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[thedoccyclub]

from 'Mum'

[missbergmans]

[weshallc]

Mum (BBC 2016): It’s just a Buffet!

[guardianreadersofthegalaxy]

Donna: I can't believe humans have slaves in the future... Ten: It's not so different to your time. Your clothes were probably made by some kid working for 1p in some sweatshop Donna: It's not about the money at that age, it's about building up your CV! [from 'Mum']

[alisonscotlock]

TAG GAME: EIGHT SHOWS TO GET TO KNOW ME

tagged by @sarahlancashire 💖

scott & bailey - this is the show that got me into fandom and fanfiction (reading and writing) and basically without it i would never have met any of my internet friends. aside from that, i am not immune to fictional middle-aged female detectives with wine-red nail varnish - gill murray and julie dodson i’m looking at you both. special mention to any and all episodes written by amelia bullmore bc gdi the woman is a comedic genius

home fires - i don’t really go for war stuff usually, but this cast drew me in and thank the gods it did bc this was gorgeous. this is the show that gave me my username bc alison scotlock is the loml. it has it all - great stories, beautiful cinematography, excellent acting, a great soundtrack, plentiful pretty ladies for the milf lovers amongst us...

yonderland - only wanted to choose one show by the six idiots and honestly it could have been any of them, but yonderland won because it’s just so CLEVER while being utterly silly, which is absolutely my kind of thing. negatus is supposed to be the baddie but is just... silly and incompetent, which makes him adorable. lots of wise elder vex’s lines became lil echolalia things for me for months after i watched it

call the midwife - this is the show that has been with me for the longest time. it started when i was 15 and it’s seen me through so much and it’s my annual ‘let’s have a big cry every sunday in january and february’ comfort show with a side order of intense emotions. i have loved and/or appreciated 99% of the storylines, midwives and nuns. phyllis crane and sister julienne are my LOVES

dinnerladies - victoria wood. need i say more? this show is like an old friend to me. i can’t remember the first time i watched it but i must have seen it over 15 times. victoria’s writing is incredible and all of the cast are VERY good at bringing her characters to life. this is a get to know me and also my family kind of show - it’s the one we will all sit and watch and laugh along to and we quote it every day

last tango in halifax - look, i’m not saying some of these shows to get to know me aren’t mildly to extremely traumatising, they’re just the shows that have had the most impact on my life. sally i will never forgive you for THAT and also series 5 was so weird, but this was the first show with wlw in it that i watched after i came out and also caroline elliot is another loml (ok i have a lot...)

mum - sitcoms with added pulling hard on the heartstrings are where it’s AT. this is SO well-written and i’m a sucker for that realism. if you think it’s slow and boring then you’re watching it wrong. cathy walker, i love you. she’s so gentle. you know this show is good bc there’s a het relationship that i cry about. it’s the yearninggggg

holby city (series 14 - series 21) - again, this is not The Best by a LONG shot, but berena was my whole life when i was not great mentally and had very little else. they are my ultimate ship and bernie wolfe has my whole entire heart and basically the ik they’re fictional but if the two of them can go through the most traumatising shit and still be “happier than i ever thought possible” finding the love of their life at over 50 years of age, that gives me boundless hope <3

not tagging anyone, but if you see this and would like to be tagged, consider yourself tagged!

[officialjanetweiss]

Sorry, I’m trying to think where I’ve put that little card with the WIFI code on it. Don’t be sorry, Cathy. Thanks. Just be quicker.

[justlikethistrain]

Favorite Lesley Manville Characters

Cathy from Mum (2016-2019)

[lezziemanville]

First Line Game

Tagged by the delightful @selkiewife who by the way, writes exquisitely well.

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Then tag 10 of your favorite authors.

1. The letter came on a Friday which made it all the crueler.

2. On Saturdays, after her long afternoon walks, Muriel Stacy likes to stop and smell the flowers that line the red roads of Avonlea.

3. “Is she… mad?” Roman looks up at the two well-dressed, muscular men standing in front of him in the kitchen of his penthouse apartment.

4. Lydia Quigley never wanted children. Or perhaps there was a time or two, when she had thought of it.

5. The fireworks have long since gone out and only a faint smell of smoke lingers in the crisp night air.

6. The cinema lights flicker in the gentle way they do, illuminating and darkening the theatre in abstract as Cathy and Michael take their seats.

7. “You have to?”

8. Michael adjusts his tie and looks at himself in the reflection of the church glass before taking a deep breath and walking through into the church.

9. “Oh hi Michael, you’re early aren’t you?” Kelly lets Michael into the house after the third time he’s knocked, “Cathy’s upstairs.”

10. Ellen sometimes treats herself to a touch of extravagance and visits The Carlyle Hotel on the upper east side.

11. "What makes you feel shameful my dear?" The Marquise de Merteuil whispered in to the shell of her ear, penetrating the silence of the bed chamber.

12. Eleanor dug the tips of her fingers into her temples as she exhaled slowly and steadily.

13. A letter arrives in Serena’s post box at the end of a long, relatively uneventful summer.

14. Serena fumbled through the box on the seat of her car, taking care that all necessary patient files were safely tucked inside.

15. To say she regretted the whole thing was the biggest understatement of the year.

16. Bernie listens at the door of the bathroom, the faint strains of Solomon Burke’s voice filling the air, mixing with the smell of Serena’s perfume.

17. Bernie feels the day of her return like a blade to an artery, looming and menacing.

18. “Here you are, have a look at this then.” Serena leaned across the station that Bernie was seated behind and dropped ultrasound photos on the desk in front of her.

19. When Ric enters AAU, he runs in to Serena almost immediately in the hallway, “Ric what a pleasure.”

20. Serena slides about in her office chair uncomfortably, trying to subtly adjust the undergarments fighting against her body.

Patterns: What I’ve noticed is I don’t write poetic first sentences. They’re very much utilitarian, moving the story forward heavy footedly. It’s such a shame after reading the beauty of @selkiewife’s work! Also good lord did I write a lot for Berena. Never even got into my Gunsmoke stuff.

Favorite: I don’t like any of them tbh.

Tag 10 faves: @magnass @janetfraiser @culturepopper @ubiquitousmixie @chilly-flame @spilled-notes anyone that wants to do this. I forget which friends who write are still active on tumblr.