the constant p*ss takey attitude wore very thin after about 5 minutes . I expect I am being too critical of the program , but it just seemed like a mickey take of yuppies going feral .... well what they would think is feral anyway . It is about as near to smallholding as HFW was with RC .
I just don't see the point in doing it really . They are trying to see if they can set it all up as in 'The Good Life ' from the 70's , before the internet etc ...But once again , they aren't living there , so can't be looking after the animals or even producing enough food to live on . Like HFW , they are creating an image that doesn't exist in reality . From what I gather , he continued to live and work in London with his family . I own six acres and I know how hard it is to do everything on your own especially if you don't have "my very good friend " who will give you a flock of sheep for a roast dinner some time next year , or will take you into London to sell 20 bottles of home made tomato sauce on a stall
?? it is all utter crap really . But if you accept it as such , then as with HFW in RC , then it could be ok for 5 minutes . But why choose Sue Perkins ? she wouldn't want to live with Giles if he was the last bloke on earth , maybe if he was the last woman though !!!!
I watched the first one on iplayer , and waited to see if she actually could manage to utter at least one sentence in a normal speaking tone ...ie not piss taking , I can't remember hearing one .
I shan't be watching any more , even though it was funny watching Giles Coren acting like a big fanny if he touched one of the chickens
It comes over as one big piss take . On that level it succeeds , but seems to offer absolutely nothing else . As the original 'Good life' didn't portray smallholding ( it wasn't meant to , it was a sit com !!) neither does this .
I am 'a grumpy old man' now , so this is just my jaded view of what I think is a load of crap . If others enjoy it ? good luck to them and ignore my comments , they are just my opinion .
'The Edwardian Farm' series has just begun now , and although it is the same old preface again, as with 'Tales From the Green Valley' and then 'The Victorian Farm' , it does actually show some form of what life was like , albeit in a very living museum type of way , and they don't actually live there either ..why does everything have to be fake ? But in my opinion , this is a much better effort all together . I just like seeing all the old equipment though really , some of it is even older than me !!! lol.
cheers
Russ
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