Sherwood

Pittcity

Well that made it all as clear as mud!!

I believe there are three more episodes. It will all become clear in the end, for me it really is a quality drama.

Thank you Calendargirl

Well that made it all as clear as mud!!

Jane43

I think it was said in the speeches that Andy, the bridegroom’s father, gave the bride away as her own father was dead.

Perhaps his death was somehow related to the miners dispute, as his daughter (the councillor) was quite vocal about it at the meeting.

Kitty I was often called mi duck, particularly on Leicester market.

kittylester

DH has taken offence at references to Notts Forest when everyone knows that it is Nottingham Forest.

My father would have too. He was a staunch Nottingham Forest fan and some family members supported Notts County, It was always Nottingham Forest or Notts County. I never heard the term Notts Forest used for the football team my Dad supported.

Back to the drama, I thought it was very good with a lot of characters to work out how they are all related to each other in the present and the past. Perhaps somebody could tell me why the Bridegroom’s father gave the bride away or perhaps he was the best man?

You could do that even if they were on iPlayer though. I much prefer seeing episodes back to back. It’s easier to remember what’s going on, and you don’t have to be free at the same time every week to follow it. I can’t always see one week’s episode before the next one is screened - particularly when there are two in a week.

Lovetopaint037

I tried to watch the rest of the episodes tonight but they are only releasing them as they are shown generally.

Hate to upset the binge watchers, but I think it is good when the episodes are only out on I player after the original date.

I much prefer something to look forward to on a weekly basis.

Yes I enjoyed the first episode immensely. However I started the second episode late at night and fell asleep (no fault of the show, I was exhausted). I’ll have to watch it again this weekend and catch up.

I tried to watch the rest of the episodes tonight but they are only releasing them as they are shown generally.

I was brought up in Nottingham and was often called 'duck', 'mi duck', or 'chick' . I still call my girls and grandson 'chicky'. I don't think the accents are too bad. Love the series

I caught up with this last night on iPlayer. I enjoyed it apart from the bad language, and will stick with it. I think, to be fair, that both the Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire accents are very difficult to replicate, so I suppose it makes sense to move up a county! Most actors can “do” a Yorkshire accent. We don’t mind sharing?. We live in South Yorkshire and I worked in the city centre at that time. There were marches and demonstrations almost daily through the city centre. I worked for a large building society and, latterly, things were very bad for miners struggling to pay their mortgages. Lots of foreclosures. Heartbreaking.

It's gone now but the old Groby Road Hospital reception desk and a lot of the nurses who worked there

Did you work there Yammy? My brother has just spent 4 months in the latest version of that hospital.

Casdon

Callistemon21

Right across the Midlands, then!
Quack ?

Yes - wonder how far north you go before it morphs into hen - and where they say chicken/chuck. I worked in Manchester too, and they used chuck. The joys of local dialect.

In the North East, it morphs into hinny or marra in the far north-west before Scotland its marra or even assa marra and quite a lot of pet.
I would say hen was Scottish but might be wrong.

kittylester

I have lived in Leicestershire for over 50 years and have never once been called mi duck.

It's gone now but the old Groby Road Hospital reception desk and a lot of the nurses who worked there.

Gripping second episode I wonder if anything will turn up between the London Detective & the Headmistress of the local school ?

How many sleeps until next Monday?!
Brilliant first two episodes, and many twists and turns to come I think.

We were talking about accents yesterday and the conclusion was that people have moved about so much over the last century that local accents have become diluted. There are few whose family has stayed put, so it's feasible that people could live in Nottingham who have Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Mancunian accents and so on.

Blimey what an end to episode 2.

I am sort of enjoying it, good cast.

My father in law called just about everyone, ‘mi duck.’ They lived half way between Worksop and Sheffield.

I’m enjoying it. I don’t know about the accents. I do know that I have to concentrate to keep up. I even had to put down my crochet.

We like it. I can understand folk who live there getting irritated by accents and expressions used. As a born and bred Brummie, Peaky Blinders used to drive me up the wall.

Just watched the first episode on iPlayer. Stellar cast. Lots of characters to follow!

My mother used to call me chick (amongst other things).

Callistemon21

Right across the Midlands, then!
Quack ?

Yes - wonder how far north you go before it morphs into hen - and where they say chicken/chuck. I worked in Manchester too, and they used chuck. The joys of local dialect.