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[-] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I think I've asked this before but anyway I know you like period dramas. Have you watched The Village? It's a true story set in ww1. It's on SBS on demand and it's very good.

Get well soon banana.

[-] bananafungus@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Yes! I originally tuned in for Maxine Peake but soon found myself really sucked into it. Sort of reminded me of Home Fires which was brilliant (still mad they cancelled it)!

[-] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

Maxine Peake is such a good actress. I loved Home Fires too.

Lark Rise to Candleford, Cranford, All Creatures great and small, Land Girls, Parades End, My Mother And Other Strangers, World On Fire are a few more that I've watched and liked.

And of course there's all those turn back time documentaries that are great to watch.

[-] bananafungus@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes!! All of those are so good, espcially Lark Rise and ACGAS (both versions, although the new one kinda wins out by a little because I love Anna Madeley, Samuel West, and Callum Woodhouse) just so fkn cosy, they make me feel all warm and toasty inside.

You've probably seen it, but The Durrells is 10/10 period drama, everything about it is excellent!

[-] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

The Durrells is a good watch. The book was good too. And The Larkins which was somehow connected to the Darling Buds Of May. Well you're like me who loves this stuff. All I can recommend now are books that are similar.

Nella Last and Helen Forrester are 2 authors that wrote books that are some of the best reads I've ever read.

[-] bananafungus@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I've had both of those authors recommended to me before. I've been looking for my next read since I didn't line anything up after an indugent reread of Phillip Pullmans' series, so maybe I might make a start with those. In saying that I have a sneaky suspicion that I read The Latchkey Kid by Forrester many moons ago.

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