Well, during my childhood I'd seen Peter Davison as Albert Campion and the Doctor, so he was pretty firmly established in good guy roles in my mind. Back in the day the only British TV we could get here in the US was what aired on PBS, so there wasn't the variety to choose from that we have now, now that so many things are available on DVD. As soon as I got my first DVD player the first thing I did was raid the public library for every British period drama I could find, and I've never really stopped! I don't really watch much current TV, so I'm usually alone geeking out over whatever old show I'm binge watching. Watching Classic Who has been really amazing because it's the first old British show I've watched where there's a huge fandom and other people to talk to about it! I've kind of neglected other shows because there's just SO MUCH of Classic Who to get through, but there's still a few titles on my list that I haven't crossed off just yet.
And yes, seeing actors that you know as older, dignified types in their younger days is always... interesting, to put it mildly! I recently watched a TV production of Romeo and Juliet from the 70s and was quite surprised to find that the rather attractive young Tybalt is now Doctor Clarkson on Downton Abbey!
I actually couldn't get interested in The Hour for some reason, despite it's incredibly good cast, but Anna Chancellor is absolutely fabulous, and needs to be in more things where she's not the bitchy romantic rival. (One of my favorite roles of hers will always be in a Poirot episode called 'The Chocolate Box'. She played a nice character who had a rather touching connection to Poirot's past, and I'm a terribly huge fan of the Poirot TV series, so I always think of her in that, even though Caroline Bingley is probably Anna's most iconic role.)
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Date: 2015-01-19 08:02 am (UTC)And yes, seeing actors that you know as older, dignified types in their younger days is always... interesting, to put it mildly! I recently watched a TV production of Romeo and Juliet from the 70s and was quite surprised to find that the rather attractive young Tybalt is now Doctor Clarkson on Downton Abbey!
I actually couldn't get interested in The Hour for some reason, despite it's incredibly good cast, but Anna Chancellor is absolutely fabulous, and needs to be in more things where she's not the bitchy romantic rival. (One of my favorite roles of hers will always be in a Poirot episode called 'The Chocolate Box'. She played a nice character who had a rather touching connection to Poirot's past, and I'm a terribly huge fan of the Poirot TV series, so I always think of her in that, even though Caroline Bingley is probably Anna's most iconic role.)