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I was so happy with it.
The boy did good.

I want to watch it all over again from multiple angles. I saw the Jarrow Marchers in a still photo; missed them on the night. What else did I miss?!

I loved the creepy child stalky stuff.
I loved Kenny B's smug expression (we had him down as Dickens, Brunel or Blake when he first turned up. I was right with Brunel, but shaky on identifying him as Branagh)

Loved the whole musical montage.
When Born Slippy came on I said, "Oh Danny, you didn't!" and was rewarded by clips from Trainspotting. This impressed the 'rents who believed they had never heard of him.

Did you read about the stupid Tory bigot who moaned it was leftie multicultural crap? Apparently "all these rappers" (WTF? What was HE watching? MTV?) really narked him about multiculturalism. Yup. Because Dizzee Rascal with his E3 jacket was all about being foreign and nothing to do with being a proud Bow-born Brit. Oh sorry, he's BLACK. That makes his appearance about political correctness.

He also said children and nurses were bouncing on beds for 20 minutes (the leftie bit I guess).
Again, no idea what he was watching. The segment focused on children's literature.
Okay maybe it was leftie. After all it wasn't about nurses letting people die of dehydration or leaving people in corridors. NB the last two experiences I have had of NHS hospitals have been poor to exceptionally poor. If I can enjoy that section I think anyone should be able to. Choir of deaf children? Tears.

So anyway. Sat down and watched it en famille. Apart from Mum getting on her high horse about Brunel being demonised (?) we all enjoyed it. Wonderful. And so much less abstract that most I remember seeing. No-one riding around on a giant prawn. And just a beautiful spectacle.