I have watched two episodes and will not be watching any more. I gave up during episode two when the boys began collecting the sixpences. I even rewound to try and find out why they did so but to no avail. I’ve no idea who the old lady in bed was, no idea whether she was dead or alive when the boy cut her wrist. I‘ve also no idea why a bloke drunk water that had been used to scrub a floor and even less why, having drunk half a bucketful he went on to suck the remains from the scrubbing brush. I don’t know why the young girl propositioned the drunkard and not a clue who the father of the “posh” girl’s baby might be or whether she was raped or consented. I don’t know where Tom Armstrong’s character fits into the scheme of things or how he came by his gammy leg.
My concentration may not be what it was but there are so many things I do not know about The Village (and it seems I’m not alone) that it cannot be just me. I sometimes wonder if the people who make these productions watch them through before inflicting them on their gullible viewers.