Atmospheric
I am rewatching this excellent atmospheric series on the Talking Pictures Channel.
Whilst the production values of the programme are not what we are used to, its understated approach and the dark tones used in filming all add to the sense of claustrophobia of being stuck on a small island in close proximity of your captors.
The acting is on the whole an excellent ensemble piece with special mention going to Alfred Burke (always good) as Major Richter, Bernard Horsefall as Dr Martell, and Simon Lack, Major Freidel. Simon Cadell was suitably sinister as Reinicke, a far cry from his later role in the very popular sit com Hi de Hi.
Whilst I understand there was some criticism from the Channel Islands at the time it was first broadcast (it had been filmed in Jersey instead of Guernsey), there is a realism in the programme and the technical advisor, Raymond Falla, was a member of the Controlling Committee in Guernsey during the occupation, so much of the detail must have been accurate.
It is a shame that the series didn't run to its natural conclusion as one becomes invested in the characters. It would have been good to find out what happened to them all!
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I am rewatching this excellent atmospheric series on the Talking Pictures Channel.
Whilst the production values of the programme are not what we are used to, its understated approach and the dark tones used in filming all add to the sense of claustrophobia of being stuck on a small island in close proximity of your captors.
The acting is on the whole an excellent ensemble piece with special mention going to Alfred Burke (always good) as Major Richter, Bernard Horsefall as Dr Martell, and Simon Lack, Major Freidel. Simon Cadell was suitably sinister as Reinicke, a far cry from his later role in the very popular sit com Hi de Hi.
Whilst I understand there was some criticism from the Channel Islands at the time it was first broadcast (it had been filmed in Jersey instead of Guernsey), there is a realism in the programme and the technical advisor, Raymond Falla, was a member of the Controlling Committee in Guernsey during the occupation, so much of the detail must have been accurate.
It is a shame that the series didn't run to its natural conclusion as one becomes invested in the characters. It would have been good to find out what happened to them all!
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