Check this movie out!

Yeah its kind of a true story, that sort of stuff happened ( not so much in the same way these days but it still happens in certain parts ) every week for that lot.

What is always good is when ye see the little wink between fabio and lex's bother at the end. So sweet.

The end of the film is probably the most emotive of all, Lex's speach about waking up and he was still a boy. surely as we get older we sometimes wake up from what we're doing and at heart we still feel like a little un'? just me? ho hum :)

Alison, you're absolutely right. Unfortunately, the BBC feels it has to compete with other channels and fills up its scheduling hours with "reality" tv. Anything vaguely intellectual gets shoved onto BBC2, or, worse, BBC4.

I've just watched this film on BBC1. I didn't absolutely love it, but it was still a lot better than most of the stuff that's on at prime time.

It drives me mental how these supposedly 'public service' channels only put thought-provoking films on at ridiculous hours so you can only watch them if you haven't gotta be up for owt the next morning (luckily I'm on holiday this week). Last night I had to stay up till gone 1am to watch The Devil's Backbone (on BBC4), and on Friday I'll be up till a similar time to watch Keane (on Film4).

I've heard stories about how they used to have plays on the BBC by the likes of Pinter, where millions of people would tune in. Can you imagine that these days?

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The brain is the most complex thing in the universe and it's right behind the nose.