Totally addictive...can't just watch one. The storyline and characters journeys, keeps me hooked!

I've only caught up with this show in recent months and maybe my overall rating might have been higher had I not watched the entire series to date in several marathons. Maybe viewing it weekly would have brought out less of the failings of the show, but in one lump they tend to scream out at one. Now, with the latest series underway, I see that nothing has changed - the program has taken the usual path of long running series and manages to deliver a disaster or personal drama every episode to order.The casting on the whole is good, the actors on the whole are good too, but they are let down by the stupid story lines and the apparent determination of the makers to make it look like the period in which it set (and more often than not, fail). I know that this far down the line it would be hard to obtain authentic vehicles of the period and that any that survive would be someone's pride and joy - but - other than Roy's truck, most look like what the are - again someone's pride and joy...and equipped with modern number plates into the bargain. Surely they could have spent a bit more money and replaced the modern plates with copies of those around in the 50s?Other than the introduction of a few extra characters, the cast remains the same - and the dangers/dramas likewise. I am rather tired of the ever glowering Regina - how nice it would have been to have her locked up forever, sitting there in her padded cell and glaring at the camera from time to time. No - she's out and about and no doubt about to wreak more havoc. And Anna (who has always given me the impression she's incapable of threading more than two words together) is about to publish yet another best seller - and upset the whole family in the process no doubt.So, why do I keep watching the darned thing you ask? Because it's habit forming - poisonous habit forming - but I will stay with it to grisly end.

I am glued to the television every day I so look forward to watching this programme then I find out it is just going to end why oh why end such a fab series, its far better than neighbours and home and away and they have been going years why is when a brilliant programme is launched they go ahead and spoil it by cutting it short very disappointed by this

Our national broadcaster is showing "A Place to Call Home", and I thought it would be interesting to see what Australian TV looks like. My first impression was not favourable, but I thought I should hold off until I'd seen more. I've now seen all the episodes and my first impressions still stand.The two leads, Sara and George are the two LEAST interesting characters in this show. They are played by two actors who have little or no range, and at best are wooden and slightly less wooden. The much more interesting people are the supporting cast: the matriarch Elizabeth Bligh, her daughter Caroline, or Caroline's love interest Jack. Even Elizabeth's grandson and his wife, Olivia,have more depth and are far more interesting.While I did not expect Downton Abbey, I did think the budget for hair and wardrobe on APTCH depressingly scant. Sara looks and dresses like a nun, and is put in odd dresses like a bright orange cocktail dress with a black tam that makes me think of trick=or-treat! It looked so depressingly odd - I find it hard to believe that anyone finds her attractive.