And Then there Were None

Making his money while he can! I find men who are good looking and know it quite repellent, like that revolting man who advertised underwear for M&S last year. Dead bores all of them.

But this drama was inherently so wooden and formulaic, more tiddlywinks than chess, that none of the actors stood a chance of making any kind of impression, good or bad.

He does nothing for me either Jane10
And as for being the next James Bond - he will have to improve his diction first as I couldn't understand his mumbling.

I enjoyed it a lot. Never dreamed the judge was the baddie. Loved every bit of it. (although I agree about them moving the body of the judge without realising he was actually alive

I didn't mind Aiden Turner being half naked.

Well, more than half. That towel was very low.

It only just covered his dignity jingl

I liked the towel scene!

M0nica it really wasn't a dark production, so your TV might need tweaking. I didn't have any problem understanding what anybody said and neither did my Mum who's a bit deaf. I thought the art deco set was great - lovely colours. I didn't have a problem with the swearing because I think it's what men would do in the circumstances - including ignoring the 'lady' present after a while. I don't think Agatha Christie would be bothered by the swearing. If she could have sold her books with swearing, she'd have used it if the circumstances warranted it and a group of men under stress would swear. The first episode was great, but the tension didn't last until the end for me.

Didn't watch it but might do on catch up, if I have a cold shower first with regard to all your comments!

jane10, which was the 'ghosthunter* programme? I'll try and get it on Catch-up.

I think it was something like Harry Price Ghosthunter. It was on STV at 9pm. Really good 1920s drama and not too scary for me! Good cast.

I really enjoyed 'and then there were none' best thing I've seen on TV for ages.

I thought it was really good, even my husband watched it and enjoyed it, he is not a whodunnit fan. As for Aidan Turner well yes he is handsome but I wouldn't go daft over him. In a way I often feel sorry for him, if you are a serious actor, you would want to be remembered for more than just how you look in a bath towel.
He better hope he does not end up like Marilyn Monroe or our own Diana Dors, fantastic actresses who were underated vastly due to their beauty.

Anyone else had a problem with episode 3 on catch up? 10 minutes from the end! And we can't get it on iPlayer either! Beeb says 'technical fault'.

Thanks, Jane10, I'll look for it.

Made my evening!! Roll on the new series of Poldark. !

No, it isn't our tv. There is no problem with other programmes. I cant see why it should malfunction one hour a night for three nights and then go back to normal. I had no problem with the dialogue, that seemed perfectly clear.

The production was just too gothick for my tastes. If you have an improbable plot like this one, ratchetting up the gloom and doom from the beginning just highlights how silly the plot is. For me, if you have an improbable plot it should be set in a perfectly normal environment so that the tension builds up slowly as the significance of events is gradually revealed.

I have only just caught up with all episodes. I thought it was a clever adaptation, well presented with a good sense of menace, however I didn't think they would be using the F word quite as freely in those days when "Damn" might have been a bit risque.

Just browsing on Gransnet while others watch DVD of Hobbit 2.......Archers on soon.

However of even more interest ......

have just spotted a Poldark dwarf locked in a cage. He has long black hair but the same eyes!!!!!!

LullyDully DS informed me that Poldark appeared in The Hobbit film

I must have blinked and missed him (did he have his shirt on?)

Sadly yes as he was locked in a damp, dark cave.....he did it well though IMO.

I think that what some people are overlooking is that it is of its time. Any book of the same genre written during this period will be the same.
This is for me one of its attractions. I love the dialogue and the assumptions and values displayed.

I do think that the BBC put a different interpretation when the script was written, though, because there would have been no swearing; yes, Damn and Blast may have even been a step too far

Yes rose that's true and I do think some of that 30 s feel was lost but most of the dialogue was true to the period which is why some peeps found it wooden

I'm pretty sure there was no sex in Agatha Christie's books. I suppose they have to adapt storylines to conform to modern mores!

But I agree with you, whitewave, part of the attraction of period dramas is in the dialogue and sometimes rather formal behaviour of the characters.