Wednesday 16 February 2011

Gypsies and vampires

So it all came to an end last night and I have to say as far as channel 4 documentaries go, I really really enjoyed this one. Listening to the Jeremy Vine show yesterday it seems that the consensus for the gypsies themselves is not that happy about it. They feel they have been portrayed badly. Two gypsies were on the show debating it. One of them said that the grabbing thing doesn't go on in their culture.

Last nights focused on the wedding of a gyspy who had always been best friends with her cousin and another lass in Ireland who was very secretive to the point they upset the dressmaker at NICO but giving her the wrong date and letting her book travel and accomodation in Ireland. So she lost money.

It also showed the Appleby horse fair which was described as a Mecca for all travellors. The police presence last year was maniac and it finished on a peaceful protest by the gypsies down to the police station. The last programme served to highlight negative persecution of the culture.

So on to my new new new best programme. Being human. As usual I got into this two seasons behind everyone else. A werewolf, a ghost and a vampire all living together in a house. Its brilliantly written, just the right amount of action and humour. Some serious eye candy:

And you know its good if the US has remade it and naturally remade it badly. Can anyone say Red Dwarf LOL

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