Aug 20, 2023jimg2000 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
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It's a "soapy" medical drama on the lives of a surgical team members and…
Apr 28, 2018kpelish rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
A soap opera, not story-telling. Boring privileged doctors whose moments of humanity are mostly overshadowed by their arrogance. This is set in 1961, so the women are either saintly nurses/wives or tragic figures, with only a couple…
It was interesting to see how the sixties era was recreated but it was kind of silly to see how all those heavy smokers had modern shining white sets of teeth, so the realism fell off there. In the video seen earlier from the library of…
Nov 18, 2016tenet rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Rated 5/10. I have mixed feelings about these average set of episodes. None of the characters I cared about.
This was intended as an ongoing series, but was not renewed for a second one.
Jul 23, 2015MsDuchess66 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I liked the program. It is a little slow, but tasteful, unlike a lot of the other programs on local TV or cable. Looking forward to the next season, hope it is much better and longer.
Mar 17, 2015IV27HUjg rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Set in British hospital system of the early '60's when doctors were considered untouchable, infallible gods, when women were mere objects of sex..'.What tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive' W. Scott. Well done as the…
Jan 03, 2015jimg2000 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
It's a "soapy" medical drama on the lives of a surgical team members and their families in the New London Hospital during the early 1960's; and overshadowing everything, there was a breathtaking decade old secret that was unraveling fast.
Jan 02, 2015BlueHippo rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
This is a self-contained mini-series (there are not several seasons-just these 5 or 6 hours). It's okay. You can figure out the "mystery" by about 1/2 way through. But it's very British: the mystery is solved and everyone goes back to…
Dec 18, 2014d2013 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Being a woman back then wasn't easy, there were a lot of hush-hush and taboos. I found the series quite engaging and interesting. Very 60ish style-wise.
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Oct 01, 2014xaipe rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Breathless has perfectly captured the essence of the era (1961) including the casual sexism. It deals with subjects usually taboo on television: birth control, abortion, menopause, and the pharmaceutical solutions as a doctor's first…
Sep 06, 2014Saint_Mirin rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Breathless is the UK version of Mad Men. Just Google it! Even the opening music sounds very similar. This series is about nurses and doctors rather than an ad agency. More women and fewer male leads make it more soap opera-ish. Mad Men…
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