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Speaking of Sam Tyler, we've been watching Ashes to Ashes series 2 and just started series 3. What has been aired on BBCA?
I have to say, I couldn't get in to A2A the first season, but I picked back up with it in the second. Outright misogyny had given way to more nuanced machismo by then. (disclaimer: I only watched the first episode of series 1, but was wearied by it.)
But series 2 was awesome and series 3 is just bananas!
What has been aired on BBCA?
BBCA just aired episode 7 of series 2.
Ooh, so almost at the season ender then?
US Who... Bill Nighy!
Wait, that was Bill Nighy as Vincent? I TOTALLY did not recognize him.
Nope. Bill Nighy was the museum docent. Big glasses and all.
so almost at the season ender then?
Yup. Done as of next Tuesday.
Bill Nighy was the museum docent.
OK, that makes a LOT more sense. Didn't recognize him there either, but at least I can connect him mentally.
i found some of the accents on that show hard to understand at times, but i still adore it. especially Sam.
Thank goodness for subtitles. Though sometimes I still have no idea what they're saying. I'm in the middle of episode 2 and totally in love but I already had a thing for Simm so it's not surprising.
"Do you remember people? You used to be one."
heh
The soundtrack is so very awesome but some of this stuff I had no idea went this far back. I can't believe Dark Side of the Moon is older than my roommate.
Sam is given messages by the girl off Test Card F, who comes out of the television with her clown doll. At the end of the series, she can also be seen running down the street and switching off the television from the inside. ("Ashes to Ashes" also refers to her with the clown motif.) The real life Test Card girl, Carole Hersee is estimated to have been on British television for 70,000 hours, equivalent to nearly eight years, and so is in the "Guinness Book of World Records" for the longest television appearance in history.