Monarch of the Glen

[nmartin]

Monarch of the Glen#1

Posted: 12/20/08 at 6:20pm

I recently discovered this BBC series at my local library. I got the first two seasons on dvd and am enchanted by them. The actors are marvelous and were totally unknown to me. I especially like Alexander Morton, Susan Hampshire, Richard Briers and Hamish Clark. Julian Fellowes, the Oscar winning writer of Gosford Park, also appears in some of the episodes and is wonderful. Anyone else familiar this?

[Reginald Tresilian]

re: Monarch of the Glen#2

Posted: 12/20/08 at 7:01pm

I've been aware of it for a while, but I've never watched.

But Richard Briers and Susan Hampshire are two of my very favorite actors.

[nmartin]

re: Monarch of the Glen#2

Posted: 12/20/08 at 7:46pm

Reg, I love both of them and would very much like to see them in other films and tv.

[Reginald Tresilian]

re: Monarch of the Glen#3

Posted: 12/20/08 at 7:51pm

If you don't know "The Good Life" (known in the US as "Good Neighbors"), you should check it out. Classic BBC comedy from the 70s, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendall, Paul Eddignton, and the incomparable Penelope Keith.

[nmartin]

re: Monarch of the Glen#4

Posted: 12/20/08 at 8:11pm

Thanks, Reg. I'll look for that immediately.
Richard Briers is just marvelous in Monarch of the Glen.

[JerseyGirl2]

re: Monarch of the Glen#5

Posted: 12/21/08 at 12:24am

Yummmm... Simone Lahbib. I don't remember which season she was on, though.

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