Henry VIII was the big weekend TV event, and I'd love to say that I'd watched and enjoyed every minute of it, but that's not the case. Ray Winstone is a fine actor, but I'm just not sure.
A bit like Boadica a few weeks ago, the budget really does show on these things, and all sorts of devices are employed to hide the productions' limitations.
As always, I pay attention to the likes of Nancy Banks-Smith in The Guardian. Yes the co-production elements do show through - couldn't they re-edit it a little for British sensitivies? "When you remember the kind of film Granada used to make, you could weep."
Posted by adambowie at October 13, 2003 01:52 PM