This makes me cry. (Well steve coogan's performance does - it's 'tragic').
The double act of Bernard Hill )Grandad) and Dominic Senior (young Joe) is fantastic. It's so real, lovely, touching, comic and sad. They both deserve awards.
ACtually, apologies Steve Coogan - all the actors in this superb mini-series are good, but Bernard & Dominic stand out as exceptionally good.
I don't actually care that much what happens to Bing; silly s0d, but I know I'm gonna weep buckets when Grandad inevitably dies and at Joe's reaction. Brill.
I agree - the end of last night's episode was a real tear jerker. Steve Coogan's acting has got better the more serious the story has become. Grandad and grandson partnership absolutely brilliant; although the actress playing Bernadette is pretty good too.
What brillian writing by Craig Cash but I think that as an actor he is a bit one dimentional; the part he plays is just Dave from the Royle family with a different name.