Mrs Wilson
After what seems an age of not having any decent series on television the series Mrs Wilson might suit some. It started last night and was the first episode of three. Apparently based on real life events. The story centres around a women who married an older man she worked with. They had two sons together and there was no indication it was anything other than a happy marriage. However when he died it was discovered that there was another Mrs Wilson and there may be even more! So not a question of finding bodies but wives!!! It could be interesting.
David
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I liked it, hopefully it will be good. Found the props in scenes telephone, clock decor etc made it hard to tell which period some bits were in 😲. Maybe because I remember the 60's 😂 I thought some dated well past 1963. Don't know about the earlier decades 😂. Not enough research into period or someone's interpretation? Strangest of all at the burial, giving nothing away, there was no soil from the hole 😲🤣
OH I'm turning into an anorak 😉
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Bakers2
I think if difficult with the props because I doubt there was a lot of difference between the mid forties and the mid sixties especially in households with older residents with perhaps the exception of a television. I am working on the basis of my Mum and Dad's house!!!
David
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Watched the first episode last night and enjoyed it.
Bakers2 I also wondered what they had done with all the soil they must have dug from the hole!
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- Well spotted, no soil.
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Agreed but this was a young family! The typewriter, telephone and wall clock all looked more early 70s rather than 60s. But that's an aside really, those who weren't there won't be any the wiser 😉 Also the discussion with the undertaker 're names and dates on the coffin and the registrars all very loose. Like law or medical programmes not always spot on! Just me being picky probably 😂😂.
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I watched the actress being interviewed on The One Show, it has been taken from a real event and she is actually playing her mother. Also mentioned she is still researching the family history.
I saw he was wearing black socks with his army uniform and he had pilots wings above his left pocket which did not look like Army ones.
He was also sporting a beard which Army & RAF were only allowed moustaches, RN were allowed beards but no moustaches.
Now I am being picky.
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Glad it's not just me. I don't usually note such things so I think they must have been easily identifiable 😂. Not what I expect of the BBC. Didn't notice who made it, will look next week, as the BBC commission stuff not do themselves these days.
Yes I knew it was based on real life and there's a book I believe probably some sort of biography. Similar to the undercover cops where things are coming to light. Can't abide the One Show so didn't see the interview.
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I did notice the some of those things. (not the black socks) However I am far from sure what his real roll is and whether he is actually a soldier or just playing a part. The beard I could understand if he was in intelligence and dealing with middle eastern affairs, but I am not even sure about that!!! There is something odd about him as a character which we will no doubt learn more about as the series goes on.
David
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ISTR that the Pioneer Corps was the only regiment in the Army that were allowed beards.
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My comments on props was that they POST dated not PRE dated the timeline.
I wholeheartedly agree that furnishing was, and to me still, is expensive. My mum still has all my parents original furniture with the exception of 3 piece suite, other bits have been added! They married in 1953 and moved into our family home in 1956, when I suspect some of the furniture was bought, if there was spare cash as I arrived within days 😂. The spare double bed, which was dismantled and stored at one point per dates their marriage and may well date back to grandparents early days that would be 1920's (or before) I must ask.
Interesting comment about the lack of soil from the grave.
Next episode Tuesday evening.
Edit the props issue maybe why I prefer radio/audible or reading. The props will be right in my head 😂😂
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Just had an hour watching the story on i-player, I didn't notice the "props" so I guess they reflected the changing eras and I thought it was a very good story. I've just been reading up on the actual story and although I now know how the series will pan out the fact that the family are reconciled to their history is quite an achievement, considering the tangled web that was woven. Will look forward to the next programme.
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Well, it ended last night. Whether we know anymore about the main character is still in doubt. It seems he was not a complete Walter Mitty character. There has even been some academic research into him. Some might find this link interesting, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46456654 Maybe leave this until after you have watched the final episode. I thought it a good story but also found a few frustrations with it but perhaps that was bound to be the case?
David
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Interesting that the main character was played by her own grand-daughter.
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Watched the final part on i player having read the intriguing write up in the Radio Times earlier (especially the Anthony Blunt bit) so knew the story had been altered, but what a story and well acted too. Nice to think the family have got together, at least something good came out of this gothic tale.
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