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And I believe every episode was written by Anthony Horowitz,
Yes, he researched the historical context, and wrote every ep. The series was cancelled, when he had half a dozen eps researched and written, ready to go, so he threw those files in the trash. Then the series was picked up again, so he started writing new scripts. That's why there is a significant gap in the timeline.
And seeing Patricia Hodge now as Mrs. Pomfrey
Her Mrs Pumphrey is horribly drab. Diana Rigg was a delight, still dressing like it was the 20s, and sooo dramatic. Hilarious. She lit up the entire set every time she was on.
Poldark became a little too soap opera-ish for me
For decades, I could be flipping around the dial, late night, and, if I saw anyone in a tricorn hat, I would stop and watch it. I like the period.
it aired for awhile in Chicago at midnight on Friday nights on a local station.
"The Night Stalker" was part of CBS' late night programming, in, iirc, the early 90s.
You never saw "I Claudius"? That series made Derek Jacobi a star. "Danger UXB" has a soapy element, when "Brian Ash" starts boinking Judy Geeson's character, while her husband is off decoding things. Neatest thing is, almost every ep introduces a new model of German bomb fuse. One night, on the Fool, I was commenting about a particularly diabolical fuse design, and Harmy said "that sounds like a Zeus 40", which is indeed what I was describing. *Crossover content* There is an episode of "Foyle" that involves a bomb defusing. I'm watching the guy work on the fuse, and shout NO!!, because he loosened the locking ring, with a hammer and chisel, *before* putting the Crabtree discharger on the fuse. That guy would have been blown to smithereens. (they say the birds find the pieces)
"Jeeves and Wooster" is a satire of the spawn of the British idle rich. It also features the second most drool-worthy men's clothes of the 1930s. after "All Creatures...".
Steve...now, back to our regularly scheduled programming
