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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Fleecewife on March 09, 2013, 12:07:13 pm
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I'm not much of a TV watcher, but this is one I'm really looking forward to. Anyone with Shetland sheep, cattle, ducks, dogs, ponies will surely want to see it, just in case their favored animal is somewhere in there 8) I've been reading the Anne Cleeves books anyway, so this is a bonus for me. Enjoy :thumbsup:
Shetland is coming to you on BBC One
The long-awaited BBC One television drama Shetland will be broadcast at 9pm on Sunday 10th March.
Shetland, which is adapted from the Ann Cleeves novel Red Bones, stars Douglas Henshall as detective inspector Jimmy Perez. Shetlanders Steven Robertson and Sandra Voe also have key parts.
Hundreds of people in Shetland turned out for a re-enactment of Up-Helly-Aa during filming in July last year. It was the biggest drama production filmed in the isles.
Senior producers say the two-parter requires a UK-wide audience of five million for a series to be commissioned so remember to tell your family and friends to watch, and get them to tell brothers and sisters and aunties and uncles too! The second episode will be shown the next night, Monday 11th March, at the same time.
In a BBC publicity interview for Shetland, Dougie Henshall said: "It's such a beautiful place, so stark and unique - the sky is huge, the air is fresh, the sea is clear... it's a lovely place. I'd never been before but I'd love to go back. Everyone worried about the weather but we really didn't have it that bad - it was lovely actually."
"Everybody was incredibly helpful and they honestly couldn't do enough for us. Shetland was the biggest film production to ever be shot on the islands so I think everyone was really excited about us being there."
He added: "I always thought of Shetland as being a place that was so remote it was always in a wee box during the weather. Sometimes I wonder if people really know where it is or what it's like, what the people are like and what goes on there. As a curiosity it's worth taking a look at Shetland and you'll discover it's a truly beautiful place. But, above all else, Shetland is a really good crime story."
For the full BBC interview with Douglas Henshall, plus interviews with Ann Cleeves and scriptwriter David Kane, click here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/shetland/douglas-henshall.html).
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I will be out :( but am going to record it :)
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I hope to watch, no sheep etc but love to see anything scenic
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As Shetland is my 2nd home I am so looking forward to this. Mum has been phoning to remind me to record it.
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I've set the alarm on my phone :thumbsup:
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I thought they were making a proper film of it? Not much good for folk who don't have telly... :(
I love Shetland and have read all her books - would love to watch this. Nevermind, I'll survive without it.
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I've been looking forward to it too!
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Ina, watch it on iplayer. That's what I will do. I enjoy the books so hope the producers haven't changed too much.
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Reading the books at the moment, but no telly in our house and really don't like to watch TV adaptation of books... it always ruins it for me...
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I agree, Anke, but I'd like to see Shetland so I'll try it. The one film I did see that stuck to the book is "Goodnight, Mr Tom". I saw the film first and was delighted to find that the book took the story even further.
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I think they have changed it quite a bit, with the big event at the end of the 4th book already having taken place some years before in this, which is based on the 3rd book. It will make it a bit difficult if they then go on to film the other books. There's also a female sidekick.
I'm wondering how they managed to film Uphellya (I know that's not how it's spelt, but my mind has gone blank) in June - can't be much dark around then.
All will be revealed :excited:
There was another Shetland programme on tonight, with Ellie ?Harrison - the British Winter or similar. I missed most of it but did see the bit filmed at the Isbisters' on Trondra, with all their lovely local breeds. I met them in 2000 and they haven't changed a bit 8) I will watch the parts I missed on iplayer.
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I saw an interview on BBC breakfast which said most of it is filmed in Ayrshire.....
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Hopefully just the indoor bits :fc:
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Ill be watching :thumbsup:
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There's been some crackin' Dramas on the TV just lately, so looking forward to this one too :thumbsup: . Its the only time of year I can sit down with my feet and not feel guilty :eyelashes: .
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What a depressing place , I was playing ' spot the tree ' before turning it off halfway through, why the hell would anyone in their right mind want to live in such a bleak landscape , no wonder they all drink scotch by the gallon, sorry, not for me, midsomer murders does it so much better but with trees , no future for a woodburner salesman there. :huff:
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Yes it did look a bit grim. We could not undersatnd all that was being said but the OH told me she was good with the Welsh accent :eyelashes: and kept watching it - dull !
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beauty must be in the eye of the beholder. i thought it looked beautiful. cant wait for tonight. script was a bit cliche tho.
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Haven't read the books but thought it was trying too hard to be a Scottish Wallender ??? , will watch conclusion tonight.
Mandy :pig:
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Haven't read the books but thought it was trying too hard to be a Scottish Wallender ??? , will watch conclusion tonight.
Mandy :pig:
Thought that too. Enjoyed it though and thought the scenery was pretty stunning. Not great PR for the island , it just looks like everyone is on the booze 24/7
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I think I was so busy thinking 'that didn't happen in the book' that I missed any plot flow.
I like the scenery of Shetland, although I would miss the trees if I lived there. Shame the only sheep seen were out of focus and suddenly vanished in a continuity glitch ;D
The accents were mostly mainland Scots, although there were some native Shetlanders amongst them.
Did anyone notice the tam 'Sophie' the archaeology student was wearing? Called 'peerie flooers' it was designed by Kate Davies who lives in East Lothian but designs some wonderful knitwear largely with a Shetland theme. I love it :knit:
There's another called 'sheep heid' which I intend to knit, with sheep standing all around it.
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Yes it did look a bit grim. We could not undersatnd all that was being said but the OH told me she was good with the Welsh accent :eyelashes: and kept watching it - dull !
That's odd, what I noticed was a total lack of distinctive accents (nearly standard English spoken by people from the central belt) . You had to listen really hard to find any Shetland accent at all and there were certainly no strong accents or Shetland words. A bit disappointing as I think the Shetland accent is quite melodic and beautiful.
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I agree, too many glasgow accents could have been taggart , Hamish Mcbeth at least made the accent effort!
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Totally agree on the accents. OH and I were just saying that if you closed your eyes and just listened, then you would think that is was set in central scotland.
Thought the scenery was beautiful - but personally I couldn't live anywhere without trees ;)
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Orkney is short of trees as well. Had a holiday there many years ago and it was the thing I noticed the most. Those trees that had manage to grow to more than a few feet were all in the town where they were sheltered by the houses. Every other one was very short and growing at an acute angle due to the permanent wind blowing there.
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BUT...the trees they do have in Shetland appear to be magical, at least according to 'Shetland' - the only trees shown were in full leaf at Uphelly-a, which surely takes place in winter :thinking: ;D
I spent tonight's episode spotting interesting knitting :knit:
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Just looked up Katie Davies ......now fingers itching to pick up knitting needles for first time in 30 years! Why dont shops have such great designs in their knitting pattern selection? I was in a shop recently and thought with impending sheep maybe I ought to see if I could still knit, but patterns available were so old hat (good pun!) I didn't bother.
Had saved up watching Shetland programme for this eve when I'm here but myself ... now not sure whether to watch or not!
Linda
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I recorded both episodes to watch sometime, wondering whether to bother now ::)
Couldn't live anywhere without trees either, but I'd like to visit Shetland and Orkney islands at some point and don't want to put myself off if it comes over that badly..
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We have a poor signal some times so not watched it yet but will most prob, what a load all together, that way I will be able to follow whats going on, here I am always being interrupted!!
I love to live near trees too, my favorate places are in and around forests or woodland.
Off topic a tad but I was amazed at a programme about Stone Henge, they found that people came on a sort of holiday/ pilgrimage from miles around, as well as from Orkney and Shetland and the stones and temple etc in Orkeny are linned up and in some way connected!!
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Linda, if you want a choice of stunning patterns, go check out Ravelry. A lot of them are free to download, too - you can search for just those so you don't get tempted to buy too many that cost money!
I just did a quick 'search for free-to-download knitting patterns (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#photo=yes&craft=knitting&availability=free%2Bravelry&sort=best&view=captioned_thumbs)' and there are over 22,500 of them! (Of which 3,681 are hats.)
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Well first of all, there are very few trees in Shetland but the landscape is stunning in all weathers. Never had much bother with using my mobile phone when there but like most places there will be black spot areas with no coverage ( I have very little near me at home near Banff ) As for the Shetland language. It is beautiful but takes time to understand so would have been no use in the TV drama. I myself when there seem to use more and more Shetlands words but I have had 30 years now to pick it up. The Island has a special feeling, From the second I get on the plane to Shetland I feel relaxed and calm. Its one of those places that you either love or hate but for me its just perfect and I was heart broken when my mother left the Island to live near my younger brother who has heart and kidney problems. We take her back every year if its possible and she has made it quite clear that we have to take her home to be buried in Shetland. If my OH could get a job there we would move in an instant.
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I think they could and should have had some broad Shetland accents - maybe some of the more peripheral characters, and they could have subtitled them.
When we visited Orkney it took a day or two to tune into the accent, but it was very much a part of the place and the atmosphere - not least because these islands feel more of a connection to Scandanavia than they do to Scotland, (so the people told me), and that comes across in the accent and dialect.
Now when there's anything about Orkney on the telly, I love to hear the Orcadians talk; their accent takes me straight back there :)
I couldn't live there, though - no trees. We did take a ferry trip to the wee island which does have a wood, and walk in that wood, just to see some! :D
There are no foxes either (so no foxhounds, so no good for BH ::)) and I think someone said no badgers either?
One feature of Orkney is that most everyone and most of the livestock are barred up indoors all winter, battened against the almost constant 70mph winds. The final scenes on Shetland were shot against a massive wall of window in the old man's sitting room - would a Shetland house have windows as expansive as that?
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The answer to the window is yes, lots of houses have huge windows that over look the sea. Many new houses are built like the Norwegians and just beautiful. The croft type are very different but you would expect that. The Island is about 70 miles long and the furthest you are from water is 3 miles. Wild life everywhere. In Lerwick most buildings are very old, cobbled streets where the shops are. As you say the language would have been nice to hear. My stepfather who was a Shetlander spoke very fast but he did learn to slow down his words once married to my mother.
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We went to Shetland in the summer and I loved it... (I didn't see the TV thingy though, and won't be watching it on iPlayer either). We also went up there because I wanted to decide if I felt I could go and live up there.... but I found it actually not remote enough :-\ ... Most of the population there is wihtin easy driving distance of a huge TESCO, also a large COOP in Lerwick, the High St looks very much like others in Scotland... although we did find a couple of nice places to eat with really good fish on offer, most of the foodfare is standard like everywhere else....
Not quite sure if the lack of trees really bothered me or not though...
Loved the Knitwear at the museum, and am itching to try some of Kate Davies' designs, alas time and understanding of the pattern (steeking :o ) is not on my side...
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Steeks scare me too :tired: . You can knit things such as the 'rams and ewes' blanket on the flat, by reading the chart from the 'wrong' end on alternate rows. It might be worth doing a practice piece first, before getting the scissors out to something which has taken an age to knit - that's what I'll do when I take the plunge. I am thinking of making up my own Heb hat, with 4 horned Hebs dancing around it.............
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What annoy me was the main character calling the island "Lerick" to try and sound local but then every other word was with a west coast accent - seemed pointless either be an actor and act the part or just be glaswegian
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Steeks scare me too :tired: . You can knit things such as the 'rams and ewes' blanket on the flat, by reading the chart from the 'wrong' end on alternate rows. It might be worth doing a practice piece first, before getting the scissors out to something which has taken an age to knit - that's what I'll do when I take the plunge. I am thinking of making up my own Heb hat, with 4 horned Hebs dancing around it.............
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I love the "Rams & Ewes" blanket... one of these days I will get my brain into gear and learn it properly... (I can do FairIsle, but it takes a looooooong time)
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Well I did watch it last night, both parts - it was OK.. ::)
Bit cliche and boring tho, honestly. Randy lecturer shagging his students and assorted wives of locals in a tiny community like that? Drunken misunderstood offshore worker with marital and debt problems? "I did it to protect my old sick dad's reputation" multi-murdering middle aged housewife? Oh, the wartime secret that is about an affair and an illegitimate child ??? Not even a twist and the viking parade just a backdrop to alternate with the about to be a victim running from public place to large warehouse space where he can easily be attacked tho he seemed about 5' ahead of his pursuer on the street and out of sight when he got to the door so there wasn't anywhere else he'd have gone but the uninhabited "come get me free" space? And most unbelievable of all, does anyone really have the kind of stand up shout between parent and teen, adopted or not, that after 5 seconds stops and becomes a "want a cuppa" moment? Or am I just cynical ;)
Not a thrilling thriller, nor a mysterious mystery, more costume drama plus a few random vikings on the main street.. Oh and the police wouldn't "write to the university" about a randy lecturer, not given the students were of age. Gah.
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Well I did watch it last night, both parts - it was OK.. ::)
Bit cliche and boring tho, honestly. Randy lecturer shagging his students and assorted wives of locals in a tiny community like that? Drunken misunderstood offshore worker with marital and debt problems? "I did it to protect my old sick dad's reputation" multi-murdering middle aged housewife? Oh, the wartime secret that is about an affair and an illegitimate child ??? Not even a twist and the viking parade just a backdrop to alternate with the about to be a victim running from public place to large warehouse space where he can easily be attacked tho he seemed about 5' ahead of his pursuer on the street and out of sight when he got to the door so there wasn't anywhere else he'd have gone but the uninhabited "come get me free" space? And most unbelievable of all, does anyone really have the kind of stand up shout between parent and teen, adopted or not, that after 5 seconds stops and becomes a "want a cuppa" moment? Or am I just cynical ;)
Not a thrilling thriller, nor a mysterious mystery, more costume drama plus a few random vikings on the main street.. Oh and the police wouldn't "write to the university" about a randy lecturer, not given the students were of age. Gah.
;D I am definitely NOT watching it now....
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Wedon't need to watch it now. We know what happens.
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Sorry :-[
Not that I gave away anything you'd not guess the moment you saw the "characters", but sorry anyway
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Well glad I watched it all last night or I might have decided I didn't need to now! Yes very cliched but loved the wild scenery ... no couldn't live there , not least cos I suffer from SAD but am itching to do some island hopping in Scotland since we went to highlands 2 years ago ... this just confirmed it.
L
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Sorry :-[
Not that I gave away anything you'd not guess the moment you saw the "characters", but sorry anyway
I'll forgive you. Just this once. ;D
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Just watched the first episode and rather enjoyed it. Shetland certainly is beautiful.
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I'll forgive you. Just this once. ;D
Then sadly I am doomed, I take a lot of forgiving, can't seem to help putting both feet in it on a regular basis ::)
But thank you for the reprieve :bouquet: I was :unwell: at the time and not thinking straight - more than usual :dunce:
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Sorry :-[
Not that I gave away anything you'd not guess the moment you saw the "characters", but sorry anyway
Well at least I know that I haven't missed out on anything....
Ellied - I wasn't going to watch it, I don't have the time to watch hours of television.... so you are forgiven by me too. My remark was meant to be :-J anyway....
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Saw it on I player...enjoyed it but felt that it didnt need the "Up helier" bit which was put on specially for the film production (according to the radio prog that trailed it)
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Saw it on I player...enjoyed it but felt that it didnt need the "Up helier" bit which was put on specially for the film production (according to the radio prog that trailed it)
..........which was SO pathetic, with just a few people trying to look and sound like a big crowd ::) They did have footage of last year's uphelly-ah at the end which was obviously convincing.
Overall I was disappointed with the script and the casting, but it was good to have a drama set in Shetland to remind us of our furthest reaches :thumbsup:
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I'll forgive you. Just this once. ;D
Then sadly I am doomed, I take a lot of forgiving, can't seem to help putting both feet in it on a regular basis ::)
But thank you for the reprieve :bouquet: I was :unwell: at the time and not thinking straight - more than usual :dunce:
Tbh I don't think you spoiled my viewing and I wasn't really annoyed. ;D Hope you're feeling better now and don't worry about your feet. Loads of people can't help putting their feet in things. Better than constantly having their noses in things. But please don't anyone tell me what's happening in Corrie because that would upset me.
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No worries on that score, I don't watch Corrie, think I test watched a couple episodes back in the 80s but never caught the bug and have since tried and given up on several other soaps because they got into competing trainwrecks at Christmas rather than the original development of ordinary lives concept that made soaps unique.
Me I'm a US crime fan instead, tho I'm suffering serious doubts about how long I can cope watching Ted Danson pretend to be a serious actor while advertising Cheers re-runs and the latest CSI at the same time - not that anybody can replace Grissom, but this is an insult to intelligent crime drama :( Still have NCIS, Bones, Dexter and Criminal Minds to keep me going tho ;) The murders part is less dramatic than the soaps and the characters have more "real" issues from one season into the next, way more interesting ;)
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I'm a Corrie addict.
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it back on tonight at 9pm :excited: :excited: :excited:
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it back on tonight at 9pm :excited: :excited: :excited:
From the trailers it looks as if it's gone all dark and Scandinavian ::) - not that I haven't enjoyed The Bridge and the others :thumbsup: Looking forward to it - spinning time :spin: