Anyone out there watch PBS? We do, regularly. It is the only channel my kids watch in the mornings.
But, have you been watching on Sunday nights?? Masterpiece Classic is back. And boy am I loving it. Have you heard of Elizabeth Gaskill? She wrote at about the same time Jane Austen did, but about the working class. She wrote Wives and Daughters, North and South, and Cranford. PBS is showing Cranford and it is about life. Just the daily life of people. It is such a fantastic show. And at the end of the month, on January 24th, a fantastic version of Emma will be showing. I have seen it and I LOVE it. (thanks shell!)
Sometimes I find that the shows on TV are not worth watching at all. All the reality shows, where the producers choose the craziest people to throw together just for ratings. (there are some reality shows that are worth watching. just not the majority of them.) The sitcoms, that are so poorly written. I cannot stand it. I have had to become more selective in what I watch. Thank heavens for PBS.
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Their new line-up is making want to plug the TV cable back in - if just for this channel!
And wasn't that Emma great...sigh...
I got the Elizabeth Gaskill DVD collection for Christmas from my mom; we love her stuff. I just finished watching North and South (oh Mr. Thornton) and Wifes and Daughters (heart be still Roger). My mom has a few other period movies you'd enjoy. We'll have to a movie date next time you're down.
So Ali sent me the entire Cranford on DVD! I watched it today for "sick day". Not quite sure I loved it - a lot of sadness for me. Then again Elizabeth Gaskell does tend to be a little more "real" in her novels than Jane Austen was. At least with the truth about life and death and work conditions.
i think that is why i like her so much. the REALness of it. how the whole town still has to keep on a going, even if so and so has died. or that so and so gave birth. and they pull together, they support what they believe in, even though the majority of the characters in the story are women.
watch return to cranford on pbs. love love love it.
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