Stephen Fry Appreciation Monday – Kingdom
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Dear faithful readers,
I do apologize for a short break in programming, I was off for a part of last week for some much needed R&R. And there was some TV to catch up on – among others the last episode of Kingdom.
Oh I’ll tell you dear readers it did make me go all misty eyed and blubbery. Yes I can be THAT wet sometimes. Now that I have shared don’t you think the story lines were quite touching this year? Also much more fun?
I mean that scene of Peter Kingdom being off his face on the magic mushrooms was priceless. And I do have a girl crush on both Hermione Norris’ and Celia Imrie’s characters respectively. Although if I had to pick between the two I would definitely say that the character of Beatrice is my favorite – don’t you just love how she says what is on her mind?
The series did end with a mother of all cliffhanger – and kudos to the writers, if I had to bet on it I was certain they would go down the route of Peter having some sort of life threatening illness. Not that has dad is not really his dad. And the ratings were good – Kingdom drew in 4.8 million viewers (thats 21% share).
Another thing that has come out of that last episode is that I would really love to visit Holkhom (that is where parts of last episode were filmed, I have put up a link for you so you can see for yourself). I have been to Norfolk a few times already and I have been to that beach, but we never did go for a visit. And it does look stunningly pretty, the grounds are beautiful and do you know they make their own ice cream? Tsk like I needed any more incentive.
So hopefully fingers crossed if we do pop for a visit later in the year (work and swine flu permitting), Holkham will be on the itinerary.
Tell me dear readers what did you think of this season of Kingdom? Was it as light, fluffy and delicious as the last season? Did you like it more or less? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Any idea what happened at the end of Sunday, July 26 Kingdom…. my tape ran out… the last 2 mins when he told them what his hospital tests showed – he has type 2 diabetes, but that’s not all, he said, there’s also …….????
Sure Paula
His dad is not his dad. Meaning he is not related to Beatrice and he was not related to Simon.
And it seems as his aunt knew the whole time. He only found out since they did the blood tests in the hospital.
I think it does leave it with an interesting cliffhanger not so much in regards to Peter and Beatrice relationship because she does love him very much and I think she couldn’t care either way if they are related or not. But I think it does carry serious connotations for character of Peter. So I’d love to learn more about that in the next season… if we get next season (fingers crossed
And I’d love it (Love.It.) if Peter would have a relationship to tackle next season. *giggles* that would be fun to watch