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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 435856" data-attributes="member: 23">I watched this one last night and you&#039;re right - it was great.I can definitely see a number of similarities with Kes. The wild, sometimes dysfunctional children connecting with a world that&#039;s separate to their own and growing from it. The pupil/teacher relationship and the teachers who range from authoritarian to compassionate. The visual representation of a run down environment that&#039;s (hopefully) no longer there, and the contrast between this and greener places (I was particularly struck by the scenery out of the coach windows as they left Liverpool, with expanses of grey concrete looking as though it had been bombed out).Elizabeth Estensen is the only one of the cast I could have named without thought, but most of the adult faces were very familiar and, as it turned out, I&#039;ve seen them in many different things (from Billy Elliot to Brookside to One Summer... funny how everything seems to link neatly up). It&#039;s nice to see Alun Armstrong is still actively working.The street furniture was wonderful. All those colourful cars, including Mr Briggs&#039;s Triumph 2.5 and Mrs Kay&#039;s Renault 5. And the abundance of polyester clothing. Wonderful.I was mildly bothered that the characters kept referring to &quot;Conway&quot; Castle instead of Conwy, and it was even misspelt on the coach window sign. But then I put it down to Willy Russell&#039;s attention to detail since it&#039;s possibly a common mispronunciation. All told, a lovely way to spend an hour and ten minutes. And it wasn&#039;t familiar, so I must have been going down the wrong path thinking I&#039;d studied this one.&nbsp; I may need some more Play For Today in my life.Oh yes - of course.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 435856, member: 23"] I watched this one last night and you're right - it was great. I can definitely see a number of similarities with [I]Kes[/I]. The wild, sometimes dysfunctional children connecting with a world that's separate to their own and growing from it. The pupil/teacher relationship and the teachers who range from authoritarian to compassionate. The visual representation of a run down environment that's (hopefully) no longer there, and the contrast between this and greener places (I was particularly struck by the scenery out of the coach windows as they left Liverpool, with expanses of grey concrete looking as though it had been bombed out). Elizabeth Estensen is the only one of the cast I could have named without thought, but most of the adult faces were very familiar and, as it turned out, I've seen them in many different things (from [I]Billy Elliot [/I]to [I]Brookside [/I]to[I] One Summer[/I]... funny how everything seems to link neatly up). It's nice to see Alun Armstrong is still actively working. The street furniture was wonderful. All those colourful cars, including Mr Briggs's Triumph 2.5 and Mrs Kay's Renault 5. And the abundance of polyester clothing. Wonderful. I was mildly bothered that the characters kept referring to "Conway" Castle instead of Conwy, and it was even misspelt on the coach window sign. But then I put it down to Willy Russell's attention to detail since it's possibly a common mispronunciation. All told, a lovely way to spend an hour and ten minutes. And it wasn't familiar, so I must have been going down the wrong path thinking I'd studied this one. I may need some more[I] Play For Today [/I]in my life. Oh yes - of course. [/QUOTE]

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