Paul Humphreys rambles on....

As predicted by myself before this book by Robert Harris is to go on TV. The series starts tomorrow on BBC1. It has been turned into a two part programme. The Sunday Times did a review of the programe and suggested that using the smart and young Daniel Craig as Kelso who in the book is a historian down at heel and heading for professional oblivion seems strange. But I think we will watch it all the same even if only to discover who gets shot at the end of the story as they get off the train. It is either Stalin's son, Mamantov or both of them.

Comments:

Do you think that they will actually show who gets shot? I don't think they will. Harish

Posted by Harish on March 18, 2005 at 07:51 AM PST #

Well I will let you know if they do show who is shot in the series. Two weeks time is not long to wait

Posted by Paul Humphreys on March 18, 2005 at 11:04 AM PST #

I taped yesterday's show. I will try and watch it today before I watch the second half tonight. I really do hope that they show who got shot. Robert Harris has this tendency of ending his books in this way: let the reader decide what could happen in the end. I wonder if R. Harris wrote the screenplay for it, if not did he have a say in the making of it? Well I suppose only time will tell Harish

Posted by Harish on March 20, 2005 at 02:25 AM PST #

Turn away now if you do not want to know who got shot.

Stalin's son got shot at the end by the girl. I guess he should as he clearly was heading to lead Russia back into the dark ages with a repeat of what his father did. Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais did the screen play.

Posted by Paul Humphreys on March 20, 2005 at 11:24 PM PST #