Post by Hells on May 30, 2006 15:00:32 GMT
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The Wilsons make The Simpsons look like The Kennedys. Ma Wilson has died, leaving husband Ray and their five kids to fend for themselves. Ray is a jobless, alcoholic forty-fags-a-day man who spends all his time asleep in bed or half-awake in the armchair wearing a dressing-gown and watching TV. Daughter Dilly is left to look after the family. She is glum, bitter and old-before-her time, scarred by the hardships the family have to endure. Eldest boy Dougie is less morose but seems resigned to spending his life on the dole. Jo is stupendously scatty but vain - she got the good-looks and is determined to make the most of her ample assets. Youngest child Jason is eternally mute, emotionally distressed by his mother's death, but, conversely, Poppy is a bright and chatty schoolgirl. Plots revolved around the Wilsons' daily struggles to make ends meet and their encounters with social worker Colin, who pays particular interest because he is lusting after Jo.
The Wilsons was a brave attempt at finding humour in the darkest of areas. Fine dramatic actor David Bradley was, if anything, too convincing as the dipsomaniac dad, a man whose life had been wasted and whose future seemed no less bleak. The series had a robust energy but was just too sour and downbeat to really work as a sitcom.
Julian Plays Colin, a social worker that fancies Ray's daughter Jo.
The Wilsons make The Simpsons look like The Kennedys. Ma Wilson has died, leaving husband Ray and their five kids to fend for themselves. Ray is a jobless, alcoholic forty-fags-a-day man who spends all his time asleep in bed or half-awake in the armchair wearing a dressing-gown and watching TV. Daughter Dilly is left to look after the family. She is glum, bitter and old-before-her time, scarred by the hardships the family have to endure. Eldest boy Dougie is less morose but seems resigned to spending his life on the dole. Jo is stupendously scatty but vain - she got the good-looks and is determined to make the most of her ample assets. Youngest child Jason is eternally mute, emotionally distressed by his mother's death, but, conversely, Poppy is a bright and chatty schoolgirl. Plots revolved around the Wilsons' daily struggles to make ends meet and their encounters with social worker Colin, who pays particular interest because he is lusting after Jo.
The Wilsons was a brave attempt at finding humour in the darkest of areas. Fine dramatic actor David Bradley was, if anything, too convincing as the dipsomaniac dad, a man whose life had been wasted and whose future seemed no less bleak. The series had a robust energy but was just too sour and downbeat to really work as a sitcom.
Julian Plays Colin, a social worker that fancies Ray's daughter Jo.