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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 4h

Me too. I also remember him reading Rumpole of the Bailey - there was always some wild emphasis in the way he'd deliver a sentence.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 1d

My lunchtime walk today has seen me go in search of a transmat device in the basement of this building

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 1d

All five seasons of Moonlighting are now available to watch on STV Player (which you can access outside of Scotland!) #Moonlighting

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 3d

Zero understanding from Kemi Badenoch that "go back to where they came from" is a phrase that has traumatised generations and will likely be doing so again now. Or maybe she has total understanding - I don't know which is worse.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 4d

Ha! That is exactly what would happen, yes.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 4d

Love it!

David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 4d

Yes! Though I don't think George would approve of the current colour scheme.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 4d

All three lived within five minutes of each other in Chelsea. Love to think they were rubbing shoulders while shopping on the King's Road.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 4d

Wandered by a house today in Chelsea that was owned by a famous fictional creation.
Your clue as to who it is:
Espionage grey gloom is oddly rearranged to reveal him (6,6)

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 5d

Little snippet here from Radio Times on how Patricia Routledge came to accept the role of Kitty. #PatriciaRoutledge

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 5d

Dug this out of the Radio Times archive. Some viewer feedback from 1982 on Patricia Routledge's performance in Alan Bennett's A Woman of No Importance. #PatriciaRoutledge

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 5d

RIP Patricia Routledge.
She once walked the Pennine Way in slingbacks in an attempt to publicise mental health.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-iD...

Patricia Routledge Kitty

YouTube video by ukcomedy

www.youtube.com

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 6d

Whenever I get overly sentimental about 1980s' Children's BBC programming, I remind myself that Treasure Houses also existed.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 6d

I think it stands up well. The latest version didn't unsettle me at all. You?

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 6d

Happy 75th anniversary to my beloved #Peanuts www.youtube.com/watch?v=dURi...

Linus And Lucy

YouTube video by Vince Guaraldi - Topic

www.youtube.com

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 7d

I guess too few people will actually remember that ending for that to really work!

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 7d

Father Brown hasn't done too badly for himself in the meantime? Granted, he's serving a different market. But maybe not radically different.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 7d

Keeley Hawes and Matthew Macfadyen together on screen again!

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 7d

I don't think I saw that - Tamzin Outhwaite, right? She was also in a series called Redcap, which I thought would be bigger than it was.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, Apparitions was pretty good too. I remember myself and my boss at the time, Alison Graham, both enjoying it.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 7d

The show I wish they'd bring back (and still have no real understanding of why it disappeared) is Sea of Souls. Remember that?

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 7d

Ha! I had admittedly forgotten about that clunker.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 7d

Ready to welcome October into my home so that the spooky viewing and reading can begin...

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 7d

The pull of the "Chosen One" narrative is strong. Writers feel the need for a lead character to have a special destiny. Blame the popularity of Harry Potter or Frodo or Buffy or Luke Skywalker or Jesus.

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David Brown @davidebrown.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, but to be honest, some of those six-parters could do with being four-parters. In my opinion, anyway. There's always a point in every story where it's basically just the two of them walking in and out of rooms for a bit to fill the run time.

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