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_______________PHILIP AND HIS SEVEN WIVES______________________

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RTKangaMummy · 24/04/2006 23:29

TUESDAY 25 APRIL

Documentary

Philip and his Seven Wives

10:00pm - 11:10pm

BBC4




VIDEO Plus+: 73339835





Documentaries about polygamous cults are ten a penny, but they're not usually set on a farm outside Hove. That's where Philip - a former rabbi who knows he's a prophet, because God told him - lives with his heartbreakingly deluded harem. The odd blackly comic moment aside (Philip describes the process of purifying one's faith as "going round the bend"), Marc Isaacs's film is horribly tragic. As the wives weep through Philip's esteem-destroying lectures, we see how easy it can be to manipulate people by using and abusing religion. The drab English setting makes it all the more chilling - and there's a quietly devastating denouement.




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RTKangaMummy · 24/04/2006 23:32

WATCH

THIS MORNING

TUESDAY MORNING

10.30am ITV1

IIRC

THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THE SHOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






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RTKangaMummy · 24/04/2006 23:33

You're welcome

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RTKangaMummy · 25/04/2006 19:17

Tonight

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RTKangaMummy · 25/04/2006 20:03

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RTKangaMummy · 25/04/2006 21:45

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RTKangaMummy · 25/04/2006 22:00

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mummygow · 25/04/2006 22:03

just going to watch it - I watched thm with Phil and Fern and apparantly he was ill through this documentry and it's not really how he is - can't wait to see

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busybusybee · 25/04/2006 22:05

He was on R2 at lunchtime today - It was really odd because he talks so normally and convincingly it is easy to get drawn in to thinking his behaviour is normal!

Very odd indeed

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RTKangaMummy · 25/04/2006 22:13

IIRC it was filmed over a year

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mummygow · 25/04/2006 22:22

Oh My Goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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JoolsToo · 25/04/2006 22:24

I heard him on the radio - arse! and the girl, was it Tracy?

She kept saying God this and God that - then when she was asked if all the wives were like a sisterhood - there was a silence and then she said 'that sounds really religious' like in a bad way - well you are religious aren't you?

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geekgrrl · 25/04/2006 22:27

urgh. What a nasty piece of work he is. Those poor women deserve better.

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JoolsToo · 25/04/2006 22:27

wel it's up to the women ultimately!

I mean would you?

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geekgrrl · 25/04/2006 22:29

yeuch NO - but then again, it sounds like he got hold of them when they were going through very difficult times in their lives and then systematically eroded their self-respect even further ...

(am I going to get sued now? Grin)

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mummygow · 25/04/2006 22:31

Why are they wearing those things on their head and walking about a mess????????????/

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RTKangaMummy · 25/04/2006 22:34

Jewish married women have to cover their heads

Although they are not legally married they are in eyes of god according to him anyway

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mummygow · 25/04/2006 22:39

He's a creep - listen to his sister

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JoolsToo · 25/04/2006 22:40

Oh the arrogance

God revealed to me that I am in the scriptures
God revealed to me I am a King

arf!

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JoolsToo · 25/04/2006 22:41

his sister has sense - she's laughing at him Grin

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geekgrrl · 25/04/2006 22:41

and he's nasty to his horses Angry

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JoolsToo · 25/04/2006 22:48

they're making me feel all itchy - weeeeeeeeeeeeeird

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JoolsToo · 25/04/2006 22:52

do you think they ever sit down and watch Coronation Street or Strictly Dance Fever?

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mummygow · 25/04/2006 22:54

he probably does and chooses who's to watch it that night

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mummygow · 25/04/2006 22:56

what's he talking about

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