Last Tango in Halifax, new series.

If you move to Cornwall first, you may put on weight with all those cream teas and pasties, janea!

Haven't read through the whole thread and only just at the end of Series 2 - is it worth carrying on, honestly?

I'm enjoying it but finding everyone irritating. . Maybe that's s good thing..

Excellent acting though - especially from Nicola Walker - and I love Caroline's sleazy ex.

Still can't shake off Derek Jacobi as Claudius though...

I’ve just done a little experiment. I tried the Q-risk calculator qrisk.org/2017/index.php
Increasing the weight (from my usual 60kg to 80 kg, and leaving everything else the same), actually lowered my 10 year risk by 0.4%.

Removing my family history of first degree relative with CVD reduced my risk by 3%.

Changing my postcode from a Northumberland one to a Cornwall one reduced my risk by 2%.

So as I can’t do anything about my family history, perhaps I should put on weight and move to Cornwall.

OK Kalu. I surrender Being overweight is definitely a risk for CVD. I dislike women being shamed purely because of their appearance but I accept that your concern was about the health of S L.
I am following this series for some light relief from the darker health concerns assailing us just now.

Greeneyedgirl I am aware of all the factors you have pointed out and of course personal lifestyle/health have to be taken into account but medical studies have shown overweight/obesity is a much higher risk than smoking ergo there is more concern regarding this issue.

Sarah Lancashire, being overweight, is putting her health at risk of problems which may arise due to her weight. Only a doctor could ascertain any problem but the facts show this to be a risk.

Kalu I do not underestimate the risk of cardiac disease in women, which incidentally kills more women than breast cancer, but as I'm sure you know it's multi factorial. (Most of us older women are at risk, merely because of our age). Smoking would probably be top of the list for risk factors, family history, raised cholesterol, obesity, alcohol intake, lack of physical activity, to name a few.
I would not like to say a woman who is overweight, not clinically obese as far as I can see, is more at risk than anyone else without knowing her personal history.

Callistemon I didn’t say I thought Sarah Lancashire obese nor that a cardiologist would worry excessively but I do think it would be a concern.

As you agree, she is overweight and could well be putting her health at risk.

It was a large very posh co educational school. She was gently eased out by the board after her marriage to Kate.

Yes, I think she was head of a private girls' school in the previous series. Is this a state school?

Or have I got it the wrong way round? Is it Caroline who is new at the school?

I thought the teacher who Caroline invited was rather "forward" in saying she would leave the car and get a taxi. Surely it was then quite normal to suggest, in that event, she might as well stay? Otherwise she would have to come back to collect the car.

It probably was unwise to invite a newly recruited junior member of staff to her home at such an early stage in their -professional relationship - and to share such personal information about her own private life and about her ex-husband's partner. However, I find it surprising that she didn't know about Caroline's marriage to Kate. There is usually at least one gossip at work who can't wait to give newcomers the lowdown on everybody.

Perhaps the new member of staff has ulterior motives or, given she might be feeling sensitive due to difficulties in her marriage, she misinterpreted the situation and felt she had been invited to Caroline's house on false pretences, ie not as a professional colleague but as a potential "conquest".

I too think some of the story lines this time are a bit far-fetched but I enjoy the characters so much that I hope I can carry on enjoying it.

If a cardiologist worried about all the size 16 reasonably tall women in the UK he would worry himself into an early grave.

I agree with you Kalu about the song and dance about Caroline being gay. She could have just said "how sad that you lost your partner, but lovely you have a legacy in your daughter. I must get home now, my DH will be wondering where I am!"

Caroline didn't look obese, just slightly overweight like many women after the menopause. A fairly tall (5' 7") size 16? Would a cardiologist worry excessively about that?

I do think a cardiologist for one, would disagree with you Greeneyedgirl.

That is my only concern for anyone being an unhealthy weight.

You may not agree with me but I am only giving my opinion on something I know to be factual.

putting her health at risk. She doesn't look that overweight. Many women put on some weight after the menopause. Perhaps the excessive drinking portrayed would be more of a health risk .

I don’t understand why Ruth made such a song and dance at the point when she realised Caroline was gay. Portrayed as two intelligent women Ruth could have simply said, “I’m not gay”.

I can’t agree Caroline is a great role model for women of any age, purely from a health point of view. Being so overweight is putting her health at risk, far from being someone to emulate.

I'd be interested to hear comments from teachers or former teachers - would you feel comfortable in Ruth's position, or would you have acted as Caroline did?

But they aren't friends Ug. Caroline is in a position of power & authority over Ruth. That's the difference.

Oh come on janeainsworth! The colleague is over 21y after all. She wasn’t pressurised into anything. She herself said ‘if I get a taxi I can share the wine’.

Even if you disagree that there were overtures from Caroline, I think it’s still crossing professional boundaries for a headteacher to invite a junior colleague to dinner at her own home, without anyone else present, and then provide so much alcohol that the colleague has to stay the night.
Dinner on neutral ground, perhaps.
Inviting a group of colleagues to your house, ok.
But not a single colleague at your own home.
And Caroline’s son certainly thought his mother intended to take the relationship further than a professional one - he sent a text to John along the lines of ‘Ma HAS got someone new’ or something similar.

I agree FlexibleFriend a complete over reaction on the part of the English teacher.

Thanks Callistemon.

That brings up a different tack. Years ago, when the cast of a show came up at the end, you seemed to have time to read who played who. Now it’s either gone before you have time, or there’s an irritating voiceover and trailer for another programme which obliterates the names.
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She is the actress new to the series who is playing the teacher, Ruth.

Who is Lu Corfield Callistemon?

I rather liked Carolines's sloppy jumper.
Perhaps I am naturally scruffy!