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No Publicity?

posted 8 years ago by KatharineFanatic
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Supposedly, this starts Christmas and so far there's two promotional pictures, no trailer, no articles about it... is the BBC planning on doing any promotion at all?

[–] randommovies2002 8 years ago

It was the same with Poldark. Honestly, it's like they don't care if it fails. They sink all that money into production and spend next to nil on promotion.

I did some several nice promo imgs a few days ago,

[–] supergran 8 years ago

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I've just seen a trailer and this looks good. 

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[–] randommovies2002 8 years ago

Thanks for the heads up, SG! It does look good! 

[–] Mark_a_Wood 8 years ago

It isn't just the lack of publicity - it is the scheduling as well. All over the place!

Episode 1 - 7pm-7:30pm on BBC1 on Boxing Day.
Episode 2 - 8:30pm-9pm on Boxing Day.
Episode 3 - Sunday, 27th December 7:30pm-8pm.
Episode 4 - 8:30pm-9pm on 27th Dec
Episode 5 - New Year's Day 8:30pm - 9pm.
Then who knows? 1 episode weekly for 15 weeks??

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[–] bigbluecheese 8 years ago

Oh poop! I was hoping it would start before Christmas - Im super excited about this.

Goodnight, good luck and may your God go with you

[–] csos 8 years ago

Yes Mark a Wood the scheduling could well put viewers off. I try to watch most things on record but the way this program is going it could well 'clash' with other scheduled tv. Plus 20 half hours here and there isn't conducive to getting excited about each new episode. So far I like it quite well even if at the start there are so many characters to remember.

[–] randommovies2002 8 years ago

Are you recognizing who the characters are (from their respective Dickens novels)? IMO that helps quite a bit to keep me grounded in the plot.

I have recognized characters from:

Bleak House (Honoria Barbary and her sister, Captain Hawdon, Insp. Bucket)
Martin Chuzzlewit (Mrs. Gamp
Oliver Twist (Bill Sykes, Nancy, Fagin, the Bumbles)
Great Expectations (Amelia Havisham, Jaggers, Compeyson)
A Christmas Carol (Marley, Scrooge, the Cratchitts)
Our Mutual Friend (Silas Wegg, Mr. Venus)
The Old Curiosity Shop (Nell Trent, Grandfather)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Rev Crisparkle)

[–] greenbudgie 8 years ago

I saw a little preview on Breakfast News this morning. It looks good. I'm looking forward to seeing Dickensian eccentric characters in new surroundings.