BBC Taking Over Entertainment

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We were a little late getting on the Downton Abbey bandwagon. We had no other reason for our delay other than we were engrossed in The Wire. We can only watch one series at a time. Transitioning from the grit of The Wire to the reform of Downton Abbey was refreshing. Now that we have finished season 2 of Downton we are in the cohort of those who are desperately waiting for season 3. I enjoy watching shows well after the season so I don't have to endure the wait until the new season, but it is fun to be timely and caught up in the hype. John and I have been polling our friends to determine if Lord Grantham married Lady Grantham for her money or because she was pregnant with Lady Mary. What do you think?

To quell my eagerness, I have been browsing other BBC shows. I just learned about another series that will air in September - something else to wait for! It's called Call The Midwife. What's fantastic about this series - beyond the premise of it being about midwives and nuns in the 1950s in London - is that it is based on a memoir that I have been trying to find for months, but is unfortunately out of print in a lot of places. How great, I get to enjoy a new series and knock a memoir off my list. BBC is my new favorite resource.