no larger than a Manly ferry, left Portsmouth in 1787 with more than 1480 men, women and children onboard. Although most were British, there were also African, American and French convicts. After a voyage of three months the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 24 January 1788. Here the Aboriginal people, who had lived in isolation for 40,000 years, met the British in an uneasy stand off at what is now known as Frenchmans Beach at La Perouse.

Or am I just

Here it is today, just a couple of hundred+ years later!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Cove#mediaviewer/File:Circularkey.jpg

Anyone else still watching this?
This weeks episode was a very emotional one for so many different reasons, I really enjoyed it, and the acting is good too.

I am really enjoying it too. I am, however, puzzled by the stilted speech of the convicts, is that the way people spoke in those days?

I don't mind it but I am not looking for historical perfection, or indeed perfection of any kind, it's just a drama series.

I rather like the sergeant !

It's the magic of film Rosequartz, in answer to your questions, haha.

Thank goodness that's finished. I stuck with it, but tonights final episode was so melodramatic. The sound effects of choral music was ludicrous, and to my mind, Russell Tobey is a poor actor, a very flat rendition! If there is a further series, count me out.

Well, I can enjoyed it, imperfections (there were many!) and all! The only people I found a tad tedious were the clergyman's wife and 'Mystic Meg'!!!! Apart from that I had a happy hours viewing.

Ignore 'can'!!! I must read a message through more thoroughly before posting!

I enjoyed last night's episode - at least it was a relief from the political debate!

I rather like the sergeant
Me too - what else has he been in, he looks familiar.

Tommy didn't ring quite true for me; although he was supposed to be a rough convict, probably Cockney, he looked too upper-class for the part, although I thought he acted it well.
The crashing waves were still very annoying, as was the view out to open sea - they are in Sydney Cove in lovely Sydney Harbour - too much artistic licence for me!

I think they have left it open for another series.

I gave up quite early in the series. Apart from depressing the hell out of me, I felt it was going nowhere.

Well I enjoyed it! nothing to do with lusting after the Major

I would agree with the original OP, but lack of anything else to watch found me with one eye on that and one eye on my knitting!!

It was not at all how I imagined the early days of the penal colony; no depth to it at all, wrongly situated and in fact it had quite a political undercurrent.

The last episode was probably the best but was it true to the historical facts?

www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11448033/Why-is-Australia-so-ashamed-of-its-founder.html

This is a good review of the series, also looking at the known historical facts.