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Just caught up with this and found it very entertaining and some nice mocking on modern life. Thought it was only me who missed the 'two fingered salute!"

It took a moment to recognise Jimmy Akingbola from his stint on Holby City (as "The Malik").

I don’t really want this to descend into Roobarb bashing, but I backed away years ago when a rather politically ranty member was openly giving advice (and unchallenged) on how to shoplift magazines from supermarkets. To get back on topic, I’m wondering how Britbox are going to join in with the likes...

I have signed up and have used Britbox to catch up on a few bits that I had previously missed (e.g. Rowan Atkinson's Maigret). But I am finding it a little odd that there is a slight conflict with the ITV Hub ... One thing I was keen to see were the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes. They are not on Brit...

No, I agree, it really feels like they have run out of ideas, yet more alternative time lines and different sets of Doctors. It's just going over the same ground again and again. Nice TARDIS though...oh and last weeks Queen monster was very good, but the episode itself felt like a schools programme...

... a too clear, laughable undead person made for a poor show. Yes I agree, that was a major problem. The Boxing Day Susan Hill's Ghost Story on C5 suffered from the issue to an even greater degree, the ghosts were far too tangible. I finally gave up at the sword fight scene. Unless I missed someth...

From the fact that Mrs Cratchet had supposedly summoned the spirits, I was surprised at the lack of forgiveness on her part. That's usually hand in hand with a redemption story.

I was also quite taken aback at Bob Cratchet's back-chat to Scroodge.

The Mallorca Files completely passed me by. Will have to find it on iPlayer.

Social media has just informed me that a new theatre version of Charles Dickens' The Signalman is being staged at the Red Lion theatre ... https://www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk/the-signalman.html . I was curious to see if it was the same version that Jack Shepherd toured with which I saw in 2015 as a ...

Having loved the Channel 4 series Absolutely all those years ago, yesterday I found out the there is currently a BBC Radio series with he same cast... on series three! It just goes to show that if you take your eye off the ball things like this can pass you by!

I haven't seen this yet, but an interesting aside in that a friend posted on their Facebook page (unprompted, I may add) that they couldn't believe there was yet another "bent cop drama". Others appear to be noticing too.

I wondered if this was Mike Reid instead Although Mike Read presented TOTP on many occasions, I don't think Mike Reid ever appeared - were you thinking of Runaround ? This can be an issue with Google or Bing these days; the swap between Reid and Read , while searching for the info still came up wit...

Smith didn't want his editions of TOTP repeated, a wish his widow is upholding. Old news mind: this first reared its head back in 2016 when the 1983 episodes went out on BBC Four... Thanks for the reply. What surprised me is that there have been editions featuring Mike Smith broadcast over the last...

A friend of mine informs me that an article in this week's Total TV Guide says that any episodes of TOTP introduced by Mike Smith are not being shown as he isn't giving consent. I wondered if this was Mike Reid instead, seeing that Mike Smith has died?

Another to add, although it's been a couple of months: Baptiste.

Dutch police officer - and Julien's son - is part of a people traffickers gang.

I've just seen on Twitter that Callan is being shown on TPTV from March 4th (I'm not aware that this has been on TPTV before, but hope this is of use nevertheless).

Just seen that Talking Pictures is showing the 1979 Dick Barton: Special Agent series, towards the end of the month.

Mark wrote:Pleasant enough for an hour, although did they say "The Pink Windmill Show" was the first starring show?...what about "Emu's Broadcasting Company"...

Especially odd as there was a tiny clip from Emu’s Broadcasting Company, at the beginning of the Emu segment, where Emu is attacking Billy Dainty.

Mind you, at least on this occasion it was an adaptation of an existing novel. There is also the aspect where Wagstaffe isn't squeaky-clean in his dealings with his sister's abusive boyfriend.

Ian Wegg wrote:One more.

Ah. Just caught up with the first story of Dark Heart. I'd guessed it was the sergeant early on, purely because of the way the thing was framed.
Added.

It could be The Beeb have moved it to avoid any serious opposition ( as with Sat/Sun). Being pragmatic, I wondered if, because the BBC's big drama for this Christmas is The War of the Worlds, they decided to move Doctor Who out of the way so as not to over-do the science-fiction during their Christ...

Ian Wegg wrote:One more.

I haven't seen it, but would that be Informer by any chance?

Next month, a theatre near me is doing Father Ted, an adaptation of four television episodes: "The Passion of St. Tibulus", "Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblades", "Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest" and "Are You Right There Father Ted". That reminds me of the proposed musical version of Father Ted; w...

Just found out that a stage version of Hancock's Half Hour is doing the rounds next year ... http://www.apollotheatrecompany.com/hancocks-half-hour.html and a very limited run re-creating two Goon Shows is imminent ... https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/2018/the-goon-show-returns-how-a-new-play-is-...

Thus, Bodyguard gets added to the list; ironically being followed by a trailer for the next series of Line of Duty. I thought of you and this thread as soon as that happened! A-ha! I love police-procedural dramas, but the bent-copper has become a bit ubiquitous in BBC ones. ITV, on the other hand, ...

I love Lind of Duty but seem to be the only one who isn't gushing over The Bodyguard. It was very slow at many points and fairly predictable and unrealistic I thought. An example in the last episode was the suicide vest "tension scene". If the baddies were that good they would have had a remote det...

Thus, Bodyguard gets added to the list; ironically being followed by a trailer for the next series of Line of Duty.

I've just watched a drama on the BBC iPlayer that hasn't been broadcast nationally yet. So for this reason, I won't give the name of it as it would be a spoiler for when it does (if) go out. It initially looked to be a domestic drama, but soon descended into yet another corrupt police trope. This i...

There are a couple of current ones doing the rounds...

Julie Walters for Vision Express (previously with Trevor McDonald);
James Cordon and those irritating Confused.com ads.

Having just watched the last episode of Stan Lee's Lucky Man,(spoiler alert) I've been reminded that they've had a few of main characters killed off over its last two years: Winter, Suri and Gray.

Just recalled Brian Murphy having an outburst because it wasn't real Formica: "I pay my rates!"