Mrs Inbetweeny
BBC 3 commissioned a number of hour long dramas (6 I think) with the idea of making two of them into serials. I’ve only seen two, Being Human and Mrs. Inbetweeny, both of which seemed to get the thumbs up as the two that should be chosen.
Now I could go over the plot but I’m not going to, because that would spoil it if you haven’t seen it yet - it has been repeated several times including last night, twice. And you can read Lynn Jones comments on her blog
Suffice to say I felt the treatment of the part of Emma/Brendan was refreshingly positive and defiant allowing her to come across with all her associated foibles, very human. And I’m sure the ending will strike a note with a number of our community.
But, I feel, more importantly, how did the public view the performance/treatment of the subject - take a look at this forum. Very positive in the main.
And to round off this post, Christine Burns of Press for change interviewed Amelia Bullmore about the part of Emma/Brendan and how she tackled the challenge. For me, the last 4 minutes were the most interesting, but you’ll just have to listen to the interview to find out why. :)
on March 10th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Interesting to read what Jo(e) Public make of it. It’s trite, but it’s true: “you never can tell.” If a series was made of Mrs then I’d be curious to see what story arcs they’d decide to follow up on. Thanks for the link to PFC, I’ll check that out later.
on March 11th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I think a serial could rich with story lines, but I’m too full of cold right now to concentrate enough to write down any of them - sorry :)
on March 11th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Oh dear, poor you. I hope you feel better soon.
on March 19th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I watched mrs inbetweeny and thought it was very good,so good that ive been looking for the next episode for the last two weeks i didnt realise that it was just a one off,it was really good. it would make a good series.
on April 4th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Sod it! Missed it!
Trailer looks good. If we become more mainstream, will we look to distance ourselves from the mainstream to retain some air of mischievness and something not totally acceptable to Joe Pubic, er.. Public?
xx
on April 20th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
When will this wickedly wonderful one-off (didn’t realise either) be made into a series? It has been the best thing I have seen so far this year!! Well done to Amelia & Co.