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Last Tango in Halifax, new series.

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Witzend Sat 22-Feb-20 12:00:47

Starting Sunday 23rd Feb, BBC1, 9 pm.

oldgimmer1 Sat 07-Mar-20 10:18:34

Still catching up and on S4 (I think).

Lu Corfield was in Doctors a while back. The actress lost loads of weight and returned to Doctors as the character's thin twin sister.

Luckylegs Sat 07-Mar-20 11:13:44

I study what Sarah Lancashire’s character is wearing as I think they dress a larger lady very cleverly and I like to look for ideas!

oldgimmer1 Sat 07-Mar-20 20:21:24

Her style has changed, hasn't it? She going in for those wrappy scarves and thin-knit jumpers more. I like the bobbed hair.

Wasn't the bungalow the one they fancied in a previous series? Loving the views from the conservatory...envy.

And, no, Celia - you do not need a new kitchen..

Callistemon Sat 07-Mar-20 20:28:30

Celia's kitchen is very dark.

She could sell it/give it away but it would drive me crackers too!

oldgimmer1 Sat 07-Mar-20 21:58:24

It's in good nick though. A coat of paint would sort it out. It's a timeless design.

Callistemon Sat 07-Mar-20 22:16:40

Yes, probably more money than sense.
Especially at 80+
Does she do much cooking? They always seem to be at Gillian's.

oldgimmer1 Sat 07-Mar-20 22:21:54

Yes, they seem to spend a lot of time in that farmhouse. It must be freezing.

Am I right in thinking they're now closer to Halifax ? Is it Ripponden or Sowerby Bridge or somewhere like that?

Harrogate though- that has to be 40 miles from Halifax? I don't get why Celia and Alan would have driven to Gillian's so often just to sit around in a freezing farmhouse.

It's reminding me of Happy Valley. Same haunts. I want to live up North now...

Callistemon Sat 07-Mar-20 22:24:27

I don't know that area, it looks lovely but I think I'll stay where I am, with my Gillian-style kitchen!

oldgimmer1 Sat 07-Mar-20 22:28:35

www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202002177391801?advertising-location=at_cars&postcode=cf119eq&body-type=Convertible&page=1&price-from=500&make=LEXUS

..and furthermore, that Lexus would cost a fortune to run.

Nice though. envy

Callistemon Sat 07-Mar-20 22:39:14

Very snazzy
I like red!

oldgimmer1 Sun 08-Mar-20 07:40:30

The car is looking remarkably well - wonder if it's the same one..hmm. I think it looks slightly darker than the one in the older series.

Maybe traded in for a younger model? smile

Greeneyedgirl Sun 08-Mar-20 11:22:45

I used to live in the area where it was filmed and I can tell you it was flipping bleak in winter.

Urmstongran Sun 08-Mar-20 11:33:18

I'm not sure Ann Reid needs to do much acting for her part as Celia

That made me giggle gillybob!
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Luckylegs Sun 08-Mar-20 14:12:28

I’ve just googled the Who do you think you are episode with Anne Reid as lots of you seem to feel quite enraged by her behaviour on it. It’s now not available but pages and pages of posts by people describing her weird, odd, annoying, incomprehensible reaction to her ancestor’s wrongdoings all say the same thing. It seems she is not the nice lovable woman I always thought she was and maybe she doesn’t have to act too much now to portray the selfish, nasty bombastic bully that Celia is displaying now? What a disappointment and disillusionment.

Luckygirl Sun 08-Mar-20 17:19:17

I saw the episode and was deeply unimpressed with her - she just seemed rather silly really.

It is usually interesting to see people engage with their past; but she was just plain daft and rather grumpy.

Calendargirl Sun 08-Mar-20 22:06:33

Anyone else notice in tonight’s episode when that police officer referred to ‘Sergeant Cawood’ the character Sarah Lancashire played in Happy Valley?

Maggiemaybe Mon 09-Mar-20 06:33:30

Yes, I did. A nice touch, I thought!

Curlywhirly Mon 09-Mar-20 06:52:46

What has the actress playing the police officer been in before? Her face is so familiar, but just can't place her.

oldgimmer1 Mon 09-Mar-20 07:20:42

"What has the actress playing the police officer been in before? Her face is so familiar, but just can't place her."

Isn't it Jo Joyner? She's in practically everythinggrin.

I think she's been in EastEnders, Ackley Bridge, that programme about the detectives in Stratford...she's one of those "go-to" Northern actresses.

Calendargirl Mon 09-Mar-20 07:28:45

Did she play Nick Tilsley’s girlfriend in Corrie a few years ago, she was a hairdresser and pretended to be pregnant with his baby?

Calendargirl Mon 09-Mar-20 07:32:41

Not sure where the storyline with the young lad is heading. Don’t find that very interesting.
And if Alan gossips away to every customer about what recipes they plan to cook with their purchases, he will have a big queue. Luckily the store looked very quiet, obviously no panic buying of loo rolls or hand gel going on there!

Iam64 Mon 09-Mar-20 07:33:11

Great episode last night. I'm enjoying the slightly darker feel to this series. The humour runs through the themes of loss. No matter how hard they work or how much they long to be better than they ought to be - the wheel comes off.

Curlywhirly Mon 09-Mar-20 07:43:47

Calendargirl ah, I think you are right! Many thanks, was driving me mad last night?

Curlywhirly Mon 09-Mar-20 07:45:20

oldgimmer1 thanks, but I don't don't think it is Jo Joiner, although they do look similar.

sodapop Mon 09-Mar-20 08:12:53

No, it was Rachel Leskovac not Jo Joyner.