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Offline Lydart

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Thomas Hardy programme on BBC1 ..
« on: Saturday 06 September 08 18:46 BST (UK) »
... Sunday 7th September, at 6.30 p.m.

'A celebration of the life and work of Thomas Hardy ... his upbringing in rural Dorset ... '


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Re: Thomas Hardy programme on BBC1 ..
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 06 September 08 19:56 BST (UK) »
Thanks Lydart for the tip

My favourite poet and author  :) :)

Kerry
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Re: Thomas Hardy programme on BBC1 ..
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 06 September 08 22:19 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that, Lydart, I hadn't spotted it.

Hardy is one of my all-time favourite authors, and one line of my family tree has very deep roots in "Tess" country - the Blackmore Vale - so I shall watch with great interest.

Linda
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Re: Thomas Hardy programme on BBC1 ..
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 07 September 08 07:15 BST (UK) »
My daughter and I will be watching that as she has been reading Far from the madding crowd during her school holidays
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Re: Thomas Hardy programme on BBC1 ..
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 07 September 08 15:25 BST (UK) »


Thanks for the reminder Lydart.   :D



Nanny Jan
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
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Re: Thomas Hardy programme on BBC1 ..
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 07 September 08 19:42 BST (UK) »
Well that was definitely worth watching.  Very interesting and Griff is obviously as enthusiastic about Hardy as I am.  I studied his poetry at school and it was amazing how many poems I could recite along with Geoffrey Palmer.   :) :)

I really didn't realise that Dorset was the poorest county though.  I guess it relied on agriculture mainly??

Kerry
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Re: Thomas Hardy programme on BBC1 ..
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 07 September 08 20:07 BST (UK) »
Glad it was good ... going to watch it later in iPlayer ...

Dorset was ploughed for many a generation by my fore-bears !

I'm in the middle of Mayor of Casterbridge ..
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Re: Thomas Hardy programme on BBC1 ..
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 07 September 08 22:03 BST (UK) »
You will enjoy it Lydart  :D

New production of Tess starting next Sunday night, hope its better than the last one done on TV  ::) ::)

Kerry
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Re: Thomas Hardy programme on BBC1 ..
« Reply #8 on: Monday 08 September 08 20:01 BST (UK) »
I went down to Casterbridge show on Saturday and the mud was unbelievable. It's right on the outskirts of town, though, so it's possible to park in town and walk out along the River Frome. It's a lovely show in spite of the mud and it's impossible not to picture Henchard and Farfrae going about their farming business down there.
Fred
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