The BBC offering is three programs telling the story from separate viewpoints. It will be interesting to see how this will compare to the 'Attenborough' film.
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Ten Rillington Place.
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banjo
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Thought it was good. Worth watching.
Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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Have to say, I thought it was dull. Not menacing enough, just drab and slow...and whoever it was that played Christie, well, Attenborough-esque he wasn't.
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Big on atmosphere and setting; wartime London looked appropriately grim but the war didn't seem to intrude much.. Mrs Christie looked a bit slow on the uptake given that hubby seemed to be murdering folk in the next room. A bit too much atmosphere and a bit too little action? Acting was pretty damn good.
The Clamp
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I don't know who it could be, must be new on the scene. He'll go nowhere.
blue'n'white
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Possibly because I have never seen the film I thought it was pretty good. I thought Tim Roth was very creepy as Christie. London looked extremely grim
Pevenseagull
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- Jul 20, 2003
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thought it was over reliant on foreboding music to create tension but I'll see it through. Nowadays 3hrs for a TV drama is ideal for me, six at a push. Any longer than that and I get too confused about what's going on/ who is who.
Raleigh Chopper
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I would like to meet the estate agent that could talk that house up.
I thought it was good not brilliant though.
It moved at the same pace as the film but is more in depth.
Tim Roth was excellent a lot of Christie with some Hannibal Lecter thrown in.
Once Evens moves in it should pick up, but the thing I agree with is that his wife was smart but hung around even after being nearly strangled and could have gone with her brother, the film did not cover that at all.
I thought it was good not brilliant though.
It moved at the same pace as the film but is more in depth.
Tim Roth was excellent a lot of Christie with some Hannibal Lecter thrown in.
Once Evens moves in it should pick up, but the thing I agree with is that his wife was smart but hung around even after being nearly strangled and could have gone with her brother, the film did not cover that at all.
Cadiz Seagull
Grey bearded old man
That house and street are very similar to the one I was born in! Although in a different part of London.
I dread to think what it would cost now.
Pogue Mahone
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Garry Nelson's teacher
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I remember Tim Roth playing a teenage skinhead in Made in Britain (1982). Makes you feel old!
Sussex Nomad
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Ray Winstone in Scum as a nipper in 1979, Tim Roth as you mention... very old feeling!
pearl
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yep!
pearl
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found it a bit slow and dull tbh
Return of the Rev
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Gave up after last week moody brooding boring! The start of last weeks spoiled the story line a bit,not sure why we have to see outcomes in the first two minutes
Sussex Nomad
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Gave up after last week moody brooding boring! The start of last weeks spoiled the story line a bit,not sure why we have to see outcomes in the first two minutes
If you know your history, which you clearly don't, you'd know the outcome. It isn't a whodunnit!
pearl
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If you know your history, which you clearly don't, you'd know the outcome. It isn't a whodunnit!
It DID spoil the storyline though