Konterr Brilliant and touching

Holstra Boring, long, and too preachy.

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

timgrn Sadly like so much that the BBC and British producers in general make now it doesn't know what it is supposed to be, the result being that it isn't anything at all. Perhaps that it's just that British producers simply don't have the budget but I am sure that some of the truly great British TV of the last forty years or so were produced on a shoestring. Back to the series in question. The reliance on what has gone before is simply not good enough today. One can hear poorly-disguised Hardyesque dialogue oozing out in almost every scene and it devalues the writer's credibility and seriously undermines the actors' performances. Possibly the worst offence so far was poor Charlotte Spencer's line to the assembled farm workers about her commitment to her new role as farm manager. I can't really be bothered to look back at what the words were exactly but they so cringingly close to Hardy's Bathsheba Everdine's 'I shall be up before you're awake...' etc, etc, speech that I felt sorry for the actress delivering the lines. The writer really should have tried harder. The flashes of 21st century images are not to my taste so can't really objectively comment but for the record it just seems to be another layer of 'mystery' that is not required if you get the others right. the costume department has gone for it but unfortunately it just seems so unlikely that the new mistress would be (badly, I might add) tossing hay in such an new, immaculate and complete late 1800's outfit. Costumes also do not really help out the very, very familiar faces of the workers who look like they were assembled on set and asked to raid the dressing up box in five minutes before shooting started. The thing is, if the substance is not there, accuracy in other departments can carry it along if you are lucky. at the moment the Americans are doing all the right things (in a very general sense) while us Brits are going backwards fast. Come on, sort it out guys and gals !!!

buffyroper The Living and the Dead is a very evocative celebration of rural England. It is powerful because, rather than present a life of twee corn-dollies and doilies, it presents the real struggles of life on the land, and what the agricultural year used to mean to people: i.e. everything. The haunting come across as an expression of this place in time and I think, despite other reviews, are truly original in that they are rooted in deep story. The central characters are mostly real and deep - especially Gideon and Nathan Appleby. I find Charlotte's character a little cookie cutter at times - she is the straightforward one. The acting by Morgan is really rather stop-you-in-your- tracks, but I must also acknowledge that I am a red blooded female with an appreciation for tortured souls in a waistcoat. The twists, and complexities of plot, the imagery of the thing and - most of all I think- the questions it raises about the nature of time, make this compelling TV viewing. Many are super keen for more.

Penny Pitts A brilliantly constructed bit of telly showcasing the BBC at it's best. A feast for the eyes with views of the English countryside through the changing seasons. Excellent costume design, most notably for Colin Morgan's character where his clothes reflect his changing mental state. A scary, gripping and clever tale filled with surprising and unexpected twists and turns and a final scene which left me gagging for a sequel. Brilliant soundtrack. Colin Morgan gives a heart wrenchingly good performance as Nathan Appleby and the chemistry between him and screen-wife Charlotte Spencer is wonderful. Cannot recommend this show highly enough and I implore the powers that be to make a second series!

roguegrafix This is a breath of fresh air. A Classic creepy door, image-in-the- mirror-flash ghost story. Reminiscent of "A Woman in Black" and borrows from "The Others." But very well. The atmosphere is dark--set in rural England in the 1890s -- it is easy to forget just how isolated rural communities were then. Episode 1 is a cracker. The next few set the scene. Episode 5 is just AWESOME in horror content. Posca (Nicholas Woodeson), from Rome, is terrific. Episode 6 clarifies everything and hopefully sets up series 2.I watched it during daylight hours. Very good. Very spooky. Enjoy.