Who Watches Life Begins? - Life Begins (2004) Discussion

[–] PrincessConsuelaBannanahammock 19 years ago

YES!
thank god someone else does, i thought i was the only one lol.
im glad someones has had the sense to start a message board about it anyway lol!
so what do u think is going to happen in this weeks final episode?
i know that maggie n the kids are supposed to go on holiday but
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they end up missing the flight or something and then maggie goes round to pauls n his ex is there with him or something.
do you think they'll stay together n she'll divorce phil or she'll go back to phil?

i hope there will be a third series its such a great show!

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[–] danny_goss 19 years ago

i used to work with Carolines boyfiend Sam, he was a runner at Rapido Television when i started running there, he was such a nice person really down to earth.

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[–] PrincessConsuelaBannanahammock 19 years ago

thats cool! :)

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[–] danny_goss 19 years ago

he was quite cute to, caroline actually came in once but i didnt speak to her, they had a flat near Soho in London, seems so long ago must of been 1999 was so cool :o)

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[–] Sleepy003 19 years ago

I thoroughly enjoyed 'Life begins' it represented my life.. to begin with, then it got worse (my life) and unfortunately, I couldn't bring myself to watch the second series.... (much to my annoyance)...so............ will it be repeated? be out on dvd?

I have so much life to catch up on... :o)

:o) If you're not mature enough for criticism, you're too immature for praise! :o)

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[–] fionamerrick64 16 years ago

I don't know if you know, but Series 2 is out on DVD now - available from Amazon. I pre-ordered it last January, or February, when the series ended, and only NOW is it actually out!

I kept getting messages that the release date had changed and would wait until the next date I was given, only to get another message changing the date again! Still, fingers crossed it will arrive at the end of this month! Wish me luck!

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[–] CalendarGirl 19 years ago

i would if i lived in the UK. I adore Anne Reid. :o)

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[–] betenoire-1 19 years ago

I watch it too. It is being broadcasted as "Maggie's New Life" in the Netherlands.

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[–] victor-the-cleaner 19 years ago

I have watched it every week since the first episode (in the Netherlands, under the title "Maggie's new life" as the previous poster rightly mentioned). Unfortenately, next week will be the finale of the 2nd season. After that I already know that I will miss Maggie and co. This is yet another superbly acted and well written British series. It's played out very realistic, totaly recognisable even if you haven't been in the exact situation.
It's touching, well Maggie's story first and foremost, but specially (in my opinion) Frank Finlay's portrayal of Maggie's dad who's suffering from Alzheimers disease. This is done so well, extremely touching on one side, but still with a touch of humor and a sense of strength on dad's part (his refusal to give up on himself really grabs you!)
Then there's the more humorous situations in the travel agency. But the series never gets one-dimensional. There's never only comic-relief without any further meaning as well as there's never only drama without some little spark of light.
Caroline Quentin amazed me yet again. I've been a fan since Men behaving badly and Jonathan Creek. Both of which are funnier parts. In this she really impresses in a totally different role (allthough, for me, sometimes I thought I detected a little bit of Dorothy peeking around the corner. But that could be just me ;-)
It's lifelike, it's addictive and it's fantastic! And I hope it will get a 3rd season!!!

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[–] dutchmarvel 19 years ago

RE: victor-the-cleaner

Het zelfs zo dat afgelopen vrijdag (29 Juli) al de 1ste aflevering te zien was van het 3de seizoen en aanstaanden Vrijdag 05 Augustus is de 2de aflevering te zien van het 3de seizoen en dat is ook voorlopig de laaste. Dan hebben we totaal 14 afleveringen gehad,het 1ste en 2de seizoen bestaat namelijk uit ieder 6 afleveringen en Nederland 3 had ook eerst besloten om er maar 12 uit tezenden.

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[–] Vargur 19 years ago

Could you keep it in English? lol
I was just checking Faithless on this site and came up across this series...
What's the connection...? o.O

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[–] ingahauks 18 years ago

Yes I do.

ingahauks

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[–] anna_hedberg88 18 years ago

i watch it! And LOVE it!! Haha! =)

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[–] ickle_angel_loz 18 years ago

its amazing, shame more people dont come on and talk about it

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[–] marvin-67 18 years ago

It's a great show.

This will MORE than fill the gap until Northern Lights comes back (If it does).

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[–] fionamerrick64 18 years ago

I watch Life Begins. She's the same age as me, and has teenage children (I have an 18 yr old and an 11 yr old), so there are some parallels, mind you I still have my husband here. Whether that is good, or bad depends on the day! I can't understand though why she can't say no sometimes in certains situations!

Fiona M

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[–] British_Aussie_chick 17 years ago

I do!! Love it! watched season one twice (once in England and once in Aus) now waiting for seasons 2 and 3 to be screened in Aus... tick tock, tick tock...
Wish channel 7 would let us know! grr

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[–] zena-1 17 years ago

While I like Caroline Quentin as an actress, does anyone go to a Travel Agency in these days of online booking?

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[–] Raphaelite-Girl 8 years ago

We have a thriving travel agency still, in the market town I live in...

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