Steven Broomfield Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Well I relented and allowed Mrs B access to the TV. We're 20 minutes in, and all I can do is paraphrase Sassoon Jesus ... make it stop ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedley Malloch Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Should be renamed "Holby City Goes to War". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 It even has Mr. Molesley from 'Downton Abbey' as the colonel. Unfortunately the cardboard characters have prevented any suspension of disbelief so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 As the Tottygraph said, firmly in "Call the Midwife" territory.Almost as bad as "The Three Musketeers" (almost, but it would have to be really appalling to be that bad). Good to see my licence fee so well used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedley Malloch Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 If the BBC Great War Centenary season was operating a triage system, this show would be put in a corner, given a lump of morphine, and left for nature to take its course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ridgus Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 As the Tottygraph said, firmly in "Call the Midwife" territory.Almost as bad as "The Three Musketeers" (almost, but it would have to be really appalling to be that bad). Good to see my licence fee so well used. Steven, Having, by your own admission, missed most of the BBC's excellent output on the Great War so far this year, why on earth are you putting yourself through this widely trailed car crash! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Because it's there, David ... because it's there. (Can I also query the word "excellent"? I've seen nothing yet to deserve that appellation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 How can such an opportunity to pay a centenary tribute to our womenfolk's enormous nursing contribution in the Great War be thrown away like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simond9x Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 40 minutes in and that's it..........dreadful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Good to see my licence fee so well used. An anagram of " The Crimson Fields " is Licensed from s**t Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sheldon Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 To think I allowed this to be switched on instead of Endeavour on ITV +1 - aargh. That is why I am on the Forum instead! Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Unfortunately the cardboard characters have prevented any suspension of disbelief so far. Grossly unfair to associate what is an excellent and useful packaging material with this dreadful piece of televisual dross. We have migrated across to Louis Theroux's paedophiles with a sense of relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick63 Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Should be renamed "Holby City Goes to War". I was thinking the same. I`ve read a few nurses diaries and this programme bares no resemblance whatsoever to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedley Malloch Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Send an urgent message to BBC HQ: "Am under heavy and sustained fire from a barrage of cliches, WW1 officer and roses-of-no-man's land stereotypes. Please send emergency relief." Now where' s the boxed set of 'Breaking Bad'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffsyeoman Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Oh, the many, many costume howlers. The lack of anything resembling proper military discipline - or if it rears its head, portrayed as priggish adherence to pointless (the writer's judgement) rules. The Colonel - who sends the curiously un-cap badged DCM holder back to the front - could not be more of a cartoon villain if he had a curly moustache and stroked it going "mwa- hah, hah, hah!". I think we should send a paramedic to Sue Light with oxygen and a strong sleeping pill to overcome the anger, and a card offering sympathy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simond9x Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 I cannot believe how bad this has been. Forget historical accuracy - not worth wasting time on that! Two-dimensional characters, clichéd storyline. The TV equivalent of Mills & Boon. Absolutely appalling - shame on you BBC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBully Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Agreed. I'm just stunned by how awful this programme was. Please don't tell me that this series will go on for another four years ! I cannot believe how bad this has been. Forget historical accuracy - not worth wasting time on that! Two-dimensional characters, clichéd storyline. The TV equivalent of Mills & Boon. Absolutely appalling - shame on you BBC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobL Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Perfect Sunday night viewing. By which I mean it's so boring you fall asleep, or turn it off then go to bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 6 April , 2014 Author Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Not just historical inaccuracies. One sequence showed fairly heavy rain, shortly afterwards there is no sign of there having been any with the ground bone dry! Presumably 'the boys' marching off to the front at the end were making a detour to pickup some kit on the way, and I somehow think that all the vehicles would have been just a bit grubbier; having ridden from Boulogne a spotless motorcycle & a coat with the appearance of it just having come out of the box, not to mention the rider having a clean face... NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Despite family suggestions that we watch the "Scarlet Fields", we decided to watch "Grimm" instead Clearly we made the right decision..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth505 Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 there it is on IPlayer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 What a complete and utter load of drivel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootrock Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 There seemed to be only one real medical case (apart from the shell shock) and I had my doubts about that. Can gas gangrene really infect the lungs and liver? I thought it was caused by a bacterium that got into wounds. Is there a doctor in the house who can enlighten us? Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Because it's there, David ... because it's there. (Can I also query the word "excellent"? I've seen nothing yet to deserve that appellation). Egbert on the Antiques Road Show was excellent, I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadier Posted 6 April , 2014 Share Posted 6 April , 2014 Am I wrong, or did one of the army officers give something resembling a naval salute? Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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