Even though I’m not a huge fan of run of the mill TV
I do like mini series and various police/ detective series.
One of my favourites was Foyle’s War
It was set in wartime England
telling the tale of an English policeman
along with his lovely female driver
who was very intuitive and clever
who was very intuitive and clever
and always seemed to help solve the crimes.
Australia always seemed to be the last country to see each new series; as soon as we had finished watching one we would wait hoping the television station had enough money to purchase the next one or even two series and that they actually went ahead and did so.
Was not a happy camper when I discovered that this programme had been cancelled and there would be no more.
Then there was Cranford,
a series about the lives of residents
of a small English village in the 1840s
adapted from books written by Elizabeth Gaskell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gaskell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gaskell
Even though there were just a few episodes I really looked forward to Sunday evenings for those few weeks. So many characters in such a small place, their lives seemed to be intertwined in so many ways and there were so many new things to learn about them each week.
After being a bit put out when Foyle’s War actually finished, I was then was over the moon when I discovered another series was actually planned and was to be shown this year.
Dismayed when it turned out to be just 3 episodes that took place after the war had finished BUT opened the door to possibly more.
We live in hope lol
Same thing with Cranford – there is more to come I read and was so pleased when I realised that it was back on again the other Sunday. I was ready for a few weeks of pleasure but it was not to be – the second offering was only 2 episodes long. Mind you they were warm and delightful and funny and sad all rolled into one.
Whats the title of this post all about then
The saying I used to hear from my Mum was
– Good things come in small parcels –
However I’ve also heard Great things come in small packages
as well as The Best Things come in small packages
Whichever saying is the one you are familiar with
what I’m getting at is that the last series of those programmes
– the ones I was so pleased to see –
were the Good Things
and they came in Small Parcels – just 3 and 2 episodes lol
Still Waters 