General Chat

Channel 4 9pm.
It's a 10 part series and am looking forward to this programme.

Will it live up to drawing in the viewers like Downton Abbey,
time will tell, worth a try imo.

gonna give it a try Emma and 10 parts is a big series !!

Im really looking forward to this too :-D

Love Julie Walters in anything she does...great actress :-D

It looks good, also a fan of Julie Walters :-)

Roshan Seth (A Passage to India), Lillete Dubey (Monsoon Wedding), Alexander Cobb (Mr Selfridge), Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty), Fiona Glascott (Episodes), Amber Rose Revah (What Remains), Aysha Kala (Shameless), Olivia Grant (Legacy) and Edward Hogg (The Borgias) complete the cast.

Indian Summers will be set in 1932, in the backdrop of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India. It will follow the decline of the British Empire and the beginnings of modern India, told from both sides.

Filming will begin in the summer, to be broadcast on Channel 4 in 2015.

Channel 4 said in a statement: "As Indian Summers begins, the stories of promises, secrets, politics, power, sex and love play out as the British Raj begins to falter and a nation opens its eyes to the possibilities of freedom."


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Being hailed as the new Jewel In The Crown, but with less of the posh and a more mixed demographic. Which is what it was like.

I loved Jewel in the Crown -

Nudge :-)

I quite fancy it, but will have to watch it an hour later, as there is something on the Beeb I want to see at 9-pm.

Pass me the matchsticks for me peepers.

The J K Rowling one is on at 9:00 pm too - "A Casual Vacancy"

THAT's the one I will be watching Ann. Just could not think of the title.

I do like Michael Gambon.

Watched the casual vacancy. Quite good but not sure what to make of the last scene and message.

I've recorded A Casual Vacancy

Thought Indian Summers was quite good but found the dialogue a little hard to hear at times - it promises to be good though

Indian Summers is repeated tonight at 10pm on 4seven....or is it seven4? One of those anyway!

We watched A Casual Vacancy. Not too sure about it, but then first episodes are often scene setters.

Looks like Jack Vettriano has been hired for the sets and lighting of "Indian Summers". I was so riveted by them that I rather lost track of the plot which seems not to be top priority. I will def. keep track of the Roller.

I.S. is probably best on catch up without the many long ad breaks.

The commercial success of J K Rawlings is living proof of the reading age of millions. Casual Vacancy keeps to her standards. It is no worse than Poldark.

A remake of Poldark will be screened 'soon'. ;-)

I enjoyed the first episode getting to know who was who
and like Rollo was interested in the style of dress at that time.

Looks promising, we will see.

I absolutely loved the original Poldark and read all the books. But, back then we didn't have so much to choose from so I am hoping the remake won't be a disappointment. I hope we see as much of the scenery as we did then. (or even maybe more.) Do we know if theya re filming it around Port Isaac where it was fimed before?

Wasnt sure about the first episode but the it's just setting the scene and introducing the characters so need to give it a chance .

Found it a bit boring and difficult to follow but then 1st episodes usually are :-(

It didn't get a very good write up in the paper. critic implied it was a bit bland.