Filmography
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the_lady_lilyJam and Jerusalem, series 2
This is the second (and I believe last) series of the French and Saunders creation about a WI equivalent in a sleepy rural village. It's actually more heavy-weight than I remember the first series being - it deals with a lot of issues about parent-child relationships, coping the loss of one's partner, the difficulties of making ends meet as a farmer and so on. There's also a believable development as Sal, the main protagonist, begins to find that the Institute gives her companionship and support, despite the griping and grumbling that she generates about it. There's something actually quite supportive and lovely about these women, despite the fact that they all occasionally make you want to thump them.
The writers have toned things down a bit from the first season, I think, which is for the best - it lets the previously very extreme characters have a bit of depth. But it does mean that it starts walking that line in between comedy and serious drama (or potentially soap), and I'm not entirely sure how successful that would have been in the long run. As it is, I enjoyed the second series, but I think it's been a sensible idea to let Clatterford rest.
This is the second (and I believe last) series of the French and Saunders creation about a WI equivalent in a sleepy rural village. It's actually more heavy-weight than I remember the first series being - it deals with a lot of issues about parent-child relationships, coping the loss of one's partner, the difficulties of making ends meet as a farmer and so on. There's also a believable development as Sal, the main protagonist, begins to find that the Institute gives her companionship and support, despite the griping and grumbling that she generates about it. There's something actually quite supportive and lovely about these women, despite the fact that they all occasionally make you want to thump them.
The writers have toned things down a bit from the first season, I think, which is for the best - it lets the previously very extreme characters have a bit of depth. But it does mean that it starts walking that line in between comedy and serious drama (or potentially soap), and I'm not entirely sure how successful that would have been in the long run. As it is, I enjoyed the second series, but I think it's been a sensible idea to let Clatterford rest.
