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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Tuesday, November 05, 2019 - 6:47 pm 
Yes, Home Fires is on Amazon prime. It turns out that the author of the book it is based on continued writing more books after the tv show was cancelled. It had ended on a cliffhanger so I'm looking forward to reading those.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - 10:43 pm
Over the past two nights on PBS -- four part / four hour documentary "College Behind Bars" presented by Ken Burns, directed by Lynn Novick. Excellent! Wasn't paying full attention to it the first three hours. Definitely will watch again.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, November 26, 2019 - 11:28 pm
It is very good! I watched the first two hours and have the next to set to record.
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Monday, December 23, 2019 - 8:25 pm
I know many of you watch Call the Midwife. I saw there is a special airing on Christmas Day. Just thought I would pass it on. Here is the trailer...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w1DGhGLNU8I
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, December 23, 2019 - 10:44 pm
I have it on my to record list!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 2:00 am
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ5blXwFJnM
To get in the mood..
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, January 20, 2020 - 12:01 pm
Does anybody know when Call the Midwife starts showing season 9 here in the US? I think it already started in the UK, but not sure when it starts here. We just went to streaming TV, so it's a little trickier finding all my shows.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Monday, January 20, 2020 - 12:58 pm
I believe Call the Midwife is due to air at the end of March 2020 on PBS.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, January 20, 2020 - 6:58 pm
That sounds right.
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Monday, February 24, 2020 - 8:09 pm
Did anyone watch the Sanditon series? I was disappointed in the finale. I've read there "could be" a second season in the works.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 10:53 am
Yes, Mak1. I loved Sanditon, but I was also disappointed in the finale. I've read just about everything by Jane Austen (English Lit major in college and did my senior thesis on Austen). I understand that this was an unfinished work discovered after her death, but whoever finished it really screwed up. It was the most un-Austen finale ever! Nearly all her other books end up with the heroine getting married. I was super disappointed that Charlotte and Sydney didn't end up together. Otherwise I enjoyed it, but the ending really sucked. 
If they do a season 2, maybe they'll kill off Mrs. Cameron (or whatever her name was) so Sydney can marry Charlotte!
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 12:14 pm
I didn't like the end either. Andrew Davies who wrote the wonderful 1995 Pride and Prejudice did this as well. Methinks he was too cocky about assuming this would be a series. I know that they passed on a second season in Britain, so the only hope is that PBS pulls through for the U.S.
It was nice to see the love story for Esther and Babington. I didn't like her at all to start and then became fond of her.
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Rieann
Member
08-26-2006
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 12:16 pm
Here is a good article I recently read about Sanditon.
Sanditon’s Creators Know You’re Devastated About That Ending
https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/sanditon-series-finale-charlotte-sidney-ending.html
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Spunky
Member
10-07-2001
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 2:27 pm
I had the same disappointment, usually they don't end this sadly, even though there was a happy ending for Esther and Babington. To me it felt almost like they left it for a sequel but I hear that's the end of the series. Bummer...
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Mak1
Member
08-11-2002
| Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 5:04 pm
I read that article too, Rieann, and it gave me hope. It was awful to feel so bummed at the end of a fictional story.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, March 06, 2020 - 10:41 am
Call the Midwife season 9 is to start on Sunday, March 29, 2020.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Sunday, March 29, 2020 - 11:52 am
Popped in to say the same thing, Sugar. I recommend watching it from the beginning on Netflix.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, March 29, 2020 - 1:40 pm
Happy dancing! 
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Spunky
Member
10-07-2001
| Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 8:56 pm
I saw the first ep of Beecham House on Masterpiece, I liked the exotic location of Delhi, India and among those beautiful Indian costumes Beecham's clothes look to me more American than British. The actress playing the British governess doesn't have great looks for the role, or maybe there will be a more sensual woman for Beecham later on, but I'll watch.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, June 19, 2020 - 12:14 pm
I loved Beecham House, but apparently PBS decided not to pick it up for a second season. There's still some hope that one of the streaming services will pick it up. I hope it continues, cause they kind of ended on a cliffhanger. I really enjoy the period pieces. I also enjoyed "Indian Summers" on PBS, which was about the last days of British colonialism in India.
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Spunky
Member
10-07-2001
| Friday, June 19, 2020 - 2:36 pm
Thanks Baby, I thought it was a premiere but you already saw it. A cliffhanger and not a second season? Too bad, maybe the filming location made it too expensive for a tv show, but it's beautiful. I'll check Indian Summers, I saw the movie The Last Viceroy and it was a good one, and I loved A Passage to India.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Monday, June 29, 2020 - 10:43 am
PBS has been airing a Downton Abbey marathon for days. Keep repeatedly running the whole series for days. Later yesterday they started the last run. Then Downton Abbey will be gone from PBS.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, June 29, 2020 - 11:13 am
I re-watched Downton Abbey on Amazon a couple of years ago. If you have Prime, it was free. Not sure if it's still there. Ack! I just checked and it says, "Leaving Prime on July 1, 2020." Maybe someone else will have it. I also watched the DA movie, but I think I had to pay for it. Worth it!!!
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, June 29, 2020 - 12:28 pm
Oh, how I wished I had known about the marathon.
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Roteach
Member
06-01-2003
| Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 6:23 am
Downton is also on HBO Max now.
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