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Beautiful People
I have, of late, been watching the BBC series “Beautiful People”, inspired by Simon Doonan’s book of the same name (although the original edition was apparently called “Nasty”).
And I have to say I’ve found the whole thing extremely enjoyable. I downloaded the first couple of episodes and started watching on holiday, but found myself barely ten minutes in before stopping and vowing I had to show it to Chris on our return.
He howled his way through the first couple of episodes, and so a new obsession was born. And whilst it’s fair to say that the first couple of episodes were by far the best, on the whole it’s been a silly, joyous, camp and riotously bonkers affair that has, for me, been one of the most original series on TV for a while.
The DVD came out yesterday and so we watched the final episode last night (whole days ahead of broadcast) and it surprised me by having a surprisingly poignant ending – fair brought a tear to my eye it did.
Plus there’s a Dynasty-style catfight with the ever-magnificent Frances Barber (God I love that woman), an interesting variation on Charlene’s “I’ve Never Been to Me” so what’s not to love?
It has become one of my favourite series ever. I do hope they get another series.
The book, incidentally, is a very different kettle of fish, but still a very, very funny read. It comes heartily recommended.
Posted on November 4, 2008 | Filed Under Film, TV, Theatre
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