The Inheritance. channel 5 9pm. good cast.

I find Jemima Rooper difficult to watch, too.

I fear it is going to go the way of recent Ch5 dramas (eg the ones starring Jo Joyner and the one with Danny Dyer) they have a great cast, a good premise and interesting first episodes, but somehow go off the boil and become daft. I have no idea why dramas on one (any) particular channel should do that - why does it matter who a writer is working for? Unless the Ch5 commissioning editor is a bit off-kilter it makes little sense.

I am enjoying it but I find Jemima Rooper’s enhanced lips very distracting.

They’re all heavy drinkers aren’t they?

Yes, possibly getting a bit silly, I agree.... but there's nothing else so I'll keep watching.

merlotgran that's exactly what I said! I did feel it was starting to get a bit silly by the end of the episode but I'll keep watching

My goodness they’re a rum lot!!

She was great in Lost In Austen, her line "Whew, smoulder alert!" when she saw the handsome guy was so funny. My friend still says it sometimes!

Jemima Rooper was in this www.itv.com/watch/lost-in-austen/1a6440

Liked it will continue storyline good.

I watched this on catch up last night and quite enjoyed it apart from knowing most of the cast from other programmes which can be irritating. The only person I didn't recognize was the younger daughter.

Just watched this on catch up.

I think it will go the way of many series on Channel 5, starting off really promising, but go off into the realms of fantasy.

The cremation was like none I have ever attended, and I don’t mean the police coming in to halt proceedings. The widow just popping into her seat as the service was about to start seemed very odd.

Saw episode 1 this evening, and can't wait to watch episode 2👍

I've just finished the first episode ... a couple of twists already, and I'm enjoying it.

I don't find the storyline unbelievable at all since researching my family history!! . Plus a friend only at the weekend was telling me that she has fears that her ex husband is being groomed by a teenager and his family (rather like The Sixth Commandment on TV recently).
Families often have secrets and lies, and to think otherwise is naive.

Can't wait for the next episode.

He was, he was Liam Connor, Maria’s hubby/ boyfriend and the father of her son

Yes, the blonde hair threw me but I soon realised it was her.

Anybody else recognise the actress who played the brilliant Mrs Doyle on Father Ted? She is the coroner.

Me too Ailidh - love Robert James Collier

We haven't watched it as it all feels a bit close to home.
When my widowed FiL died, we found that he'd had an eight year relationship with a woman we knew nothing about, and when she'd died, he'd then taken up with her family, for the next eleven years!
He had left them thousands of pounds in his Will, and had an appointment with his Solicitor to alter his Will again, to cut my DH out completely. Fortunately, the nasty old swine died before that appointment, so DH was still in the Will.
We've since discovered that the family concerned are well known for preying on elderly folk!
All this was despite us living less than ten minutes drive from FiL, and having what we thought was a normal relationship with him!
Imagine how my husband felt upon finding out that his Dad had basically tried to replace him with his 'tart's' family!

*white le = whole

Interesting. OK, I fell asleep but that's probably more due to broken nights with the old dog than the actual play.

Slightly mind altering to see actors I've grown up with playing "old", when I'm not at all old myself (ahem).

Intriguing to see Samantha Bond looking fairly plain and ordinary (so far) rather than Lady Snooty.

Robert James-Collier could just stand and read the backs of cereal packets and I'd still watch. Like the beard.

Like the white le enough to see what next, next week.

I watched and enjoyed it, if I could have binge watched I would as I’m rather impatient.

I have a close friend who discovered after her widowed father had died that he had been in a relationship with a woman they knew absolutely nothing about for over 20 years so I found that side of the story quite believable.

Yes, I don’t understand why people don’t like him. He’s easy on the eye and more than capable of the role so far.

He played Liam Connor married Maria and she named her son after him. A good actor. Brilliant cast in inheritance - no exceptions. Thoroughly enjoyed episode 1

The Inheritance was filmed in County Kilkenny in south-east Ireland.

Filming locations include the picturesque village of Inistioge.

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JdotJ I have always assumed that all reviewers had to be under 25 with absolutely zero experience of life outside their university. Is that not the case then ?

No. Clive James was brilliant and Grace Dent’s column used to have me in stitches

It's worth watching just to see Samantha Bond.. such poise