Out with a whimper

Hey!  Seems I can blog from here!


I was a tad surprised last night.  I got the ironing board set up and put the television on, just a shade before eight o' clock.  

After a hard day finishing tiling across the road, I was ready for my Sunday night 'Lark Rise to Candleford' fix.

Photo courtesy of BBC

Photo from Radio Times

And what comes on, but the Antiques Roadshow!  Hmmm...I mean, I like the Antiques Roadshow, but eight o'clock is LRTC time!  Bonnet, Dorcas, Twister and Minnie time. Time to wallow in that special feeling that only a bit of costume drama can bring.

I knew, of course, that 'South Riding' was on at nine, and it would be rather strange to have two of those types of programme, hot on each other's heels.  So maybe LRTC had moved to a different slot.

So I decided to Google it and see what I could ascertain. 

Imagine my shock to discover that last week's was the last one.  

Ever. 

I'd only been saying earlier in the evening, to a very disinterested Mr U-t-B, how much I was looking forward to the weddings, and Thomas and Margaret's baby.  I suppose the signs were there, but how did I so completely miss hearing that last Sunday's was the absolute LAST episode?  Must have had my head in a bucket or something...

It's probably just as well, because I do have a tendency to weep, and if I'd known the floodgates might have well-and-truly opened.  

But I'm really going to miss it!

I think the only way the BBC can make up for my terrible shock and sadness is to commission something else in a similar vein.  My thoughts turn towards

'Cider with Rosie'.  I know they did do it some years back, but I think it has all the credentials required for escapist Sunday night viewing. 

Image from letslookupandsmile on flickr

I have brought the book with me on my little holiday and I'm going to check it out. Then I might even contact the BBC and demand that they do this for me!

What book would you suggest for a Sunday evening adaptation?