[Afamilyatwar-list] The Spoils of War Network DVD

[Brian Renforth]

Hi there,

I've so far seen four episodes of this. Admittedly I found it very slow to get into it, hindered further by a technical problem on our DVD player downstairs,  (details here if anyone's interested:
http://www.mausoleumclubforum.org.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3475&p=34355#p34355. )

This is far from a negative reaction however as I thought very much the same on watching the first two episodes of AFAW  for the first time. It was Episode 3 that got me hooked to the programme, so much I viewed the first two again and appreciated them  much more and understood them and the cast so much better.

I found history was to repeat itself while watching the third episode of the SoW. It's not AFAW though and would be impossible equal to better that, but can certainly be considered a sort of sequel.

Production wise there's a lot of similarities. I'd imagine Granada were still using similar, if not the same equipment  in both programmes.

Some lovely colourful film sequences, especially in episode 4 suggesting they might have been filmed in Spring or early Summer in 1979. That summer ITV suffered from an eleven week black out affecting the production and transmission of any programmes. That would also have delayed production of the SoW as well no doubt.

So, signs of another great series courtesy of John Finch. I'll look forward to viewing the other sixteen episodes and getting back to the first two later.

Incidentally, the Network release has the original transmission dates of each episode.

Brian



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