Beecham House-another British made period piece set in India

Looks appalling. Overwrought pish.

ITV never quite measures up when it treads historical drama territory IMHO.

[quote]The drama is directed and written by Gurinder Chadha OBE, who previously wrote Bend It Like Beckham, Bride and Prejudice, and Viceroy’s House.

Why would Chadha use a white-savior trope?

I imaging she was told that it would sell better when the lead is Caucasian.

Sorry, I imagine ...

It can't possibly be worse than "Indian Summers".

I'll watch it when it airs on PBS

R2 Well she did marry a white-savior, a man born in California. And they produced that good-looking but mindlessly clunky 'Viceroy's House'.

This new series 'Beecham House' is similarly good-looking and also mindlessly clunky. Though it does feature two hunks for whom I will be 'ripping my bodice'.

Tom Bateman needs to be as nude as the day he was born to get the best from him.

After Bridgerton I decided to give this show a go (Bessie Carter, Prudence Featherington, from Bridgerton is in this as well) and I thought it was pleasant enough. Nice male eye candy (no nudity) and Lesley Nicol (Mrs. Patmore from Downton Abbey) as a flustered English lady out of her element in India is hilarious. Tom Batemen is smoldering hot as is Leo Suter. Loved the location and the drama.

IMO it's a shame it was canceled after one season. Same with Batemen's other show, Jekyll & Hyde.

C’mon, it was terrible. Terrible and predictable. And poorly acted and badly cast. When you see that blond guy, Kalinda from The Good Wife’s husband, you know he’s going to be the villain. Then there was the non-mystery of the baby’s birth that required a dramatic family meeting in the penultimate episode. And then, even more ludicrous, is the timing. The guy arrives in town with an infant a few months old and in the first episode, he sees the English governess and decides he wants to get to know her. Like dude, your dearly beloved wife was murdered a couple months ago. Pace yourself.

I look forward to seeing Stephanie Beechman in the starring vehicle she deserves!

The show is the equivalent of a romance novel, as is the TV show Bridgerton btw.

It's for the same demographic who watch Grey's Anatomy (which doesn't care for authentic doctor & hospital stuff) and Hallmark and Lifetime movies.

I remember him in Da Vinci’s Demons

[quote] Lesley Nicol as a flustered English lady out of her element

This character did exactly the same thing in every scene in every episode. All the characters were like cartoon characters.

The production was good looking but this farrago is good example of off-balanced direction, off-key film editing and hopeless plotting.

The direction was so bad you didn't know if a character was being ironic or the actor was just amateurish.

One of the supporting actors in this Indian mess had a strange name referring to a blue Red Indian.

[quote] another British made period piece

No, OP, it was made by Indians.

Lots of half naked Indian men to look at too.

[quote] but it’s the white saviour trope that pushes this drama beyond being merely risible".

Face it. Without Errol Flynn, India just isn't very interesting.

It's trashy fun and Tom Bateman is so smoldering hot sexy. Moreover, the bulge galore is simply mouth-watering.

R19 - OMFG, nan!!! Mr Louis B Mayer just calls to say hi.

[quote] India just isn't very interesting.

I think of it as one of the disease and diarrhoea capitals of the world.

PBS Masterpiece already aired several episodes last year. Of course there is always the cliff hanging season finale..so one must wait until the series resumes and then we have to remember exactly what transpired in previous season and also the "who's that now?." I thought one of the Indian servants was really good looking.

How did Leslie Nichol escape from the Downton Abbey kitchen. She is just awful and tiny compared to the rest of the cast.

Leslie Nichol is just awful in this Indian mess,

She gives one speech in the first episode, then she does it again in the second and then repeats it twice in the subsequent episodes.

I think they merely repeated the footage because of some chaos behind the camera.

Nothing compares to "The Jewel In the Crown" the scene where the male nurse tells the hunky Charles Dance he has the right tool for the job.

I remember "Jewel In the Crown" as being expertly-made.