Cranford/North & South ... and BritBox?📺🍵

Cranford TV Series (2007–2010)

I signed up for a week's free trial of the BritBox streaming service a few weeks back, so I could watch all of the BBC dramas that have been made out of classic books that I must read before I die ... or so I'm told.

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'1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die'

Cranford by
Elizabeth Gaskell

The last two series I watched on BritBox were based on the books of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskel.

'Cranford' and 'North and South', as they were the two of the 1001 books I should read before I die, or so the current book that I'm trying to finish reading before I die tells me:-)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss North and South by
Elizabeth Gaskell, who set her 1855 novel in a version of
Manchester she called Milton in the county of Darkshire

The Cranford TV series is much better than the book, and I loved watching it, though the TV series North & South while worth watching I found more of a slog to watch, which was what I was expecting when I sat down to watch Cranford.

But I loved watching Cranford and would highly recommend watching it.

'1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die'

A Spy Among Friends TV Mini Series (2022)

I had started watching the series that BritBox were tooting their own horn about being an original BritBox series starring Guy Pearce called 'A Spy Among Friends', but when I went to resume watching it last night from where I had left off, a message came up telling me that I'd need to purchase it on an Amazon Prime app, even though I had a current BritBox subscription.

Looks like they fixed the problem, but too late for me.

I wasn't paying any extra to finish watching it, so I went online and cancelled my subscription to BritBox and signed up for a week's free subscription to Paramount Plus, so I could start watching 'The Offer' ... and see what else they had to offer, before I give them the flick also:-)

The Offer TV Mini Series (2022)

Now, this morning I see that I can watch 'A Spy Among Friends' again on BritBox, so I have until Januaray 11 to watch the episodes of the show I haven't yet watched before my subscription expires ... should I choose to except my mission:-)
So many books, podcasts, movies, songs and TV shows to plough through before I die, it seems;-)

'1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die'

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