Channel 4 are in the process of hyping up their ambitious new period 10-part drama. It is set in 1932 and tells the story of the decline of the British empire and the birth of modern India. It features Julie Walters, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Jemima West, Nikesh Patel and Roshan Seth.

 

I love Julie Walters and the trailer looks good so I will certainty be checking it out!

Looks quite spectacular. Channel 4 do period drama better than BBC these days. This looks so much more lavish than Wolf Hall.

Oh I've seen the trailer a couple of times, I'll definitely have to check this out. Is there a première date yet though as all the ads just say 'coming soon'?

Edited February 2, 201510 yr by THEO.

As far as I'm aware, there's not a public air date but the 'coming soon' trailers have been going for a while now so I would guess it'll be late Feb/early March.

 

Hopefully soon anyway as I'm excited!

Sunday 15th February is the start date for the series!

Well this was excruciatingly boring.

Edited February 15, 201510 yr by jase.

This was awful and so boring

It was only boring if you have the attention span of a goldfish.

 

I thought as an opener it did a good job of setting up the story and establishing the characters. I definitely detected a hint of incestual longing by the brother for his sister.

I really enjoyed this!

 

Apart from the shooting, there was nothing too noteworthy to discuss but I feel the purpose of this episode was more of an introduction into the setting/background/characters which it did perfectly. Perhaps it was slightly too long but that shouldn't be a problem for future episodes. I remain excited for what the rest of the series has to offer as it looks like it's going to build up throughout although I do feel the coming soon trailer showed a bit too much.

It was only boring if you have the attention span of a goldfish.

 

Or maybe people who DO have a good attention span legitimately did find it an absolute chore/bore to sit through :rolleyes: