Joe's Palace

Description: BBC1 / Drama about the relationship between Elliot Graham, a reclusive billionaire, and Joe, the teenage son of a ... more

Joe's Palace ... cleaner who takes care of Elliot's grand, empty mansion. / A stellar cast led by Sir Michael Gambon, Rupert Penry-Jones, Kelly Reilly, Rebecca Hall and newcomer Danny Lee Wynter star in Stephen Poliakoff's latest BBC One film.

Newest Review: ... who is researching into his father's past to find out where he made his billions. Elliot inherited an incredibly lavish house near to his own home, but feels unable to live in it as he feels the house has many ghosts and mysteries he doesn't know the answers to. So, Elliot hires a staff who meticulously clean the house everyday, and a young boy who sits and guards the house, who is ... more

... instructed not to let anybody in. The young boy is Joe, the son of one of the cleaning ladies. Joe is happy with his job, and feels very special to be allowed to look after the house, and doesn't appear to be phased he is in the old house all by himself during ...more

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Joe's Palace: A palace all of his own (800 words)
by - written on 08/11/07 (Very useful, 365 readings)
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I am not normally someone who sits down for nearly 2 hours on a Sunday evening to watch a television drama. However, the constant adverts for Joe's Palace on the BBC channels managed to capture my interest enough for me to put it in my Sky planner, so when the reminder came up, I decided I'd watch the first half hour and see how it went. I actually ended up watching the whole thing, which for someone who dislikes these long dramas is no mean feat, and I must credit that to the wonderful programme I sat and watched. Joe's Palace has been widely advertised across the television I think because it has been written and directed by the renowned television drama ... Read the complete review

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