We Need a New Telly Series

[johnb]

Do you remember the young Trevor Eve as a private detective in Shoestring, John? Channel 4 iirc. I was living in Bristol at the time he had his houseboat - he put the Floating Harbour and Clifton Suspension Bridge on the national map, I thought at the time.

Yes I remember that series well. It was fun identifying the locations around Clifton (and Bristol in general) that they used. As I remember they had Royal York Crescent (where his posh lady friend lived) as being a quick stroll from the docks.

Others might have serious doubts about my taste but Waking the Dead is one of the programmes that is a "must watch" for me (usually recorded and watched later in the week).

(I haven't been listening to much music recently as I have picked up the classical guitar again after a lapse of a couple of decades and and I'm battling to restore at least some of my playing abilities - what little they were.)

[Conchis]

Speaking of Foyles War, which I enjoyed too, I've always thought Michael Kitchen came from the (extremely) understated school of acting - and very effective too.

I was tickled to find him swearing like a trooper when he played the rock star's manager in the "Brian Pern: A life in Rock" series. (Brian Pern being a spoof character. The references from the setting in the world of Rock passed me by as I know nothing about it. However. Michael Kitchen plays a character who (metaphorically) shoots from the hip (and the lip....)

As in, from 47 seconds point here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlD8...4piX3uoN_Etu1b

The way he's developed as an actor is fascinating - I've been following him for years. He first made an impression playing slightly satanic characters (literally so, in the case of his stunning performance in Dennis Potter's long suppressed Brimstone & Treakle); then, after playing the titular monarch in To Play The King, his casting bracket became 'nice gents'. I'd never have seen that coming, but he's great in everything he does.

[richardfinegold]

The way he's developed as an actor is fascinating - I've been following him for years. He first made an impression playing slightly satanic characters (literally so, in the case of his stunning performance in Dennis Potter's long suppressed Brimstone & Treakle); then, after playing the titular monarch in To Play The King, his casting bracket became 'nice gents'. I'd never have seen that coming, but he's great in everything he does.