The silence

[JustJodi]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t3y75

Anyone gonna watch this series ????? :hmm:

When Amelia, a deaf 18-year-old, witnesses the murder of a policewoman she is suddenly thrust into a hearing world...
The Silence merges the thriller genre with a family drama. When DCI Jim Edwards takes on the homicide investigation of a murdered policewoman, he has no idea how it is going to impact on his relationship with his family. When it transpires that his deaf niece, Amelia, witnessed the murder it puts huge pressure on Jim; he decides to withhold Amelia as a formal witness to protect her, but Jim struggles to make headway with the case whilst keeping Amelia's identity a secret.

[alan45]

Yes I am going to watch it. It has to be better than ITVs pisspoor Identity which is on at the same time

[Dazzle]

Yes, I'm looking forward to it, and I'm going to watch Identity too.

[Jessie Wallace]

Just finnished watching it on I-player as i watched Identity on itv first. BBC i player is better than itv's!
Really enjoyed tonights episode and can't wait for tomorrow's. Some really good acting and great storyline.

[alan45]

Absolutely brilliant and top class acting too

[JustJodi]

I thought it was done very well, I could see there was a divided front about Amelia's implant,, dad will sign to her ,, her mom and speech therapist wants her to stop ,, i thought it was great ...
Looking forward to tomorrows episode :-)

[Perdita]

DEAF actress Genevieve Barr had to lip-read through all her scenes in BBC1 thriller The Silence - because her hearing aid didn't fit in with her costumes.
Genevieve, who plays deaf teen Amelia in the show, told ITV's This Morning: "It was tricky."

But the actress, who was born deaf, said that lip-reading was "something I've always had to do".

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Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/3051628/DEAF-Genevieve-Barr-had-to-lip-read-her-scenes-in-BBC1s-The-Silence.html#ixzz0tXN7F6fv

[lizann]

I must have a look it sounds good

[Abigail]

I'm going to catch up with this on the iplayer later. It sounds like another quality drama from the BBC. Is it just a one-off episode or are there more to come?

[Dazzle]

It's four episodes spread over Mon-Thurs this week.

[Katy]

it was brilliant, i havent seen a drama as good as that since father and son.

[Abigail]

Just finished watching the first episode. Is it made by the same people who did the five part drama about the woman who stabbed her husband last year?

I enjoyed it, will certainly be watching the rest.

[Jessie Wallace]

it was brilliant, i havent seen a drama as good as that since father and son.

Eek no, i recorded all of that but only watched the 1st episode and 1/2 of the second, boring.
Am about to watch the second episode of this now, hoping it is just as good as yesterdays episode.

[alan45]

Yet another BRILLIANT episode tonight. Much better than ITVs offering of The Soap formerly known as The Bill

[JustJodi]

[QUOTE=Perdita;722096]DEAF actress Genevieve Barr had to lip-read through all her scenes in BBC1 thriller The Silence - because her hearing aid didn't fit in with her costumes.
Genevieve, who plays deaf teen Amelia in the show, told ITV's This Morning: "It was tricky."

But the actress, who was born deaf, said that lip-reading was "something I've always had to do".


as a deaf person myself, i must say one thing,, lipreading is not the best mode of communication, even the best lipreader in the world can only read 45% the rest is pure guess work..I have been lipreading since I was 7 years old I am now 60, I found it is still the case,since moving to Holland, trying to by pass the heavily Dutch accented English is a big head ache,,took me 2 months to stop writing notes back and forth with my Dutch partner LOL
The implant she has is something I once considered, but after loads of research, I figured,, its not a cure,, its a bandaid job,,this is just my opinion :-)

[Tannie]

I'm thinking about rewatching the first episode cause I didn't get to watch it all so I'll do it when the final episode has been aired and watch them all at once :) It does look really good, not my type of thing, but from the bits i saw on Monday It was good :D

[Abigail]

[QUOTE=Perdita;722096]DEAF actress Genevieve Barr had to lip-read through all her scenes in BBC1 thriller The Silence - because her hearing aid didn't fit in with her costumes.
Genevieve, who plays deaf teen Amelia in the show, told ITV's This Morning: "It was tricky."

But the actress, who was born deaf, said that lip-reading was "something I've always had to do".


as a deaf person myself, i must say one thing,, lipreading is not the best mode of communication, even the best lipreader in the world can only read 45% the rest is pure guess work..I have been lipreading since I was 7 years old I am now 60, I found it is still the case,since moving to Holland, trying to by pass the heavily Dutch accented English is a big head ache,,took me 2 months to stop writing notes back and forth with my Dutch partner LOL
The implant she has is something I once considered, but after loads of research, I figured,, its not a cure,, its a bandaid job,,this is just my opinion :-)

I was disappointed that the iplayer didn't have subtitles for the first episode. I don't have any hearing difficulties but I do have problems understanding some accents, especially if people talk fast, so I like to have subtitles or AD. For a program that is about a deaf girl, which would appeal to other deaf and hard of hearing people, there should have been subtitles. I presume there would have been subtitles when the program was shown on tv so it can't be that hard to upload the subtitled version.

[Dazzle]

I haven't watched any of this yet...decided to save it to watch at the weekend. I'm looking forward to it from all the comments here.


I was disappointed that the iplayer didn't have subtitles for the first episode.

It's a real shame that the iPlayer doesn't do subtitles. I often use them myself when watching TV as I suffered some hearing loss after working at clubs when I was young.

[Abigail]

It's a real shame that the iPlayer doesn't do subtitles. I often use them myself when watching TV as I suffered some hearing loss after working at clubs when I was young.

Iplayer does have a lot of subtitled programs. I've watched Eastenders and Casualty subtitled many times, along with documentaries.

[DaVeyWaVey]

I've been watching this too. It's been fantastic - the actress that plays Amelia has delivered an excellent portrayal. I can't wait for tonight's conclusion!

[Dazzle]

Iplayer does have a lot of subtitled programs. I've watched Eastenders and Casualty subtitled many times, along with documentaries.

Thanks Abigail, I didn't know that. I'll have a look next time I use it. :)

[Chloe O'brien]

I'm going to catch up with the four episodes on iplayer.

[Katy]

this has been brilliant, you can tell they filmed it in Ireland though, i thought it didnt look much like bristol!

also it took me to episode three to work out that the two men were brothers and not gina mckee and dervla kirwan! my dad called me stupid cause the accents were a bit of a give away!

[Chloe O'brien]

The ending was a bit of a disaapointment, but overall a worth watching programme for a change.

[Katy]

i agree, but in a way it was quite a nice ending as i concluded it for myself! they all lived hjappily ever after. I thought the whole series was brilliantly acted.

[Dazzle]

I watched this on the iPlayer over the weekend. I really enjoyed it, though was slightly annoyed the ending wasn't all tied up. I guess we were supposed to think that everything worked out in the end, as the boxer-police guy was going to tell the truth.

[Abigail]

I have to agree, I wish the ending had been written properly and we could have seen the drugs squad arrested. That would have been more satisfying for me than using my imagination. I thought the end was rather abrupt and lacked the quality the previous four hours had.