The Grand Obsession
The Grand has some marvelous characters from scheming Marcus to dreaming Monica; characters whose lives unfold within the life at The Grand Hotel. More gutsy than Upstairs, Downstairs, in The Grand you watch the staff and the family wrestle with the ravaged young men of WW1 to the profiteers of the slums. Dealing with the tough issues of war, prostitution, incest and grand society you get an insiders view of what boils beneath the surface of this family's business. The Grand strips away the romanticized view of the Roaring Twenties and leaves you at times wanting to turn away because it can be just too much realism, yet captivated because it is so human.
Great series!
I watched the entire collection of this former TV series and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a story of the goings on in a nice hotel in Manchester, England right after World War 1. I highly recommend this to anyone that enjoys good drama.
As the story progress it became painful to watch
We had such high hopes for the series, it became clear after a point that the writing like a lifetime movie. Some scandal and a few interesting situations but most of it lifetime movie. The actors can only do so much with the bad script,a few of the main characters are so self-sacrificing that it a bore. Still not sure what happen tot he grandmother. Watched many British series I recommend London Hospital, Downton Abby, Call the Midwife, He knew he was right, Upstairs Downstairs (1970's version) better written much more entertaining.
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