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The House Across The Street

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Clawdy Mon 17-Oct-22 22:26:54

Anyone watching? Quite intriguing, and Shirley Henderson is so good as the obsessed woman.

granfromafar Mon 17-Oct-22 22:45:06

Am watching it on +1, about three quarters of the way through. Seems very slow but intriguing. Hope it picks up tomorrow.

Doodledog Mon 17-Oct-22 22:46:48

I watched it, and was disappointed to see it's not on My5. I much prefer to watch things like that in one go. I don't know why they spin them out when they have a channel to use.

I thought it was quite atmospheric, but the obsessed woman (can't remember her name!) was close to being unbelievable. The cast is good, so I'll stick with it, but might wait until the end and watch it altogether.

J52 Mon 17-Oct-22 23:00:38

Watched it a while ago on Netflix. I did enjoy its creepiness.

Doodledog Mon 17-Oct-22 23:04:13

Oh, is it available to watch elsewhere? I thought it was a new Ch5 thing.

J52 Mon 17-Oct-22 23:14:55

Oops not the same programme, sorry.

J52 Mon 17-Oct-22 23:16:49

It was The Woman in the Window, in case anyone enjoys creepy films!

JenniferEccles Mon 17-Oct-22 23:31:18

Doesn’t the woman have a strange voice? She sounds like a child.
The first episode was ok. Quite typical of Channel 5 dramas I thought.

Calendargirl Tue 18-Oct-22 06:49:21

Fell asleep.

I find Shirley Henderson’s ‘little girl’ voice irritating.

Don’t think I shall watch any more.

Aldom Tue 18-Oct-22 07:03:20

Not the best drama I've seen, but I will watch it again tonight. It might improve.

ParlorGames Tue 18-Oct-22 07:11:46

I was intrigued by the trailers for this drama so we did watch it. However, as good an actress as Shirley Henderson is, I did find her 'too quiet' voice rather tedious and hard work; turning up the volume on the TV didn't help either. When she was walking through the wood whispering "Emily" was simply ridiculous. Don't think we will bother watching tonight.

cornergran Tue 18-Oct-22 07:40:01

Gave up after half an hour, we both found it irritating.

Fleur20 Tue 18-Oct-22 07:49:48

Too slow....I lasted 20 minutes then switched off...

Lovetopaint037 Tue 18-Oct-22 09:29:07

I thought it was dire. Don’t know if I can stand any more.

Zoejory Tue 18-Oct-22 22:20:05

Just switched it off. We found episode 1 eventually, it's on 5 catch up or somewhere or other.

However, like others have mentioned, it's the voice. Just couldn't cope with it.

JenniferEccles Tue 18-Oct-22 22:34:23

I don’t know the actress. Is the child-like soft whisper her normal voice or is it put on for this part?

BigBertha1 Tue 18-Oct-22 22:34:25

I didn't enjoy the subject material so turned off. However I like the actress playing the lead when she was in Hamish Macbeth and Charles 11 also in Bridget Jones.

Doodledog Tue 18-Oct-22 23:22:58

JenniferEccles

I don’t know the actress. Is the child-like soft whisper her normal voice or is it put on for this part?

It's her normal voice. She has been in quite a few tv things, and is always the same. I remember her in an episode of Miss Marple (Murder is Easy) and a series with Martin Compston - The Nest.

I don't know if I'll bother with next week. If they had put them all on My5 I would have probably have kept going, but so little happened that I won't remember where I left off by next Monday.

Sarah74 Wed 19-Oct-22 06:39:54

Tried to watch it, but couldn’t bear it. As others say, found her voice very irritating.

Zoejory Wed 19-Oct-22 07:06:32

She was Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films. I've not watched these but younger daughter recognised the voice. Once heard never forgotten

Shirley Henderson is her name.

Calendargirl Wed 19-Oct-22 07:11:03

Yes, her voice is always the same, and her character is usually the murderer or whatever, never a happy, smiley part.

Esmay Wed 19-Oct-22 08:50:20

Missed it .
Shirley Henderson is a fantastic actress with a distinctive voice .

Lovetopaint037 Wed 19-Oct-22 10:11:41

She certainly gives me the creeps. Can’t believe I watched another episode.

Namsnanny Wed 19-Oct-22 10:17:42

I find Shirley Henderson tends to be the same in every part she plays.

travelsafar Wed 26-Oct-22 14:29:52

What a bizarre ending!!!