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What: TV Series.
Created/Produced: Matthew Weiner.
Actors: Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss.
Where: Wednesdays, 10pm, BBC4 (from 27th Jan 2010).
Reality isn't what it used to be. We're nearly a month into this new decade and nobody can come to an agreement as to what we should call the last one! There was a time when this would never be a problem. It was a time before politically correct and my god this time was special.
The BBC have offered us a chance to get out of 2010 and go back to these 'glory days' as tonight they begin screening an episode of Mad Men Series 3 every week until we've seen all 13 episodes. To say I'm excited is a huge understatement.
I wanted to go into this new series fully detoxed and fighting fit. That went out the window when the second series was screened again earlier in January. The Habitat sale sold out of whiskey glasses within 40 mins and once we'd bought all of those we were straight down the 7-11. "A bottle of JD and 20 Marlboro Lights please". We were still spotting decor and subtle clothing accessories we'd missed on the two previous viewings. How much depth can 1 TV series have?
And then, just when we'd thought we had calmed down a little Christina Hendricks rocks up to the Golden Globes last Sunday 100% in character. There's no way she lives in the 21st Century, it's no where near cool enough.
So enjoy. The guardian recently voted this the 4th best TV series ever. I'd have it a little higher. For me, there is no better getaway than Madison Avenue in the (supposedly unfashionable) early 1960's. This is the real Sex and the City but with cigarettes, whiskey and er....more cigarettes.
Created/Produced: Matthew Weiner.
Actors: Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss.
Where: Wednesdays, 10pm, BBC4 (from 27th Jan 2010).
Reality isn't what it used to be. We're nearly a month into this new decade and nobody can come to an agreement as to what we should call the last one! There was a time when this would never be a problem. It was a time before politically correct and my god this time was special.
I wanted to go into this new series fully detoxed and fighting fit. That went out the window when the second series was screened again earlier in January. The Habitat sale sold out of whiskey glasses within 40 mins and once we'd bought all of those we were straight down the 7-11. "A bottle of JD and 20 Marlboro Lights please". We were still spotting decor and subtle clothing accessories we'd missed on the two previous viewings. How much depth can 1 TV series have?
And then, just when we'd thought we had calmed down a little Christina Hendricks rocks up to the Golden Globes last Sunday 100% in character. There's no way she lives in the 21st Century, it's no where near cool enough.
So enjoy. The guardian recently voted this the 4th best TV series ever. I'd have it a little higher. For me, there is no better getaway than Madison Avenue in the (supposedly unfashionable) early 1960's. This is the real Sex and the City but with cigarettes, whiskey and er....more cigarettes.