ratcat0 Review of At Home with the Braithwaites

At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003)

Dysfunctional rich family lose their perspective fast!

[9/10 · 28 June 2014]

This is one very enjoyable series, if not for the voyeur in us all wanting to see what happens once a family wins 3.8 Million in the Euro lottery. An amazing example of a Lesbian defective is the Virginia character trouncing around in her Lotus Elise - at first one finds that she is just morbid but as time (and episodes) go by you gradually develop an empathy for her embattled status. And who could not love the Matriarch of the family Allison Braithwaite played by Amanda Redman who having won chooses not to disclose her multi-millionaire status to the rest of the family and instead decides to start a charity intending to give away funds to well-deserving people. The characters are all well developed, some quite cringe-worthy such as the nefarious Megan who quite rightly gets her just deserts in the end. Don't miss this fabulous series if you haven't already seen it.