Perry Grayson “what is Englishness”

I did enjoy the Druid bit. Probably my Celtic DNA coming to the fore. The "English Goebbels" in Teddington was depressing. Films of marching boy scouts don't illustrate the England I want to live in. It seems really weird now that when I was in the Brownies in the 50s we spent a lot of time practising marching, and once a month we had church parade with lots of marching and flags. We were little girls, why were we being trained like an army?

Yes, I liked the Druid bit. That was Philip Shallcrass from the BDO. The have respect for nature at their heart.

Another Druid here! And I do love Morris Dancing. What is sad is that in many ways we all want the same thing and love our country. More that unites us than divides us and all that.

Who is Perry Grayson ? I’m assuming you mean a Grayson Perry!

GP is such a natural for this sort of programme. I remember his previous series about class. He manages to let the people he's interviewing explain themselves without judging them. A more animated Louis Theroux!

I particularly enjoyed his interactions with his driver.

vegansrock

Who is Perry Grayson ? I’m assuming you mean a Grayson Perry!

😄😄😄😄 I never ever get the poor chaps name right. Don’t suppose he is worried though.

Never heard of a desi-pub? We don’t have them in the south I think.

Love the way he is describing the way culture is assimilated both by the immigrant and the indigenous English.

Grime - the trouble is I can’t understand what they are saying

He seemed to have a rather boring agenda in the first programme - to portray Englishness as city-dwelling jingoism/racism. I’m afraid it put me off watching any more.
And dh said he laughs too much!
We do generally like him though.,

That wasn’t the programme I watched.

Deedaa

I did enjoy the Druid bit. Probably my Celtic DNA coming to the fore. The "English Goebbels" in Teddington was depressing. Films of marching boy scouts don't illustrate the England I want to live in. It seems really weird now that when I was in the Brownies in the 50s we spent a lot of time practising marching, and once a month we had church parade with lots of marching and flags. We were little girls, why were we being trained like an army?

I haven't watched it, I do like Grayson Perry so may watch it on Catch Up, but this shocked me "The English Goebbels" in Teddington! Good grief I lived there for 38 years and had no idea

I'm really enjoying it. I love his non judgementality.. and his ability to relate to everyone..

pascal30

I'm really enjoying it. I love his non judgementality.. and his ability to relate to everyone..

Yes, he's a real 'man of the people', isn't he?

I can imagine him being at hime with princes and paupers, and they with him. I think it's because he is a bit of an oddbod, so doesn't represent a group that might irritate another one, if that makes sense? There is no edge to him.

I haven't seen the second episode yet as I was out when it was broadcast, but I recorded it to see later.

Sounds an interesting programme but I can’t watch anything with Grayson Perry in it, I find him repellent.
Am loving Robson Green’s series on the North East tho, I knew nothing about it and now I want to go there.
Robson is perfect for the programme and he’s gone up in my estimation.A lot of actors and celebs pull faces and laugh non stop, he isn’t like that.

I always find Robson Green a bit irritating, a bit too bouncy northerner. I love Grayson, he's such a nice man and a talented artist. His wife Phillipa is always interesting too.