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#795600 by HWVlover
15 Nov 2011, 14:50
Starts tomorrow, Wednesday. BBC2 9pm. y)

Hasn't been terribly well reviewed, Mad Men it ain't. n(

And the trailer looks like a poor version of the VS advertisement! :0
#795602 by tontybear
15 Nov 2011, 15:10
I shall give it a go. Some of the reviews I have seen criticise it because of not what it is but because it was not what they wanted it to be.

Was also an interesting documentary about Pan Am (mus not call it 'Pam Ann'!) on BBC 2 on Saturday - repeated tomorrow at 23:20

Link to BBC iPlayer
#795605 by maz
15 Nov 2011, 15:24
HWVlover wrote:And the trailer looks like a poor version of the VS advertisement! :0


It does too.
#795653 by horburyflyer
15 Nov 2011, 23:12
I am going to check in and see what its like, lots of hype and I just hope it lives up to that!! 8D
#795657 by Tinkerbelle
15 Nov 2011, 23:20
I was really looking forward to Pan Am after watching all the adverts for it in the US but thought the show was terrible and incredibly boring. It was a real let down after all the hype. xx(
#795669 by Pete
16 Nov 2011, 02:03
The documentary last weekend wasn't bad. Pity the series doesn't sound like it'll match up.
#795670 by Scrooge
16 Nov 2011, 02:36
It is actually not to bad, certainly I do spend part of the time pointing out certain things that are wrong with the show, but the producers of it seem to off gone to great lengths to make it as accurate as possible.

There is a sub plot in it that I don't think is necessary, as the show goes along they seems to be disappearing which isn't a bad thing.
#795684 by Neil
16 Nov 2011, 08:36
I watched the first episode on the way back from MCO last month, and was very disappointed. Cliché, predictable and boring are the three words I would use to describe it.
#795802 by tontybear
17 Nov 2011, 00:25
Well I watched it and it was pleasant enough.

I will watch more episodes but it won't be a programme I move heaven and earth to watch.
#795803 by catsilversword
17 Nov 2011, 06:34
I also watched last night and thought it was ok. A bit formulaic, but essentially what I expected. Though Nurse Jackie, it ain't! :)
#795828 by HWVlover
17 Nov 2011, 13:23
Not sure, still think some of it looks like a VS advertisement. Would like to see more planes. y) Will give it a go but won't worry if I forget to set the Sky+ box.

Thought that the spying stuff was a bit naff - but then remembered through my chardonnay addled brain that the ex-wife of a friend of mine did various courier/information collection duties while working as a stewardess on an airline in the 60s/70s. Hmmm, has she been writing the scripts?
#796023 by MrT
20 Nov 2011, 14:17
SNOMO wrote:Loved it


Me too, just watched the first episode.
#796068 by hiljil
21 Nov 2011, 08:07
Easy on the eye and rather nostalgic. Nothing too difficult to follow so a pleasant way to spend some time on a winter's evening.
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#796075 by mdvipond
21 Nov 2011, 11:04
Watched the first three episodes back-to-back last night. Love it; it's my new guilty pleasure.

My only question is: how come exactly the same crew get to fly together on every single flight...?
#796093 by tontybear
21 Nov 2011, 14:53
mdvipond wrote:Watched the first three episodes back-to-back last night. Love it; it's my new guilty pleasure.

My only question is: how come exactly the same crew get to fly together on every single flight...?


Indeed and would they let two sisters fly as part of the same crew too?

The whole spy plot is already getting boring though.

That said not too demanding to watch.
#796125 by DocRo
21 Nov 2011, 23:40
mdvipond wrote:Watched the first three episodes back-to-back last night. Love it; it's my new guilty pleasure.



My only question is: how come exactly the same crew get to fly together on every single flight...?



Absolutely a guilty pleasure. Christina Ricci's paralysed forehead is a bit bizarre however. Not very 1960s.
#796130 by catsilversword
22 Nov 2011, 06:25
My only question is: how come exactly the same crew get to fly together on every single flight...?[/quote]


I wondered the same thing..... and then I realised. It's tv ;)
#796181 by Scrooge
22 Nov 2011, 20:22
Well I am glad to see some people liking it.

The whole spy thing starts to fade away after the Berlin episode.

As I said there are some things that clearly would never happen, but they do go on to semi explain those away, young captain, sisters flying together etc
#797018 by AlanA
05 Dec 2011, 10:23
Love it for the eye candy :-)
If they did one for Virgin, it would have to be x rated LOL
#797046 by Scrooge
05 Dec 2011, 16:45
one season and one season only folks, sad to see it cancelled.
Virgin Atlantic

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