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11-05-2020, 11:31 PM
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Lykelland ....State Of Happiness

Fantastic new Norwegian period drama set in Stavanger in 1969 charting the establishment of that country's oil industry.
Beautifully produced and set I find it really watchable.
In essence it charts the lives and dramas of 4young people as their lives and the lives of everyone around them is changed by the discovery of large oil fields in the north Sea and effect it has on what is Norway's poorest and most pious region.

Apparently the BBC has bought four of these dramas and after watching Twin and now getting right in to this one To I'm really looking forward to catching all of them .

Highly recommended !
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12-05-2020, 07:51 AM
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Fantastic new Norwegian period drama ....

Highly recommended !
Yes, we watched the first two episodes on iPlayer yesterday. Nice production, nice 60s feel. Everyone, apart from American oil exec, is bilingual but speaks Norwegian most of the time, so the viewer has to be happy with subtitles.
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12-05-2020, 08:48 AM
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... and for music lovers, soundtrack includes:

The Weight ~ The Band
Proud Mary ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival
Peter Gunn ~ Duane Eddy
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Yes.....
Great soundtrack.

Christian and his friends jam a great acoustic version of Janis Joplin's 'Me and Bobby McGee'.

Fantastic!
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Yes.....
Great soundtrack.

Christian and his friends jam a great acoustic version of Janis Joplin's 'Me and Bobby McGee'.

Fantastic!
Yeah, nice touch.
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23-05-2020, 06:10 PM
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This mini series concludes tonight on BBC4 ....brilliant.
That's my Satday night TV sorted!

I notice it's the Pick Of The Day in the TV supplement.
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23-05-2020, 06:56 PM
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We'll watch the last two episodes in a day or two ... end of series 1.

There's more, surely...
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26-05-2020, 08:35 AM
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Yes, I think there could be.


Funnily enough the series has sparked an interest in Norway and Stavanger in particular.......apparently it is one of the world's most expensive cities.

I can get a flight from Newcastle however, so might consider a city break someday and visit both the National Canning museum and the National Petroleum Museum.
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27-05-2020, 07:30 PM
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... just watched the final two episodes in series one.

It looks like this could be end of story ...

A sense of closure on the main characters lovelives.
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28-05-2020, 01:38 PM
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If it was left there that would be fine.

It was a complete story but certainly Anna completing her degree and entering politics and taking on Big Oil could be a story, especially with her American oilman love interest and The Nyman family's new oil credentials.
 

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