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would have liked a bit more proper 90s detail, not just Blur and Oasis references. But I liked how the characters were all well developed, not just obvious cliches. But it's true I think, isn't it? Which would explain that.

I found the bit with the slide really dramatic/touching.

was alright, only 6 episodes long though

a)authoritarian mental health services
b)patient refusal/failure to comply with medication
c)numerous other boring cliches when making any film/tv show about mental health services

she commandeered the jukebox and put on Sabotage.

and a 2001 Ford Mondeo drives past. These people shouldn't be allowed to make tv.

But as someone who's had mental health issues and been in love with Britpop, I think I might quite like this show.

Thing is, it might make me a bit depressed being old enough to remember all the cultural references on a "retro" series. At least with This is England I could keep everything at arm's length

I didn't watch it, but by the sounds of it it seems like the only good bits in this programme were the music references. Is this true or is it actually worth watching because its funny/well written etc?

overall it's far less predictable than I was expecting.

but during episode two I started to realise they've made absolutely fuck-all effort to set it in the mid-90s, and it's annoying me. The story's great, and the acting's great, but aside from the music and the fact they're not using mobile phones, the period detail is crap!

This is basically the first period drama I've seen where I fully remember the period and was the same age as the characters in it. But everyone's wearing clothes which might as well be now, no-one's got curtains, the glasses Archie wears are cool for now but definitely aren't 90s ones, and no-one in the pub is smoking! (They should have let me do the costume and set design obvs).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/21/mad-fat-diary-rae-earl-childhood-mental-health

Thought the party episode was done really well.

I like the way that you can't tell whether the mates are gonna turn out to be reliable when needed or whether they're gonna flake. (Well, there's a definite tendency toward feel-good endings, but they've nonetheless captured the uncertainty thing, I think).

I presume I'm toward the upper end of the target demographic, but I expect it's fairly essential viewing among schoolkids.

anyone stick with it?
series two is happening apparently