Indian Summers

[seekeerz]

The first episode will be screened tonight ....but I see they've ceased production after two series ....any opinions ?

[Buenchico]

I've never seen it. Indeed, until reading your post, I'd never even heard of it. (I can go weeks without watching any telly at all). However this page, which archives articles about the series (with the most recent first), seems to offer an explanation:
http://www.theweek.co.uk/indian-summers/62398/indian-summers-will-final-episode-tie-up-the-loose-ends

[seekeerz]

thanks Chris ...now I see there's some previous posts and now I don't think I'll bother ....you'd think they would put on something halfway decent on a Sunday evening but it's all mad reality shows...I watch tv for escapism !!

[Buenchico]

Quote:
"Commuters spend hours on the road and when you eventually get home you're in vast dormitory suburbs with poor-quality housing… watching terrible Australian TV"

Source (BBC, 20 May):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-36299682

;-)

[seekeerz]

oh dear, puts you right off, doesn't it !!


( for a moment I thought they were writing about Indian Summers, but p'rhaps not)

[Buenchico]

My main memories of Aussie TV (from 30 years ago) are:

1. Seeing the BBC footage of the UK miners' dispute (which the BBC had portrayed as showing vicious attacks on the police) shown with an Aussie commentary that portrayed exactly the same images as showing vicious attacks by the police (which, incidentally, history has shown to be far more accurate!) ;

2. Finding that 'The A-Team', which was then being shown as early evening family entertainment by the BBC (and extremely popular with young children), was rated as 'Over-18s only' in Australia and only shown late at night ;

3. Being amazed that the pre-match entertainment in an Aussie Rules Football game (which was an Under-14s game on the same pitch) was shown in full, whereas the kids involved in a pre-match entertainment game in a UK soccer match would be delighted just to be mentioned in the commentary for the big match (without a single picture of them being aired) ; and

4. Working out that the only rule in Aussie Rules Football is "Thou shalt not kill" (and even that is extremely flexible).

[Jackdaw33]

I suppose you could paraphrase Churchill;

"Britain and Australia, two countries divided by a common culture".

[seekeerz]

hasn't improved much from back then either ...he he he !!