Foyles War

I remember that serial too - I think DD and I watched it together. She was a wonderful actress even then.

I remember Goggle Eyes anno. I remember thinking it was going to be pretty awful and then thoroughly enjoying it. Honeysuckle made a real impression in it and I always notice when she turns up on TV.

You couldn't make that one up, could you? Thanks Gally

Stormonth-Darling

Her married name is hyphenated......something?-Darling!

I remember Honeysuckle Weekes in a children's TV serial - Old Goggle Eyes, I think. She was a young teenager and very attractive. It's a name you can hardly forget.

Michael Kitchen is one of those actors whose name in a cast list promises something worth watching. The first thing I ever saw him in was a play about the Brontes. He was very young with lots of red curls, and playing Branwell of course. He also did that Poliakoff play when he was stuck on a train with a strange old lady (Peggy Ashcroft?)
Nice to see Honeysuckle again. I thought she looked very thin and washed out, but I suppose they were all looking very worn down by years of wartime austerity.

Hmm not sure. I loved the original series and often watch them again on DVD. This new one seemed a bit too strained, too dark, too Dublin not London, too many confusing men in hats, too much dramatic music and everyone trying too hard. I love Michael Kitchen's acting though.

Sheer Bliss , I had a picture of Michael Kitchen , Honeysuckle [prettyName]
and the chap who played the detective of the back of my kitchen unit doors [well three of them actually] until we had the a re-fit .

Could not believe they used a Routemaster bus 1945 we had RT and RTL and the 19 certainly never cane out of my garage at Peckham .

Marelli maybe Honeysuckle Weekes looks more gaunt as she's recently had a baby?
I love Foyles War and sit through all the repeats, especially on a cold wintery afternoon all tucked up in a fleecy rug!
No need for that here today though

I became a convert to Foyles War when it was on afternoon repeats. It is so well acted and has interesting story lines. Glad Call the Midwife is finished so there's no clash.

DH is a big fan of Foyles War I can't bear it so had a long snooze instead zzzzz zzzzz

And would the iron railings have been replaced so soon?

I can play Freecell or knit and not lose a plot but trying to type on GN and keep up with a story defeats me. It must say something about which bits of my brain do what.

It was filmed in Dublin as far as I can remember from her interview on This Morning.

grumpa it was a no.19 going West Peckham..the no.19 never went near Peckham..east or west!! Also the building allegedly opposite the Old Vic does not exist! But I thoroughly enjoyed the programme!

Once over the shock of seeing a Routemaster bus in what was supposed to be 1946 (and all those buildings so miraculously clean years before the Clean Air Act) I found it as enjoyable as ever, although the identity of the mole was predictable and one of the MI5 spooks had to be gay.

And HW did explain why she looked so gaunt. I do hope the problem resolves itself naturally.

I've lost the plot, but that's because I'm on here as well!

I'm watching it now - losing the plot already!!!

I meant 'gaunt' not 'qaunt'!

Honeysuckle Weekes looks quite qaunt, don't you think? I know she's a bit older now, but her face shape seems to have changed.

I love it! This series looks like being really interesting, having a different storyline.

Its brilliant! I am watching it now.

I've always liked Michael Kitchen's voice - ever since I heard him, long ago, in a radio production of Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman.