Marriage.

The reviews warned that it was a slow starter so I was prepared for that and think this will be an intelligent look at a long marriage. Assume the daughter is adopted? I am in favour of colour blind casting but it has to be believable. Otherwise lots of possibilities being dangled in front of us. And surely James Bolam won’t be wasted in a bit part.

That was awful, and that music and the start and finish was dire. Stunted conversations, long, long silences, poor diction [Sean Bean] no depth, deeply uncomfortable with each other after nearly 30 years of marriage, awkwardness in every [drawn out] scene.
Disappointing.

Thought that it was tedious. Guess that it's all available on iPlayer already would indicate that they're not expecting a ratings success.

I was beginning to wonder if Sean’s character had Alzheimers to be honest.

I loved The Royle Family too, so clever to do a programme where hardly anything happens but incredibly well drawn characters and very very funny in its observations about human behaviour. Well that was the late Caroline Aherne's writing skills and getting together a brilliant cast to act our her idea.

This one also has a brilliant cast, which makes it all the more disappointing . There are obviously some back stories and umpteen under lying tensions so will probably watch another one to see whether anything can be pulled out of the bag to redeem it From tonight's episode the dialogue didn't make me believe in them as a married couple of many years.

I think Sean Bean is brilliant. He’s a bit like Michael Caine in that he doesn’t seem to be acting, is still obviously Sean Bean but still morphs himself into the role he’s playing. His performance in that prison programme was amazing. It does seem odd making a series about marriage though given that he’s been married so many times!

Over on Twitter somebody has called for a Christmas special so that they can find out if Sean Bean's character likes roast potatoes with his turkey ?

That was complete and utter crap.

It was quite a slow pace, but I enjoyed it because it was like real life.

I was going to watch it then saw a trailer and decided not to - it would seem that I made the right decision!

Not sure what to make of it. A bit like eavesdropping on friends who have problems in their marriage and it feels awkward and uncomfortable.

OMG booorrriinngg!!!! Himself wanted the second half of Van der Valk too. Have to watch that tomorrow.

Yes, because of the actors' calibre, I'll persist but confess to being disappointed thusfar. Does anyone know how many episodes there are?

I thought it was too much like real life to be interesting.

Royle!

It might be a slow burner, I suppose. I thought The Royale Family was dreadful at first, but I came to love it.

It was very slow, but for some strange reason I’ll keep watching. There’s obviously a lot of back story to come.

How odd! No idea what was going on.

I really enjoyed it! Shows the mundanity of life but also the emotions simmering under the surface, the things not said etc. I will watch tomorrow with interest.

I can't believe I just watched that dross I expect there'll just be one man and his dog watching it next week

I was looking forward to watching Marriage as I have really enjoyed everything that Nicola Walker is in.However this was to quote the saying “ like watching paint dry”. It must be the most boring hour of nothing that I have ever watched on TV. Even an hour of mine and my husband’s life would have been more entertaining. There is another episode on tomorrow night and hopefully things might be more interesting but I’m not sure I can be bothered to watch.

I thought it was rubbish too, and the sound kept coming and going.

No not just you tanith

I’m in trouble for making Mr GD miss the second hour of Van Der Valk for that ?

Howjado

Well, that was an hour of my life I will never get back.

Ditto!

Hmm, wasn't impressed. I found it odd too Tanith.