Miriam Margolyes Motorhoming in Australia

[DBK]

There was a program on BBC2 last night at 21:00 featuring Miriam Margolyes (aka Professor Sprout) touring Australia in a MH. The program can be found on iPlayer.

Miriam Margolyes - Almost Australian, Series 1: Episode 1: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000l45w via @bbciplayer

MM can be a bit (a lot) overwhelming but in this program she was remarkably restrained and it was an interesting insight into how things are going in Australia. Which in this first episode is badly if you are a farmer or have lost your job. The lady living in a trailer camp with a composting toilet in her bath was interesting.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Apparently she's managed to upset the Australian's view of themselves...

Miriam Margolyes calls Australia ‘brutal, greedy’ ahead of new series Almost Australian

 

[rangi]

Found it very interesting, and surprisingly enough found that I started to like MM, whereas before, thought she was a borderline brass plated harriden

 

[cliffanger]

I bet she didn’t sleep in the van though!

Interesting programme though. Weren’t those two boys the most polite ever?! In the midst of so much misery, they were a lovely family.

 

[Skez]

We watched it with interest last night as we toured NZ and East Coast Oz in a very similar rental last year. Remined us how big it is!!

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[Spriddler]

I came across the last part of the prog by accident whilst following instructions to 'retune for new services'. (Does everyone keep getting this message several times every week? I have a roof aerial and Freeview box).

However, I wasn't inclined to watch MM because I've found her as DBK has said rather too gushing and over-exuberant but she came over very well and with sincerity.
I would liked to have known how the drought stricken farming family obtained or could afford feed for their livestock. A desperate existence.
I didn't take to the aboriginal woman who didn't want be referred to as aboriginal but by her tribe (?) name. She seemed rather too 'touchy-feely' and seeking trendy celebrity.
As far as I'm concerned any prog without foul language, aggression, shouting, torture, sexual violence, floods of tears, puerile or toilet humour, gurning panel contestants and narcissistic presenters and contrived urgency is worth a browse as long as it isn't American, although it does rather limit my choice from around 150 channels.

 

[Cheshirecat57]

Decided never to waste my ocular or aural senses on the horrible “individual” ( not sure how it identifies itself...don’t particularly care)
Wishing the Prime Minister “dead” on live television just a measure what a gobshite it is

 

[Bluemanc100]

I used to like her until her recent Boris death wish... watched the show though and found it quite interesting... god knows which parts of Oz will be habitable in the next few years with the trend for global warming..

SWMBO wants to go there but I’ve never really been fussed... Still not

 

[Spriddler]

Decided never to waste my ocular or aural senses on the horrible “individual” ( not sure how it identifies itself...don’t particularly care)
Wishing the Prime Minister “dead” on live television just a measure what a gobshite it is

Hmm. I wasn't aware of that, but then I watch very little T.V., News progs or mainstream social media (Faecesbook, Squitter etc.).
I'm surprised she wasn't charged with inciting racial hatred.

 

[busby]

Apparently she's managed to upset the Australian's view of themselves...

Miriam Margolyes calls Australia ‘brutal, greedy’ ahead of new series Almost Australian

Only because she harked back to their treatment of Abos's way back..As happened in all colonies back then the natives were all badly treated,,no excuse but different and desperate times..BUSBY.

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[busby]

I used to like her until her recent Boris death wish... watched the show though and found it quite interesting... god knows which parts of Oz will be habitable in the next few years with the trend for global warming..

SWMBO wants to go there but I’ve never really been fussed... Still not

Nothing new,,Australia has been hit with terrible droughts since it was colonised and probably for 10s of thousands of years before that,,BUSBY.

 

[Vipar]

Celebs go caravaning is back. Can’t stand that Colin gezzer

 

[pappajohn]

Just watched it.... Entertaining at least.
Loved the bit where she got in the toilet.
One tit, two tit, drop knickers.

 

[tacr2man]

Cant stand the woman , but she is not far off with her generalizations , Aussies are very "sensitive" , and especially don't challenge any one of them in authority ! It wasn't only the Aboriginals that got some "tough love" , lots of kids shipped from UK went thru hell . They also tend to be a bid avaricious in business
as due to size of place for population , they might only get one chance to "make a dollar" . Having said all that loved living there for 15 odd years . Will have to have a look on catch up .

 

[Figaro]

I think I'd prefer Gordon, Gino and Fred in their motorhome.
Gino cracks me up
But it's on my catch up list

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[busby]

I think I'd prefer Gordon, Gino and Fred in their motorhome.
Gino cracks me up
But it's on my catch up list

No no no.BUSBY.

 

[Langtoftlad]

I think I'd prefer Gordon, Gino and Fred in their motorhome.
Gino cracks me up
But it's on my catch up list

Argh - nooo
Could only stand a few minutes of their inane drivel & high drama set ups...

 

[ctc]

Nothing new,,Australia has been hit with terrible droughts since it was colonised and probably for 10s of thousands of years before that,,BUSBY.

They were warned about over grazing and not having controlled burns many times but as always ignored by people who know better.

 

[Just smiffy]

She didn’t like the sliding door on her van.....

 

[Spriddler]

My DIL is an Australian from Perth and lives in my village. When her father comes to visit I have great trouble discussing anything with him whether it's the best time to hit the M25 or the reliability of Porsche gearboxes as he seems to have little concept of 'a discussion' as opposed to an argument. He has difficulty understanding the difference and is unable to realise that my or his opinion is just that, an opinion, and doesn't require to be mutually agreed nor judged to be 'right' or 'wrong'.
His family seem to have inferiority complexes (I'm tongue in cheek here......) maybe because most Australians have descended from immigrants or were transported there. The first time I picked up him and his wife at Heathrow they laughed like drains at seeing my road map on the back seat, asking in a mocking way why I needed a map for such a tiny little old country. I decided to make the 55 mile return ride through minor roads and villages rather that by motorway and after a while they asked why the houses were built so close the roads. I had to explain that the roads through villages were widened for motor vehicles from the ancient/medieval cart tracks.
And I won't bore you about my embarrassment when we held up a very long huffing and puffing queue at a National Trust café whilst he told the server about his classic cars in his barn that was larger than the tea rooms and his wife then asked how the bread pudding was made as her mother made the finest bread pudding in Western Australia and then proceeded to describe the recipe...............

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[wanderer]

Only because she harked back to their treatment of Abos's way back..As happened in all colonies back then the natives were all badly treated,,no excuse but different and desperate times..BUSBY.

This reminds me of my wife when we pulled onto a site in OZ she went into reception and came back to say it was the abo,s Xmas party day and she had asked if we could attend but was refused . Later that day lots people started turning up in uniform and ambulances and it suddenly occurred to us that she had misunderstood Ambo,s for Abo,s gave us a chuckle .