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06-03-2015, 01:31 PM
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Did anyone see the new Jimmy McGovern drama last night? Typical gritty stuff about the penal colonies and how brutal they were with the women being the plaything for the guards. Excellent programme.
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06-03-2015, 01:32 PM
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I gave it a miss Alan - think it would be too much for me ........
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06-03-2015, 01:43 PM
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Oooooo ... one of my distant rellies was sentenced to 7 years in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) when he was abt 17 because he wrote a threatening letter to his father's neighbour.
It was during the Swing Riots of 1830 and he was trying to help his cousins. Poor chap; I have part of the convict report on him and at one time he got 40 lashes for being drunk !
He never returned to the UK of course and died in Hobart, OZ in his mid 30s.

I should watch this series.
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06-03-2015, 01:54 PM
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Recorded to watch this weekend probably when the insipid Ant and Dec invade the schedules on Saturday.
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06-03-2015, 03:26 PM
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Yes Alan i did ,thought it was a good first episode ,im looking forward to seeing the rest.
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06-03-2015, 07:07 PM
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Was reading the other day of a girl of 8 from Leeds who stole a
loaf of bread was sent to Van Diemens land for 7 years. Poor kid.
She was made by the family to do it as she was the youngest.
Don't know what happened to her. Found the real news really bad
lately with all the death and destruction so finding it hard to watch
things that happened years ago. There is so much you can take
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06-03-2015, 07:30 PM
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Jimmy McGovern stuff is usually good.
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06-03-2015, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan Cooke ->
Did anyone see the new Jimmy McGovern drama last night? Typical gritty stuff about the penal colonies and how brutal they were with the women being the plaything for the guards. Excellent programme.



Yes Alan, I saw it too. What wicked people the ones in charge were. It was very brutal and I almost turned it off, but glad I didn't in the end, especially when that couple were allowed to marry instead of him being hanged.
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07-03-2015, 08:11 PM
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Missed it, forgot it. Might even have gone to bed with my cold and cough.

Shall get it on Catch Up and take a look.
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07-03-2015, 08:23 PM
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I really enjoyed it, husband not so much - not his thing he said.
 
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