Small Prophets

[poliphilo]

 Ailz purchased a TV license last year so she could watch the tennis with a clear conscience. I may have watched a movie or two on the BBC over the past 12 months. I forget. Modern movies are pretty forgettable, don't you find?

But yesterday I binge watched Mackenzie Crook's new series Small Prophets- which is going out on BBC 2. I like Mackenzie Crook so much that I'm willing to overcome my disgust with the Beeb for his sake. Small Prophets is gentle, mischievous, magical and funny in an Ealing sort of a way. Crook himself has a supporting role, as does Michael Palin. No-one else in the cast is hugely well-known, but they're all terrific. I have two episodes still to go. There's a mystery of seven years vintage hanging over the characters and some dodgy business underway but I don't expect any of it to be resolved by gunplay....

Comments

[lethe1]

Being a big fan of Mackenzie Crook (Detectorists is one of my all-time favourite series) and having seen the previews of Small Prophets, I sat down to watch the first episode, but unfortunately I was so tired that I dozed off half(?)way. Last thing I consciously remember is the main character* lugging those water containers around that his dad had collected. Since I can't watch iPlayer, I'm hoping the episode will be repeated in the coming week, maybe in the Signed section.

*whose actor had a supporting role in Detectorists

[poliphilo]

I think you probably caught most of the episode. The water containers are significant. They (though not those exact ones) will be needed in an important experiment....

[paserbyp]

Modern movies are pretty forgettable, don't you find?

Some time, old fart, like me, have trouble with memory and in this case I agreed with you about modern movies.

[poliphilo]

I largely gave up on Hollywood a good while back.

[paserbyp]

Lot of good modern movies not from Holywood…