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A Short Stay in Switzerland

Essex_Al
Essex_Al Posts: 3,583
edited January 2009 in Not Sports Related
Did anyone see this last night, based on a true story of a doctor that has a terminal illness and wants to take her own life.

Excellent drama, had me in tears (big woos!). An absolutely stunning piece of acting from Julie Walters. This lady gets better as she gets older.

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  • Imissthepeanutman
    Imissthepeanutman Posts: 1,458
    Same for me Al. Very powerful and moving performance.
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    I just do not understand why this had to be made into a drama. Is there not enough doom and gloom about?
    I like a bit of lighthearted entertainment on the TV, thank goodness for Tucker on the ice!
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,230
    agreed with the tucker on ice... thats the first time i've watched that programme, - me and my dad and sister were crying.

    Didnt watch the above - i would have liked to but got vetoed.
  • Imissthepeanutman
    Imissthepeanutman Posts: 1,458
    Sorry Chirpy dont agree with that one.

    There is so much trash (which I admit is very popular..Big Brother, Celebrity. Strictly) on tv that its good to have the occasional high quality drama even if the subject matter is gloomy.

    I think its good there is a choice with the most obvious one being the off switch.
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    That's fine. We are not supposed to agree on everything. I wish people would realise that.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    You said we had to agree on everything !
    ;-)
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    [cite]Posted By: Chirpy Red[/cite]That's fine. We are not supposed to agree on everything. I wish people would realise that.

    Absolutely right.

    You think Kish is the best player you've seen at The Valley.

    Whilst I think he was excellent for us and much maligned while here I wouldn't go quite that far.

    :-)
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,211
    Excellent drama and great performance by Julie Waters. My only critism would be that Julie Waters looked very healthy with a nice tan considering she was playing someone who was terminally ill. But then again I missed the start of the programme and can't remember whether I heard of her illness.
  • StanmoreAddick
    StanmoreAddick Posts: 4,150
    edited January 2009
    A very well done drama and might have produced a little tear in my eye at one point. i did my normal and started to watch expecting to get bored and then switch over. But it held my attention- IMHO a tad over dramatic at times and not totally accurate (eg Death normally takes 10-15 mins, not seconds)

    Julie Walters was excellent, as one might expect and why not have stuff like this on, i'm definately in the IMTPM camp re the popular $hite and Off button

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