The Night Porter

Didn't know they'd done a tv version...what channel was it on?

Um - The Night Manager?
Thought it was utterly brilliant.

Ah, light dawns - sorry, didn't watch it.

Yes I think it's The Night Manager, thought it was gripping, looking forward to the next episode. I think the Night Porter may have been a film a while back, the name seems familiar.

Yes, very dark film with Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling.

I loved it certainly edge of the seat stuff, we'll be watching the next one.

We were both transfixed. It certainly has promise and I'm really looking forward to the next episode. And Tom Hiddleston is such a gorgeous hunk great actor.

I'm hooked! Hope it continues in the same vein. I can just remember the film, might look it up.

Hugh Lawrie is playing his character well, it must be tempting to go into' Bertie Worcester and Jeeves ' mode!

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Sorry! Manager! Night Porter is unfortunately seared into my brain, can't watch Charlotte Rampling now!
I will give it another shot then, I do rather like Tom though!

DH was going to watch it upstairs as he didn't think it would be "my thing" but I said I'd give it a go.
Glad I did, I'll be watching next week.

Really good - loved it but then I always enjoy a Le Carre.

I'm hooked too. I thought it captured the 'darkness' of the espionage business well.

Came across it by accident when looking for another program on catchup, watched it and glad I did - now hooked.

Second episode very good. Lots of blood and guts. Hugh Lawrie very menacing.
I bet he enjoyed playing a baddy for a change !

I enjoyed The Night Manager, and am recording the series.It's a bit different.

Loving it. Something for both if us which is unusual.

It is,very exciting and compelling. DH has read the book. Can only get better, though it is very violent.

I enjoyed the first episode , but I had to turn it off last night as I couldn't stand the violence.

Atqui I have to agree about the violence, it made me feel sick... but I persisted and it is getting more and more intersting. my only quibble is that I can't understand the pschyocology of such peole. The Tom Hollander character with his thinly veiled menace, protecting his boss, the various people pretending to be one thing but being another.

I'm such a transparent person, I just find the gratuitous violence in any film/book very difficult to understand.

Loved it - despite the violence which I closed my eyes for -- Olivia Coleman is brilliant too -

I closed my eyes during the violence too, I always do. Opened them to see him on the floor with a mangled face.
Well done the makeup department, very convincing. So was the work done on the supposed healing process.

Does anyone remember Rev which was on BBC as far as I remember?

Tom Hollander as a lovely vicar and Olivia Coleman as his solicitor wife - quite different to the parts they are playing in The Night Manager!!

When Tom Hollander became quite sinister and threatening last night, I kept thinking of him as Rev Smallbone to stop myself being terrified of him

'different from' before anyone plonks me into pedants' corner

I didn't enjoy the second episode much. I found it hard to relate to the "Night Manager" when he showed himself capable of such violence, even though it was for a "good cause". I also found it very far fetched.

I'll stick with it for the time being but don't think it has the subtlety or class of the old Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy/Alec Guinness stuff.

I agree about Tom Hollander - he was truly menacing.