Anonymous
Post 02/28/2022 19:25     Subject: Re:Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
OP I was just thinking about you (and your grandmother) and I know you specified screen stuff, but does she like to read? Persephone Books might be perfect for her. They’re out of England, but they ship and are available here sometimes, too.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2022 18:18     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lark Rise to Candleford

I like a good prude show by OP’s standards, but that show was nauuuuuuseating.

Foyle’s War
Second the Doc Martin (though it does show blood and blood draws; very little violence)
Miss Marple
Grantchester
Second the Poirot rec (the limited violence is stylized)
Second the Derry Girls; it is really funny (Michelle does swear a bunch but it’s funny)
Schitt’s Creek is surprisingly wholesome though it’s not without kissing
Community is absurdist funny
Arrested Development, too, though these last two might be a bit out there
Rick Steves travel shows

High five to my fellow prude people! I can watch sex and I don’t mind swearing, but I can’t with violence, especially rape. Noppity nope nope.


Total Doc Martin fan. They are filming the tenth and final season now in Cornwall, and I am drooling over the scenes trying to suss out the plot lines.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2022 18:17     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Today's grandmas are women who burned their bras, smoked pot, marched for abortions and birth control, protested the Vietnam war, and created free love.

Wut the heck happened to those ballsy dames?
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2022 15:10     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The original BBC Pride and Prejudice from 1995 clocks in at 327 minutes.



Darling, there was a 1980 UK TV version (possibly ITV but more likely BBC) of Pride & Prejudice!


Is that the David Rintoul / Elizabeth Garvie one?
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2022 12:16     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Anonymous wrote:In between dramas how about cooking or decorating shows?
My mom is 83. Movies we have watched together:
Secreteriat
Sea Biscuit
Julie and Julia
The Kings Speech
The Queen

Series- Murder She wrote, Blue Bloods, The Odd Couple,Frasier,


A great list. Julie & Julia came to my mind too.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2022 11:48     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Anonymous wrote:The original BBC Pride and Prejudice from 1995 clocks in at 327 minutes.



Darling, there was a 1980 UK TV version (possibly ITV but more likely BBC) of Pride & Prejudice!
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2022 14:38     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
The notebook is perfect for her with James Garner
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2022 14:34     Subject: Re:Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Greenleaf. There is some implied sex and just a smidge of violence, but the violence is occasional and it’s basically a soap set in a church-running family.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2022 22:00     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sex and swearing ruin everything for grandma. And violence, rape, abuse are bad too. Otherwise she enjoys a good drama on lots of topics. Need some recommendations for many hours. Thanks.


hmm what about the Crown

The lung cancer surgery and embalming scenes… shudder.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2022 20:08     Subject: Re:Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Anonymous wrote:Only Murders in the Building
Kim’s Convenience


Yes!!! I love these. Totally clean.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2022 17:56     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Anonymous wrote:Sex and swearing ruin everything for grandma. And violence, rape, abuse are bad too. Otherwise she enjoys a good drama on lots of topics. Need some recommendations for many hours. Thanks.


hmm what about the Crown
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2022 17:51     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Anonymous wrote:Lark Rise to Candleford

I like a good prude show by OP’s standards, but that show was nauuuuuuseating.

Foyle’s War
Second the Doc Martin (though it does show blood and blood draws; very little violence)
Miss Marple
Grantchester
Second the Poirot rec (the limited violence is stylized)
Second the Derry Girls; it is really funny (Michelle does swear a bunch but it’s funny)
Schitt’s Creek is surprisingly wholesome though it’s not without kissing
Community is absurdist funny
Arrested Development, too, though these last two might be a bit out there
Rick Steves travel shows

High five to my fellow prude people! I can watch sex and I don’t mind swearing, but I can’t with violence, especially rape. Noppity nope nope.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2022 16:31     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Anonymous wrote:Captain Kangaroo
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood


I wonder how Grandma ever had babies.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2022 13:51     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
In between dramas how about cooking or decorating shows?
My mom is 83. Movies we have watched together:
Secreteriat
Sea Biscuit
Julie and Julia
The Kings Speech
The Queen

Series- Murder She wrote, Blue Bloods, The Odd Couple,Frasier,

Anonymous
Post 02/24/2022 10:04     Subject: Grandma/prude suggestions movies or series
Legally Blonde (original and sequel)
Mad Money (Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes)