Thanks Drift. I needed that. We do watch it on Sunday evenings, of course, and only when it is cold outside.
Actually, I love period pieces of any kind. Especially British ones. I am fascinated by the language, the accents, and the scenery.
The characters in LR2C can also be entertaining for me because British actors always are always spotted at least 10 additional thespian points by Americans regardless of how well they are acting. I am unapologetic when I say that Twister and Minnie make me laugh.
Its not dark enough for normal American tastes, though. Each story thread wraps up too tidily and too quickly, for Americans, I think. We would rather be tortured by bad news and assured that it is inevitable.
As Dorcas would say, this fascination with period pieces is "my one weakness." For my other viewing, I am down with The Wire, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Weeds, The Walking Dead, Madmen, and Boardwalk Empire. This way the mayhem, violence, and moral ambiguity of American TV rescues me from the pastoral life in Candelford before I become a hopeless romantic.
I do want one of those telegraph devices in the Post Office, though. The clock maker, Fisher, said it was a Wheatstone, but I can't find any information for it on the Internet. Wheatstone did invent and produce a bridge style telegraph, but nothing like that model as far as I can see.
Edit: Actually, I did find it.
A Wheatstone ABC
