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Very funny Matella. I bet she was really disappointed not to be able to go back to being a drudge for 5 shillings a week.

Cider with Rosie tonight.....Really looking forward to it and then Downton Abbey on ITV+1

DH is looking less than impressed at the thought of two and a half hours of non stop period drama

Was Cider with Rosie a load of televisionasised c--p,or is it me again.

I enjoyed it

I've recorded Cider with Rosie. Also Midnight's Children from last night. Must try and catch up with them soon!

I started off not liking Cider with Rosie [same thing happened last week] but, by the end of it I was loving it [bit teary eyed and lump in the throat'ish]. Can't actually remember much about what happened in the book, even though it was one of my favourites in my late teens/early twenties. Got a bit distracted by 'spotting the famous actresses even though they're a lot older now' for a while but thought Samantha Morton was superb [bit biased as she's a 'local girl made good']. Didn't think the young boy in it had the star quality of last weeks but he was much younger. Probably not the easiest of books to dramatise I'd imagine, as not a great deal happens.Watched a bit of Midnights Children last night but got bored with it. Why are there so many 'rite of passage' books written by men but so few written by women I wonder?

I thought the boy playing the young Laurie Lee was outshone by the boy playing his brother Jack. His acting was forced and he sounded like a West country version of Henry in The Archers.

I'll always have a soft spot for CWR though as it brings back memories of a long hot summer in Norfolk, lazing by the river reading Laurie Lee and HE Bates....Oh and keeping an eye on the kids

Enjoyed CWR very much. The countryside was beautifully shot. I want to reread the book now as I hadn't remembered how strong the mother had to be about the absent father. Good to see Samantha Morton - animpressive actor ever since she first appeared in Band of Gold at a very young age.