AIDAN TURNER'S VIDEO DIARY
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New to BH? Watch out, this post contains spoilers from series one...
Shooting Being Human was a real rollercoaster for the cast, but none more so than for Aidan Turner. Miles from home and with some of the toughest scenes of the series, Aidan often found himself turning to his video diary camera when it all got too much.
But don't worry, it isn't all about the hard times... Russell sings! TWICE!

~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~00~RS~)
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Awww, that was great. I like Turners impression of Tovey and that singing... impressive in an odd way. I forget her real name but Lauren is sooo pretty!
I so hope these don't just evaporate, I'd love for them to be on the DVD.
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Felt like he needed a hug and a pint through a lot of that! Am sure there'd be many volunteers for that.
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OMG I think I've got a crush on Seth.
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I like how the whole crew seems to be good fun - the guy with the padding for the stake scene!
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I wonder who they are talking to on these blogs. Probably to themselves for personal reference, I doubt they anticipated the huge audience they would get for their random thoughts.
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I'll put my name in the hat for the hug and pint
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Will you also be picking the name out of the hat by any chance? ;)
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Heehee :-)
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Awww hes so sweet even when hes tired hes just awwww!! Russall seems like a really fun guy to be around.
I would so volunteer to give him a hug. But sperkii would have to get a round in for us all
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Lol woohoo who said nagging doesnt work lol i asked for this yestrday :-)
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OR..I could give the hug while Katy_1984 gets the drinks in...
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Lol oh bless him!! he seems so lovely and that made me laugh so much - it must have been quite hard for him - without sounding mean everyone has heard of russell and most people lenora but like he said in his interview this was his first proper big job (over here anyway i know he did the clinic but that was nly ever shown in ireland as far as i know?) that must have been a lot of pressure.
I loved the way he said awwww lol in the padding scene dont know why just sounded really sweet the way he said it. Ahem ok shush now :-)
Loved him and russell practising the scene in the car and russell well...dancing in the last video an singing in this one?! who knew he was such a talented young man lol cant wait to see what hes saving for his own video - breathing fire? jugging whilst ridin a unicycle? a bit of pole dancing perhaps?
oh and aidan said hed just done 3 interviews? ive never seen any the only ones ive seen promoting the show have been with russell? anyone any ideas?
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Oh and anabel and dylan we'll miss you! lol
Thought it was quite funny -
"I wont miss driking blood it tasted horrible!"
"And me biting you..."
"No that was ok!"
Lol hmm i bet!!
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OMG, Can he get much cuter?!
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maybe they are magazine interviews? rather than tv ones?
Lovely!!! but Russell almost stole the show with his fabulous singing.
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not even a hint of Lenora I suppose he had a lot more shots with Russell in the last couple of episodes though
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superOchre, its amazing how many people seem to have a crush on Seth. And for the record, DIBS.
Er, that was the most supremely awesome video diary in the history of Ever. Please give Aidan the camera back next series! We want weekly updates!
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I love Seth. He's my idea of the old school vampire and he's a bit naughty. Mitchell is a bit of a wet blanket although Aidan is obviously cute, maybe too cute.
Jesus, I've gone back 11 years to being a deluded school girl. This must be my mid twenties crisis.
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I so hope my brother has stopped reading my posts by now.
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I have this notion that Seth secretly collects every cheesy vampire book and novel out there and just revels in the whole idea of it, like a little fanboy of his own species. The fact that you called him 'old school' would probably make his day.
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Yeah but if it came down to it would you rather be locked in a room with seth or mitchell lol with seth youd be dead in secconds at least mitchell went to the trouble of buying lauren dinner and showed her a bit of a good time first lol. But thats just characters - as far as the actual people go dylan does seem a laugh :-)
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Lol i quite like that idea and it seems extremly plausble apart from episode 5 when he didnt seem to know a lot about it :-S mind you maybe thats just the real stuff he doesnt know - could just read the fiction :-)
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I dunno, he's quite sleazy.. he'd probably attempt to chat you up first, see if you were into it. If you looked alright and you were fairly responsive, maybe you'd find yourself waking up in the funeral parlour the next morning..
Yeah, ok - fangirls, step AWAY from the fictional vampire.
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Yeah at least you might get a packet of Doritos and a bottle of wine first, but Mitch would probably kill you and leave you. Seth would go to the trouble of making you immortal afterwards.
Immortality or Doritos... it's a difficult one.
I think you're right brownstudies.
I'd pick Seth every time.
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Ahh that was sooo good!
LOL at the singing that was the best part ;)
Although the bit where Aidan scares the 'double standard ply' man is close behind!
I'm guessing Aidan learnt his lines in the end lol
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AWWWW! how cute is aidan.
luved russel's singing took my breath away(with laughter)lol. that was brill can't wait till russel's video diary it will be soooo cool. i felt sorry for adian though havin go over his lines again...and again...and again.
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Haha, I am mid twenties too. Wonder if any of us have written 'I heart Aidan 4eva I.D.S.T' on our pencil cases yet! haha
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With love hearts dotting the 'i'. lol!
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russel sings, he dances, what will he do next week?
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Am I really the only woman who doesn't fancy him?!
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No, my best mate doesn't.
But she's gay.
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Lol how does he manage it? Turning full grown women into 13 year olds with 4 minutes of video :-D thats irish charm for you - my family were from ireland origionaly but ive never actually been if all the men are like aidan (Ok i know they arent but there might be a few!) im feeling a visit coming up lol
Yeah i forgot lauren only got dorito's hmm i may have to re think - its a very important decision - i fully expect to be faced with this decision in the near future lol
Im sorry but itd still have to be mitchell - seth woud be the logical choice but as josie said he just tuns your knees to spagetti lol
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Super - Hahahaha :D
eagle_eyes - "i fully expect to be faced with this decision in the near future"
Because BH is secretly a documentary, right? I always thought so. Lets go track some vampires.
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Well obviously lol
Just watched it for second time - is it wrong that in the hospial scene bit - my fist thought wasnt "oh my gosh russell is such an mazing singer!" it was "Aidan youve got shoes on get your feet off the bed! Aidan shoes off the bed!" lol
Loved his little impression of george too :-) they both seem so easy to get on with -wonder if they actually are?
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Aww I'm gonna miss our crazy chats when this blog goes.
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Oooh, please make this availabe on Youtube
I love you guys:D
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Same here eagle eyes. A hospital bed, grubby shoes! You can tell none of us are teenagers.
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*hugs*
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LOL. I was trying to pretend to myself that I hadn't thought exactly the same thing. I used to work in a hospital though, it would have been me who had to change the sheets! That's my excuse, what's yours? :P
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God im going to be an awful wife arent i lol - feet off the bed! put the toilet seat down! not tonight ive got a headache! lol
I know i dont know what im going to do when theres nothing new to comment on :-( ive forgotten what it was like to have a proper social life lol the barman isnt going to recognize me :-S
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I honestly think I need the respite. It's a bit worrying when you're 25 years old, and your main way of identifying the Weekend is the fact that there are only 12 more hours till the Being Human preview.
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Lol you may be right there - it was good to start with because there ws nothing else to do on a sunday night but then i realised i could watch it on saturday too lol and i work friday night so i prety much havent had a weekend at all for the last few weeks :-) stil dont want it to all be over though! :-(
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I dunno, reality is pretty dull and always there niggling at you telling you to answer the phone, do the washing up, turn up to work on time for once... A bit of escapism is always welcome as far as I'm concerned. :)
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Ok i said i wasn ging to watch it again but i caved lol
"its a bit cold to be tottering around in totterdown"
Oh and i love dylan telling aidan and annabel off for flirting made me laugh
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And its cheaper than going to the pub !
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so, now we have seen him bright, bubbly and twinkly-eyed in his 'answers to fans' and a bit down and fed up in his v. diary (well the bit about his lines)....nope sorry still love both Aidans. But now I'm going to get my life back, just as soon as I have watched every episode again and watched everything I can find on the tinterweb.....well maybe I'll start getting my life back tomorrow, but wait that a Thursday which is a bad day for getting your life back...maybe Friday..or probably Satur..oh God
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Lol we have to wait until weve got lenora and russells interviews and russells video diary :-)
He does just look like he needs a hug though doesnt he :-( im not going to offer though because i think i may have to fight my way to the front of the queue lol
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Aww Russell's singing made that video! Bring out BH: The Musical!
Poor Aidan when he couldn't learn his lines, he obviously got them in the end because that scene was awesome.
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One of the lines that turned my backbone to ice...in the mirror "Where am I Fleur?"
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Can't see this, please post on Youtube
(I'll send cake, nice nice cake if you do)
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Aidan is so HOT he has the power to turn straight men gay - two of my mates who pretty much very blokey lads have admitted to their very first slight man crush.
But then I showed a picture to my other mate whos a girl and she said "Erggh what a tramp! He's too skinny and needs a wash - he looks like Bob Geldolf"
Is she mad?????
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lol thats what my mum said - hed be aright if he got a haircut and had a shave lol but its all part of the charm :-) the look is just part of it - its so much more he accent the walk the laugh - if we find out hes actually a nice bloke then thats it lol he seems really nice on these but then he is an actor - you never know although i know we all like to think hes lovely so im gonna go with it :-)
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Mmmm I do think he is quite scrummy, even though I am not a long hair fan.
Haha, I just watched that 'oh oh sexy vampire mitchell' fan vid on YouTube. The ''who would send you something like that?'' line was hilarious in that context
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Yay i can actually watch it properly all the way through now - and aww its a really nice video but as usual - wish it was a bit longer lol but thank you aidan and BH team :-)
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lol that is a brilliant video the sexy vampire one it makes me laugh every time - something to watch after a bad day!
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They just look like such fun to be around :-)
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ooh hello eagle_eyes4, I should have known I could count on you to be up too! ;-)
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lol yeah you can usually count on me to be up i dont really sleep i just turn this off when everyne else turns in lol i making the most of being able to watch the video properly :-)
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the youtube video - i know its a line from the origional show but the "if id intended to kiss you id have put on some chapstick first!" that still makes me laugh every time lol its such a george line more than a mitchell one :-S
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Lol ok watched it 3 times now think ive made the most of it while its working for me :-)
Just love the way he says totterdown (is that what its called? i think so lol)makes me smile.
Does seem very normal its strange to think that theyre part of this huge program that so many people are watching and talking about - just looks like a normal day at work lol they remind me of the guys i work with when dylan tells annabel to get in the middle in the car and then takes the mick when shes being flirty with aidan - thats pretty much what happens to me on the ride home from work on fridays lol.
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Awww I'd still like to give him a hug and buy him a pint, bless him.
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I think I'm the only crazy fangirl about this morning.
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Nope, don't panic you are not alone but I'm having a bash at being cool, sophisticated and slightly stand-offish about him. Yeah thats working well for me!!!
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Haha! :D
Yeah if we all try the cool approach we might stand a chance.
I'm taking my mind off my dentist appointment later so I'm not going to be moving until I have to floss... or go to the toilet obviously.
So I'll be drawing some love hearts on my imaginary pencil case and refreshing this page constantly in the hope that my dentist is suddenly taken ill.
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You could ask your dentist to put you some fangs in...but if he offers to make your eyes go black....RUN LIKE HELL
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Hehe. There are actually dentists who do that you know! In America of course. I think my canines are obvious enough without it though. He's so going to tell me off again about flossing and pull my tooth out, I just know it. *think about something else... happy thoughts*... Mitchell and his gloves, Seth and his erm.. coat...
anything else?
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Depends how long your appointment is for.
1. George and his heartbreaking tears(maybe not a good one to start)
2. Annie swinging the mouli-grater about
3. The party they had with Bernie...he's 12 George.
4. Herrick and the hot chocolate.
5. Seth..."Get into character"
6. Russel's singing
and oh yeah, nearly forgot Mitchell with or without his cool gloves. Do any of these help?
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This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.
See, you had to mention Josie and made me all heartbroken again (Although wasn't he lovely sitting on that bed crying).Anyway good luck at the dreaded d.... I'm off to buy a pencil case
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Uh oh what did we say to get the comment removed? naughty naughty!
Yeah he still looks like he needs a hug lol but at least hed cheered up by the time he did the interview - everyone needs a down day every so often.
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I swore. Well in my defence Seth swore, I just repeated it.
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In which case - naughty seth lol it is ait of a (racking brain for none swear word...) bit of a sod that we cant quote the show :-( ah well there are worse things in life lol
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Yeah they can stream the show with the swearing but we can't say it.
*tooth agony, oww! Tries not to swear..*
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in SuperOchre's defence..she was under pressure...going to the dentist.... How them fangs working for you?
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Well I think I would have preferred the fangs. I swear I've just been attacked, with 80% of my tooth now gone and he's lined me up for a crown and mild teeth whitening. I only wanted a sticker for being brave.
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lol ouch :-S not at all jealous didnt you even get a lollypop? :-)
Was anyone else thinking - wow we have those picture frames on the bins round here too :-) lol well if theyre gonna graffitti its best they do it nicely i guess lol
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"I honestly think I need the respite. It's a bit worrying when you're 25 years old, and your main way of identifying the Weekend is the fact that there are only 12 more hours till the Being Human preview."
Same here, and I have a few years on you. It was a wild ride, and I want to get back on eventually, but it was so intense that I need a break more or less forced on me.
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A dentist giving out lollipops? That would be madness. He handed me a leaflet on zoom whitening and then laughed at me for shaking from the adrenalin injection. I need a new dentist.
Come season 2 blog I will probably be crowned, whitened and veneered to my eyeballs against my will and still with no sticker.
Bye to all those normal people who have left the blog to resume their lives or gone on to fan sites. I'll see you there probably.
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Oh My God!
i have such a massive crush on Aidan, he is soooooooooo HOT!!!
and Russell is so cute, i love the singing :)
xxx
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OK laurenpixie get in line.
"You are currently 55,768th in the queue, your girlyfandom is important to us so please hold on the line."
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grrr laurenPixie!
He is mine
tehe he is amazing though.
wow is eyebrows are like wow. his eyes are like soo cute. :P
I love you Aidan!
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And you back of the queue lady......and my dentist used to give out lollies - come to think of it that does seem rather odd lol
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i've just been out.....its what I used to do before BH and I was driving along when an ad for blood donors came on the radio... I give up!
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aww what a sweetheart!!! bless him, i think he now has an entire army of girls who would volunteer to make him feel better haha!
loved russell's singing and dancing-that man is amazing!
im very aware that saturday and sunday are swiftly approaching and i have no being human to look forward to :(
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:O
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grrr I love Aidan and grr to anyone who trys and stops me grrrrrrrrrrrr
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what was the song russell was singing at the end? I hear that everywhere :L. Loved the video and started lolling when russell was singing.
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i wonder if he actually reads these
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Don't worry about the song, got it now :D
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TEHEHHEHEHE iv gone all girly hehhehe.
but still grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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what is the song?
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this is MINT!
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Minnie Riperton - Loving you
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Hilarious - and hasn't Russell got a fab voice!
Aw, and poor Aidan stressing about his lines.
How long's the queue of fangirlies now then?
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517864 at the last count lol
And yeah russell has a beautiful singing voice :-D
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what a voice, get and make a record Russell you know people will by it, and Totterdown got a mention nice one
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oh cool
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I watched this blog yesterday and Russell's singing really made me giggle. I'm so glad I watched it because I was sitting on the bus on my way to school ( an 45 min journey), I had forgotten my ipod and had nothing to do. I just sat there bored staring outside the window and then the image of Russell singing his songs made me laugh... you should sing more often ... I would listen to you lool
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Just noticed that there is a queue for Aidan.....
well, I feel that in the spirit of the old saying, "Age before beauty", I will begin a new queue for us more mature Being Human fanatics, and I, of course, will be first in line!
(And incase you are reading this Aidan, I do happen to be older, but also beautifull! Us more mature ladies have alot going for us, we are financially stable - particularly useful if our partner is "resting" - we are less neurotic, and we've done more, and been more places than younger ladies, so we are interesting and fun!
(Ok, who am I kidding, but it's worth a try! LOL)
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Im more of the younger genation :P
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I enjoyed the shoot cams, they give a very real and here, genuine, insight to what actors need to contribute, and an idea of what its like to find it - in time (and temperature). A blessed relief from the archaic 'how to glide on and become a star (like wot I be..)' output. I loved the flatlining of all that crud. Respect.
Gilbert (thanks Sperkii)... yeah he was a really iconic characterisation. More of those def welcome.
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awww i miss him :(
when is it back on.
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I heard that they start filming in august but again - dont hold me to that :-)
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woop woop!
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will aidan still wear his gloves if they film in august? his palms might get a bit sweaty, eh?
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hey i never thought of that although he does look very sexy in them XD
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I think hes stuck with them now :-) but i dont believe him when he says he just wore them cos he was cold there must be more otherwise why would lauren and bernie wear them too?
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aww i loved this! love aidan great gorgeous actor absoloutly fantastic along with russell and lenora. I'm the same with my lines for drama they usually go in but this final exam piece just wont! lol looks like theyre having soooo much fun! lol great series can't wait for series 2! well done to everyone! xxx
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This HAS to make it on to the dvd! Ooooooo, I feel a petition coming on.. ;o)
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te he
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Dang! I missed Russell singing :( Lousy blockage of U.S. users.
I've wanted to hear Russell sing ever since I found out he sang in The History Boys (play, not the movie).
Please have this on YouTube or put it on the DVD (and keep all the same extras for the U.S. format of the DVD, please)
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Just watched it again.....Awwww !
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