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9.00 BBC Gentleman Jack

ImSoLuckyLucky!

19 May 19 16:58

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Expect they be a HUGE audience
For this lesbian thriller
Lead by a lesbian actor

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alun2005 When: 19 May 19 17:01

We've been let down badly before though. I still weep when I remember the disappointments of "Tipping The Velvet". We were promised lubricious girl-on-girl rave-ups, and we were lied to.

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UBLE/REGY When: 19 May 19 20:30

Yes I am sure this will be popular

remember we can go blind

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mouse muldoon When: 19 May 19 22:02

Standard BBC box ticking stuff, far too diverse for my tastes.

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blackbarn When: 19 May 19 22:09

Very good I thought. Looks like being the best drama ever about a lady coal-mine owner.

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UBLE/REGY When: 19 May 19 23:08

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BARROWBOY When: 19 May 19 23:59

Wouldn’t it have been great if when she looked the other way when she had to shoot the horse,when the camera panned back the horse was still standing & the bloke holding him was dead.

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UBLE/REGY When: 20 May 19 01:06

Ann Lister was an educated women of some ability

Her claim to fame seems to rest on having a series of affairs with other women

which she recorded in her own code in dairies.

I am not surprised the BBC are showing this, they are very keen on this sort of thing

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jumper3 When: 20 May 19 07:53

BBC researchers probably spent years trying to find a story, any angle from history with which to promote diversity. Any black characters shown in what era, 1810?

I was watching Years and Years, so missed this gem, which was on last week but I only got around to now. Yet another 'story' where they tick all the diversity boxes first, then work up a story. They even made Farage a woman.

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Crisp77 When: 20 May 19 08:37

I didn't realise it was a period drama until the sex started

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UBLE/REGY When: 20 May 19 09:45

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blackbarn When: 20 May 19 13:00

jumper3 - "BBC researchers probably spent years trying to find a story, any angle from history with which to promote diversity. Any black characters shown in what era, 1810? I was watching Years and Years, so missed this gem, which was on last week but I only got around to now. Yet another 'story' where they tick all the diversity boxes first, then work up a story. They even made Farage a woman.

This is fluent bo77ocks isn't it?.

The work wasn't even instigated by the BBC. It is almost totally the work of playwright Sally Wainwright who used to visit Lister's home when a child. It took her 20 years to get the story even to filmable format. One of the major complexities was that the story is based on Lister's diaries, many of which are written in code.

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Hanx When: 20 May 19 15:23

.....and it was just pure happenstance that it pitched slap-bang in the middle of the BBC commissioning team's 'Acceptabilty Venn Diagram'.

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jumper3 When: 21 May 19 08:38

May 20, 2019 -- 1:00PM, blackbarn wrote:

jumper3 - "BBC researchers probably spent years trying to find a story, any angle from history with which to promote diversity. Any black characters shown in what era, 1810? I was watching Years and Years, so missed this gem, which was on last week but I only got around to now. Yet another 'story' where they tick all the diversity boxes first, then work up a story. They even made Farage a woman.This is fluent bo77ocks isn't it?.The work wasn't even instigated by the BBC. It is almost totally the work of playwright Sally Wainwright who used to visit Lister's home when a child. It took her 20 years to get the story even to filmable format. One of the major complexities was that the story is based on Lister's diaries, many of which are written in code.

No it is not. And please don't lower the tone with your use of language. The writers of these dramas know damned well the BBC wants to meet diversity targets. What I am saying is that they are going after storey lines that fit that demographic. The make up of Years and Years is frankly ridiculous and takes away from the story line.