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<blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 395388" data-attributes="member: 673"><p>[ATTACH=full]52468[/ATTACH]</p><p>This randomly popped up on my Twitter feed today, courtesy of @russty_russ, a UK nostalgia account that I follow that posts TV stuff. Having enjoyed Nicholas Clay in <em>Evil Under the Sun</em>, I looked up the series featured here - <em>Gentlemen</em> <em>and Players</em>. And I may be wrong, but just from the synopsis alone, this sounds like ITV’s attempt at a <em>Howards’ Way</em> type middle class Sunday night soap. The first series even went out in the same timeslot (7.45pm) that <em>HW</em> would have vacated a few months prior. The bulk of the first series is available to watch, so I’ll give it a go and report back. The thrust of the action appears to follow financier Bo Beaufort, who comes from upper class old money and his rivalry with Mike Savage, an old foe and self made millionaire, who returns from Africa following a coup and moves in next door to Bo. The Guardian described it as “<em>a kind of Dallas in Hampshire</em>”.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carrie Fairchild, post: 395388, member: 673"] [ATTACH type="full"]52468[/ATTACH] This randomly popped up on my Twitter feed today, courtesy of @russty_russ, a UK nostalgia account that I follow that posts TV stuff. Having enjoyed Nicholas Clay in [I]Evil Under the Sun[/I], I looked up the series featured here - [I]Gentlemen[/I] [I]and Players[/I]. And I may be wrong, but just from the synopsis alone, this sounds like ITV’s attempt at a [I]Howards’ Way[/I] type middle class Sunday night soap. The first series even went out in the same timeslot (7.45pm) that [I]HW[/I] would have vacated a few months prior. The bulk of the first series is available to watch, so I’ll give it a go and report back. The thrust of the action appears to follow financier Bo Beaufort, who comes from upper class old money and his rivalry with Mike Savage, an old foe and self made millionaire, who returns from Africa following a coup and moves in next door to Bo. The Guardian described it as “[I]a kind of Dallas in Hampshire[/I]”. [/QUOTE]
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