I have been malingering in the confines of my boudoir, only getting up every 4 hours to guzzle more erythromicin. Possible side effects - hallucinations, stomach upsets, headaches. So, rather like being back at work really. The only one that's missing is 'feelings of inadequacy'.
I rallied around enough to get up, get showered, ready and pop to McDonald's for breakfast. I figured that I owed myself a treat. Then I came back home, popped a DVD in and just loafed. Actually, I forgot how smutty the DVD was (so unlike me reader, I know!) - Charles II - The Power & The Passion. Lots of bodice-ripping and shagging, plus a rather brooding Rufus Sewell as Charles II. Bizarrely, not much tit in it, which is unusual for that genre. The Beeb's knocker-budget must have been a bit low that particular year. Instead, they squandered it on graphic scenes of the plague and the Great Fire of London. Pointless, eh?
This has led me to ponder upon my list (I know...I know!) of Top 10 dramas. I could seriously do this list shit for a living. Maybe I can do so when I get my letter from work next week about expressing my interest in severance? Hmmmm. Anyway, here we go - in no particular order:
- 'Playing The Field' - Beeb drama from late 90's about a womens' football team (this was before I got into my lezza thing, by the way Miss Underscore, before you make a scathing, caustic remark!). The rather tasty goalkeeper was my fave.
- 'Tipping The Velvet' - also one of my favourite books. This was a riotously funny, bawdy Victorian drama - with the rather gorgeous Keeley Hawes playing the role of Kitty Butler. Never has someone looked so gorgeous with short, cropped hair, wearing brogues and a man's suit.
- 'Holding On' - about the lives of several thirty-somethings in London during the late 90's - wonderful. And the fit goalie from 'Playing The Field' was in it. Result. Plus, Phil Daniels played a bulimic restaurant critic.
- 'Hearts and Bones' - not many can remember this one, but had quite a big cast (Amanda Holden, Dervla Kirwan, Hugo Speer, plus some others that I can't remember) - about 'relationships', affairs, etc between a group of friends who have known each other since college.
- 'Our Friends in The North' - possibly my all-time favourite ever drama. The lives of four friends from Newcastle, over the course of 30 years.
- 'Six Feet Under' - classic US drama about a slightly dysfunctional family who run a funeral home. I defy anyone to watch the marvellous last episode (after 5 series) and not cry their heart out.
- 'The L Word' - US drama about a group of gay women living in LA. Great, great series, but the cast were far too good looking, had nice teeth and weren't fucked up. I have never seen lesbians that look that attractive. They all wore make-up and had good hair. Some even wore stillettos. Not a fucking dungaree or a Tracy Chapman album cover in sight. Goldfrapp made a guest appearance - I often wondered why. Imagine my surprise when I read the other week that Alison Goldfrapp is gay.
- 'Queer As Folk' - UK drama about gay blokes in Manchester. Quite sleazy. But very funny. Plus, fit bird from 'Playing The Field' was in this, playing the lesbian lover of that lass from the BT adverts.
- 'Bergerac' - OK, I know....I had to have this one. Only for the first 4 series though. It was a part of my childhood, watching this. John Nettles can't act, though - fact.
- 'Dallas' - classic. Sue-Ellen's quivering lip, her classic 'drunken' acting. My favourite era was when 'Swellen' knobbed off with John Raawwss's swimming teacher, Peter.
- 'In the Line Of Beauty' - adaptation of the novel by Alan Hollinghurst. About Hooray Henry's in early 80's Thatcher Britain. Watch as they descend into AIDS/Dire Straits hell.....
- 'Talking Heads' by Alan Bennett - particularly for 'A Cream Cracker Under The Settee' with the wonderful Thora Hird.
I'm sure that I have forgotten some more great dramas, but those above are my absolute favourites. Which one to watch tonight, I wonder?
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