Scott: “I’d prefer it than, let’s say, if this was just any other period drama that looked at this period and it was done by any other writer, made by any different production team…
“I think, you know what, you would be the traditional — in this case, Irish — sort of music, with lots of violins and stuff.”
Hayley: “It’s not the actual music — it’s the music that is indicative of everything.
“It’s just the way these shows are done.
“It’s just very stylish, and I watch them and I go, ‘Yeah, it looks nice… but it does feel like I’ve been watching this for a week.’”
Naga: “It feels familiar.
“I don’t mind modern music being in there — but it’s those songs, those tunes you’ve heard before, and they indicate the tone.
“It’s like, ‘We’re telling you the tone.’
“I don’t feel like you’re discovering the tone, or… it just feels like, ‘this is what you’re watching, this is what it’s going to be like.
“Enjoy the ride, like all the others which have used that music.’
“Is that fair?”
Hayley: “As soon as it started I was like, ‘Here we go.’”
Naga: “Yeah, and it took it away from me.”
Scott: “I just find that we have — and this always happens about four or five times a year on Must Watch — we review a period drama where they stick to the normal conventions that are unwritten: how they are shot, how they’re filmed, how they act in it.
“And then we say, ‘Oh really? It kind of feels very similar or very samey.’
“And then we say, ‘Why won’t they do anything different?’
“Okay — maybe this goes too much the other way.”
Hayley: “No, it’s not. It’s doing the same thing.”
Scott: “It keeps my attention.
“It kept my attention.”
Naga: “I was chatting to friends who all enjoyed Peaky Blinders.
“I’ve said to all of them, ‘You’ve got to watch House of Guinness, you’re gonna love it.’
“I’ve actually said, it’s not my thing at all, but I know there will be people — if you’ve got even a slight inkling, you lean towards Peaky Blinders, you will love this — and it will be a must watch for them.”
You can watch all the episodes of House of Guinness on Netflix.
This team the team reviewed ‘The Hack’ and ‘How are you? It’s Alan (Partridge)’.
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