#britbox

[btnight1]

thank you, Britbox subtitles, that's exactly how I'd describe it

#doctor who #classic who #britbox #dr who

[a-freemaniac]

It's here!

Welcome to our Responder week!

Six different articles.

Six different topics.

The cast, the writing, a patient's opinion on panic attacks, the trauma and most of all:

Mr. Martin Freeman as Chris Carson!

All articles are already online!

I'll post them separately through the week but if you want to see them all..please go ahead and honour a fantastic S1!!!

#the responder #season 1 #season2 #martin freeman #tony schumacher #bbcone #bbc #britbox #acting #mental health #panic #trauma #writting #blogging #emily fairn #warren brown #josh finan #adelayo Adedayo #ian hart #MyAnna Burning

[fulcrumwrites]

If you’ve never watched Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? on BritBox, you’re missing out. It’s got it all. A 30s period miniseries and Agatha Christie adaptation, this show’s got mystery, adorable romance, an attractive cast, amazing costumes, great whump, three hour long episodes, and the wittiest banter I’ve ever heard.

Will Poulter on the cover caught my eye. I grew up with him as Eustace Clarance Scrubb, but also watched him as Gally in The Maze Runner and Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy. His chemistry with Lucy Boynton as Frankie Dernwent is amazing.

Two amateur detectives try to solve the death of a man whose last words are “Why didn’t they ask Evans?”.

Tropes include: Childhood friends to lovers, class difference, murder mystery, banter/flirting, boy with a heart of gold, girl who takes charge, carnival, disguises, she wears his clothes, sharing cigarettes, period drama, etc.

To all my fellow whump lovers out there, we got nightmares, stalking, poisoning, hospital, attempted murder, non-con drugging, manhandling, kidnapping, restraints, and an asylum

Even if you’re not an Agatha Christie fan, this series is amazing and doesn’t take long to finish. Highly, highly recommended. 👌🏼

(Sorry. Idk how to make my own gifs).

#why didn’t they ask evans? #wdtae #miniseries #will poulter #bobby jones #murder mystery #agatha christie #britbox #whump #childhood friends to lovers #frankie derwent #i love them #miscellaneous

[brian-in-finance]

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Remember… basically, everything that men do in your world, women do in ours. — Barbie, 🎥 2023

#Tait rhymes with hat #Good times #Barbie #Karen Pirie #BritBox #Instagram story #Instagram

[annabolinas]

Anne of the Thousand Days Review: Part 2

Alright, here's part 2! Spoiler alert but this movie has some shockingly regressive views about women... no, not just by the male characters in it.

Absurdities only mount as Henry visits Anne in person in her Tower cell and offers to let her live and have custody of Elizabeth if she agrees to an annulment. Anne utterly refuses; while this is completely the opposite of what the real Anne did, this is an understandable deviation, as it is more straightforwardly heroic. Anne lying that she committed adultery with “half your court”, though, is not only baffling, but an insult to the real Anne’s memory. I know that sounds harsh, but bear with me. In the movie, Anne seems to fling this lie at Henry to wound his fragile masculinity, as seen in her remark that he should “look, for the rest of your life, at every man that ever knew me and wonder if I didn’t find them a better man than you!” But Anne shifts far too rapidly from crying out at her trial, “They were innocent as I am innocent! Any man, no matter who he is, who says the contrary, is a liar!”, to freely lying and stating that she’s an adulteress. There’s no buildup, no rhyme or reason that the audience can see as to why she would do such a thing. Moreover, the real Anne never confessed to adultery, twice swearing on the Eucharist that she was innocent of all charges. Anne of the Thousand Days’ portrayal of its Anne as flippantly and falsely confessing to adultery and incest undermines her real-life courage and bravery in maintaining the truth until the end, even on peril of her soul’s damnation. It’s incredibly disrespectful, to say the least.

Above all, the movie fails on an emotional level. Not only does it sag in the middle with its pacing and excitement, but it fails to create a compelling or believable relationship between Anne and Henry, the movie’s two leads. The marketing for this movie played up its romantic aspects, even if it is really more reminiscent of a boss sexually harassing young female interns; its poster reads, ‘He was King. She was barely 18. And in their thousand days they played out the most passionate and shocking love story in history!” However, the movie fails to convince audiences of a core part of its story - the romance, let alone the believability of Henry and Anne’s relationship. There are usually two ways adaptations go with Henry and Anne’s relationship. They either have Henry and Anne, after some point, have a genuinely loving relationship until it goes horribly wrong (e.g.  The Tudors, Blood, Sex, & Royalty) or portray Anne as stringing Henry along to win a crown (e.g. Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), The Other Boleyn Girl, Wolf Hall to an extent). Anne of the Thousand Days takes a third choice and goes the route of portraying Henry as sexually harassing an initially quite unwilling Anne. Henry’s attraction to Anne is never explained, as in the first scene (chronologically), he’s drawn to her before she says a word, even ordering Wolsey to break her romance with Percy. Why? Is it just because he wants her in his bed? After all, Henry declares at one point that he’s never been refused by a woman; maybe he finds the challenge exhilarating. But if so, why does he remain fixated with her after she insults his words and poetry, even though he says there’s no better way to end his interest than by doing that? Indeed, Anne later says that Henry wants to know whether she’s guilty because “that would touch your manhood and your pride”, indicating that he is touchy about such subjects. Apparently, though, he’s not sensitive enough to abandon Anne after she blasts every part of his personality at the start of their courtship. Why does he still try to woo her for six years, throughout which Henry admits that “Not once have you said, ‘I love you’”? To be clear, it’s not an impossible scenario, but it is perhaps the farthest thing from romance imaginable.

In other words, what are we supposed to think of Henry and Anne’s relationship? Far from being a passionate romance turned toxic, Anne of the Thousand Days portrays a toxic relationship driven by lust on Henry’s part and ambition on Anne’s part, a relationship where supposedly, they only love each other for one day. Such a characterization of any relationship, let alone the fascinating and complex one of the real Henry and Anne, would be too reductive. Henry starting to hate Anne immediately after she falls for him not only is too simplistic for viewers, but not even supported by the movie. Henry continues to love Anne and behave affectionately towards her after they sleep together until she gives birth to Elizabeth, meaning there are at least nine months of mutual love between them in the movie’s timeline! 

Even the ending of Anne of the Thousand Days, despite its seemingly-empowering voiceover of Anne narrating how Elizabeth will be a great queen, is hampered by an unwillingness to face the full tragedy of her death. In real life, Anne was at most 35 when she was beheaded on false charges, and in the timeline of the movie, she’s around 29, following the 1507 birth date. Anne’s death is presented as poignant, as she remarks on the May flowers growing just as she did on her coronation day. But the absence of her execution speech, in what I can only assume is an attempt to highlight its somber brutality, is in fact borderline disrespectful to the real woman. While unlike Anne Boleyn (2021), this film does not purport to present Anne’s side of the story through a feminist lens, it is still galling that in place of the real Anne’s words, the writers inserted a fictitious monologue about Elizabeth’s greatness, which the real Anne could never have known! The real Anne Boleyn was a highly intelligent, ambitious, and reform-minded queen executed by her husband on false charges. Not only was her death, along with the deaths of the five men accused with her (never mentioned in the film!) a grave miscarriage of justice, but it was a tragedy. Much of its tragic nature derives from the fact that Anne left her toddler daughter, as far as she knew, dependent on the whims of her father and a bastard. There is no way she could have known, that anyone could have known, that Elizabeth would become queen. Anne of the Thousand Days giving Anne this knowledge makes sense out of a senseless, brutal demise, almost implying that there was a silver lining to Anne’s death because her daughter became queen.

It once again defines a woman by her reproductive history, and the film follows in a long tradition of claiming Anne’s real worth lay in her womb and the great queen it produced, her tragic downfall notwithstanding. Despite its ostensible focus on Anne Boleyn, the movie, like so many films then before and since, fails to understand - arguably, does not try to understand - historical women like Anne on their own terms. Women, in this mindset, must always be defined by their relation to a man or an exceptional woman. It’s not enough that Anne was an exceptional woman in her own right, that women are inherently important on their own, not by virtue of their family. Anne of the Thousand Days, at a time when cinema was pioneering in so many ways, is rigidly traditional in its views of women. Dramatic license with history needs to both fulfill a satisfying dramatic aim and at least be in contact with the facts; Anne of the Thousand Days’ portrayal of its titular queen’s death fails on both counts.

Needless to say, I didn’t like this movie. Its costumes, sumptuous pageantry, and strong performances from Genevieve Bujold as Anne, Anthony Quayle as Wolsey, and John Colicos as Cromwell, cannot make up for the fact that the rest of the film’s parts are either mediocre or simply bad. Why then do so many people think fondly not just of Genevieve Bujold’s Anne, but also this movie? Part of it must be nostalgia - it would have gained a special place in the hearts of Tudor fans who grew up in 1969 and the following decade. Its accessibility for purchase on platforms like Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Youtube, also meant it gained more popularity than the far superior 1970 BBC miniseries The Six Wives of Henry VIII, which is only available on DVD and the platform Britbox. But I’ve argued in this review that Anne of the Thousand Days is just as inaccurate as more scorned depictions like The Tudors; in fact, I firmly believe that on the whole, Anne of the Thousand Days has more inaccuracies in its plot and characterization than The Tudors! Why, then, in spite of its major inaccuracies, does Anne of the Thousand Days retain a reputation for authenticity? 

The fact Jonathan Rhys Meyers looks nothing like Henry VIII in The Tudors and has little of the real king’s imposing majesty is surely part of it. More to the point, though, The Tudors’ propensity towards sex and nudity in its first two seasons meant it seemed louche and vulgar compared to the sober and slow-paced Anne of the Thousand Days. If Natalie Dormer’s Anne was criminally overlooked by critics because of her show’s disreputable appearance, then the opposite has occurred with this movie. Genevieve Bujold’s great performance has managed to elevate a quite mediocre and often horribly reductive movie into the hallowed halls of the Period Drama Pantheon. It’s time for a broader reappraisal of this movie: one which dethrones it for good.

#tudor era #the tudors #anne of the thousand days #anne boleyn #genevieve bujold #richard burton #henry viii #thomas cromwell #thomas wolsey #catherine of aragon #katherine of aragon #jane seymour #elizabeth i #tudorerasource #ya so... hot takes #if anyone wants to watch a really good but underrated Anne #might I suggest #Dorothy Tutin in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) #available on DVD #Britbox #pirating sites #and OK dot ru #literally such a good performance she needs more love

[bonobochick]

Florence & Neville's 💔 goodbye.

Death In Paradise ep 11x04

#death in paradise #neville parker #florence cassell #i love them so much #caribbean #floreville #florence x neville #neville x florence #goodbye #hug #love #bbc one #britbox #ovation channel #uk telly #detective shows

[i-really-should-change-my-url]

I'm already more invested in Jack Mooney 2 episodes in than I got in Richard Poole for his entire time

#i-really-should-change-my-url-original #death in paradise #richard poole #ben miller #Jack Mooney #ardal o'hanlon #saint marie #britbox

[partywithponies]

I wish britbox would add a "random episode" button for shows with very little continuity and lots of episodes. I don't want to have to CHOOSE an episode of Midsomer Murders, I just want to put an episode on without having to think about it.

#britbox #midsomer murders

[unforgivablengk]

David Tennant in The Bill (Episode "Deadline", 1995) is wild... he's so creepy. It's on Britbox and YouTube. :)

#david tennant #david tennant creepy characters #the bill #early david tennant #britbox

[meetmebehindthemall-13]

does anyone know where to watch classic doctor who in australia? im forever mad that they took it off britbox i just wanted to finish patrick troughton's era :(

#doctor who #classic who #classic doctor who #patrick troughton #2nd doctor #australia #britbox

[michaelsheenpt]

#michael sheen #david tennant #anna lundberg #georgia tennant #staged 3 #great news #cant wait #britbox

[thelovetheystole]

Loved that Miss Higgins was the one to help Reggie with his paper chain world record aspirations, that was sweet.

Now I am onto season 9, which I think I might have seen some of previously, but only bits here and there.

As I'm getting closer to the end I'm starting to wonder what I should watch next, if anyone has any britbox recommendations for a multi season show, please share.

#call the midwife #watching from the start #britbox

[niakila]

I am so sick of these two like if they don’t get TO IT this season I’m stepping in

#text post #miss scarlet and the duke #mysteries #pbs masterpiece #acorn tv #britbox #period drama

[sephirayne]

Archie I BritBox Original I Exclusive Trailer

#jason isaacs #actor #Archie #cary grant #new trailer #new tv shows #tv ad #tv show #itv #britbox #miniseries #video #teaser trailer #Youtube

[harrysscrapbook]

When Anthony Bridgerton looked at his mother with teary eyes but didn't cry because he thought that would make her weak, was something I felt even in deepest of my bones!

#writing #writers on tumblr #poets on tumblr #anthony bridgerton #bridgerton #britbox #netflix #anthony x kate #jonathan bailey #simone ashley #netflix bridgerton

[striderstable]

I have BritBox for a month so I've been binge-watching Robin of Sherwood. Haven't seen it since I was a kid. I thought it would seem dated, but it's aged rather well!

#robin of sherwood #britbox #itv #pbs #80's tv #nostalgia #my posts