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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 99499" data-attributes="member: 23">Absolutely. It&#039;s beautifully written and feels very much like an ensemble rather than a star vehicle. Just last night I was thinking how balanced things feel between the two leads and how giving they are to each other and their co-stars. When ATGB began - not being too familiar with theatre at my tender age - I thought of Judi primarily as a sitcom actress. Probably the only thing I knew her from at that point was her previous Bob Larbey vehicle, A Fine Romance, in which she&#039;d starred with her husband, Michael Williams.&nbsp; That&#039;s frustrating. I suppose there&#039;s a general conception that sitcom episodes are interchangeable and lacking in continuity. And I imagine many shows were - or are - made with syndication in mind. But there&#039;s a definite flow to ATGB that probably makes watching it out of order less impactful. For what it&#039;s worth, at the point I&#039;m at (the second half of Series Three), Alistair is flirting with all three with varying degrees of success. One of the spoilers I&#039;ve had involves the outcome of the flirtation, so it&#039;s interesting to watch with that in mind. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Yes indeed. Lionel&#039;s penchant for custard tarts has just become prominent in the episodes I&#039;m watching. Or at least I&#039;ve just noticed it. Throughout Series One I enjoyed the running gag regarding Lionel&#039;s book My Life In Kenya, where everyone to whom he mentioned the title would then ask him what it was about, prompting a frustrated Lionel to describe the contents by resignedly repeating the title. Somehow it spoke volumes about matter-of-fact, unfussy Lionel and the way he viewed the world. Incidentally, things are getting a bit meta with Series Three. Alistair has suggested that Lionel&#039;s second book should be about his earlier romance with Jean and their separation (in other words, the series&#039; backstory). In addition, he&#039;s suggested that the third book should be about their reunion after 38 years (so, a novelisation of the series itself).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 99499, member: 23"] Absolutely. It's beautifully written and feels very much like an ensemble rather than a star vehicle. Just last night I was thinking how balanced things feel between the two leads and how giving they are to each other and their co-stars. When ATGB began - not being too familiar with theatre at my tender age - I thought of Judi primarily as a sitcom actress. Probably the only thing I knew her from at that point was her previous Bob Larbey vehicle, [I]A Fine Romance[/I], in which she'd starred with her husband, Michael Williams. That's frustrating. I suppose there's a general conception that sitcom episodes are interchangeable and lacking in continuity. And I imagine many shows were - or are - made with syndication in mind. But there's a definite flow to ATGB that probably makes watching it out of order less impactful. For what it's worth, at the point I'm at (the second half of Series Three), Alistair is flirting with all three with varying degrees of success. One of the spoilers I've had involves the outcome of the flirtation, so it's interesting to watch with that in mind. :D Yes indeed. Lionel's penchant for custard tarts has just become prominent in the episodes I'm watching. Or at least I've just noticed it. Throughout Series One I enjoyed the running gag regarding Lionel's book [I]My Life In Kenya,[/I] where everyone to whom he mentioned the title would then ask him what it was about, prompting a frustrated Lionel to describe the contents by resignedly repeating the title. Somehow it spoke volumes about matter-of-fact, unfussy Lionel and the way he viewed the world. Incidentally, things are getting a bit meta with Series Three. Alistair has suggested that Lionel's second book should be about his earlier romance with Jean and their separation (in other words, the series' backstory). In addition, he's suggested that the third book should be about their reunion after 38 years (so, a novelisation of the series itself). [/QUOTE]

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