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dreamsharkBritbox seems to be the only place that you can watch all the episodes of Red Dwarf without paying for them by the episode. I think I can watch them all in a month. Then I'll cancel because I am really really REALLY not interested in murder mysteries and crime procedurals, which seems to be 99% of what's available on this channel.
But I am finding a few other things to watch here. Last night I impulsively watched The Turn of the Screw, Henry James' classic ghost story about the innocent young governess trapped in a country manor house full of Victorian anxieties about sex and class (and a couple of actual ghosts. Probably. Depending on how you interpret it. There are a lot of theories.)
This was the 1999 Masterpiece Theater version, which is apparently the most faithful adaptation of the source material. And boy howdy, is it ever! Other than removing the classic Gothic framing sequence, it's practically a direct transcription of the novella, well cast and well staged. If you are a fan of classic Victorian literature, I recommend it. But if you want something a little more modern, or a little more twisted, or just more explicit....
I ended up going down an Internet rabbit hole and discovering that there have been more than a dozen adaptations, including numerous neo-Freudian interpretations, kinky sex versions, a swinging 60's version, and apparently one interpretation where the children are the real monsters. If you ever watched Dark Shadows, you know that show owed a huge debt to Turn of the Screw, so I suppose it's not surprising that Dan Curtis (DS creator) also took a swing at TotS (1974, starring Lynn Redgrave). That one sounds fun. But the one I watched was probably the right one for me.
Other than that... is there anything on Britbox that is not about sweet old ladies and fish-out-of-water city cops solving the endless murders that apparently plague the English countryside?
But I am finding a few other things to watch here. Last night I impulsively watched The Turn of the Screw, Henry James' classic ghost story about the innocent young governess trapped in a country manor house full of Victorian anxieties about sex and class (and a couple of actual ghosts. Probably. Depending on how you interpret it. There are a lot of theories.)
This was the 1999 Masterpiece Theater version, which is apparently the most faithful adaptation of the source material. And boy howdy, is it ever! Other than removing the classic Gothic framing sequence, it's practically a direct transcription of the novella, well cast and well staged. If you are a fan of classic Victorian literature, I recommend it. But if you want something a little more modern, or a little more twisted, or just more explicit....
I ended up going down an Internet rabbit hole and discovering that there have been more than a dozen adaptations, including numerous neo-Freudian interpretations, kinky sex versions, a swinging 60's version, and apparently one interpretation where the children are the real monsters. If you ever watched Dark Shadows, you know that show owed a huge debt to Turn of the Screw, so I suppose it's not surprising that Dan Curtis (DS creator) also took a swing at TotS (1974, starring Lynn Redgrave). That one sounds fun. But the one I watched was probably the right one for me.
Other than that... is there anything on Britbox that is not about sweet old ladies and fish-out-of-water city cops solving the endless murders that apparently plague the English countryside?
