Lady Chatterley's Lover

coolgran neither did I, no chemistry. Dull as ditchwater.

Watched it last and really enjoyed it. Although I much preferred Sean Bean. As a bit of rough, this Mellors was a bit too soft.

Yes dj I believe she did but, like you, his poetry rather than his novels. I don't think she had a lot of time for his literature in general, but she was very proud of the family connection. She was passionate about Shakespeare and lamented the move away from teaching his works in schools - she always claimed it was because the 'modern day teachers don't have the faintest idea how to teach Shakespeare.' (she was very disparaging of the decline in educational standards, particularly at teacher training level ). She was a real character, one of the 'old school', and a wonderful old lady. It was so very sad to see her quite rapid decline into bewildered dementia, that sharp wit and keen intelligence just switching off

Well, it passed some time and there was nothing much else on TV!
I didn't think there was any chemistry between them, I thought they were both badly cast. I really watched because I'm a fan of James Norton, and I thought he was good.

I shan't be able to see this until the end of the week but I agree not DHLs best- Sons and Lovers now that was wonderful and gave many insights into the author's relationships with women. Just to give it a mention Women in Love was really good and I shall never forget Ollie and Alan wrestling!!!

how could we forget that scene, Teetime?

But for anyone who has...

I can't watch that unless I sign in and confirm I'm over 18.

I watched it, but agree, no passion and quiet dull. I confess I've never read the book, not even the well thumbed bits

www.google.co.uk/search?q=bernardine+wall&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#imgrc=wvtIyswPOIJ_vM%3A This woman, Bernardine Wall, was the last witness in the trial. She was 23 and had just graduated from Newnham College Cambridge and testified that she had read both the expurgated and unexpurgated versions of LCL. The judge asked the jury to consider whether she appeared to have been corrupted by the experience!
I found out years later that my parents had had a copy at home, at the time when it was being furtively read in the school toilets. It had been on our bookshelves all the time, covered in brown paper with 'Animals Without Backbones' written on the spine!

Jane Not " the beast with two backs" then?

Lona My childhood was spent 3 miles from Eastwood where Lawrence lived and the town is still very proud of it's association with him and trades on it.We went to stay with friends who still lived there 2/3 years ago and went to his old home which is now a museum.As I can't remember anything about it I couldn't have been impressed.

Lona
ann I find that's a problem even when I have been impressed!

I watched it last night but Mellors had no angry jealous wife and the other lover she had was missing. She also went to Venice with her sister in the book and last night it was just a family party. Still to do it justice it would have needed 3 installments so I was not expecting much.

In the book he put a daisy chain around his penis (that was the part that upset my mother so much!) so I knew I wouldn't see that.
It was OK. No violence and nice pictures of an English wood. Usual BBC level I think.

As Margaret has mentioned the "p" word did any one else watch Cradle to Grave on BBC 2 with Peter Kay? The last few minutes when the teenagers went to the theatre to see Oh Calcutta ( I think) will stay with me for some time.

Yes, I watched it ann! Poor Danny, slapped around the face by a flailing organ...

nfk lol. I read an interview with the actor who plays Mellors (can't remember his name) where he says his mum asked him "Are there noises?" and he replied "Yes" and she said "I shan't be watching then"

He was apparently in Game of Thrones (which I haven't watched) and he said there was a lot more sex in that show.

I also remember it being passed around the playground. As I was only 11 at the time it was never given to me to read and anyway I didn't consider 'Lorna Doone' to be on my 'want to read' list. I'm not sure if the staff ever wondered why 'Lorna Doone' was suddenly so popular and why only a few pages were ever read !!

While I was away I read that the BBC had plans to do more and more programmes of this kind, probably because they feel there is a world market for them. I fear that they are very mistaken in this; may not even bother to watch tonights 'An Inspector Calls'. I agree that they sometimes strike lucky with series such as Poldark but it's impossible to know the chemistry between actors until the programme has been made. Cold Comfort Farm was [and is still] wonderful. 'Mellors' in LCL was quite gorgeous in Game of Thrones, that but it is also incredibly well written [imo].

rose and anyone else interested - Sean Bean is available on dvd.

annsixty Yes, I saw that, but then I love the great Sir Peter (the town's hero, well, one of them, lol). Very funny and lovely to reminisce over the 70's, even the decor. And Danny Baker has been too long off our television screens, maybe waiting a bit for Jonathan Ross to get older and calm down a bit, both of them together would be asking too much!

Oooh, I'm off into town later Ruby, I'll order it from the library!