
IIRC. They always had a corpse falling out of a cupboard or car's boot right around the ad breaks. 1 jucey killing at the start of the show, 4 ad breaks, and maybe a couple of extra slayings for the climax - it all adds up.
I think every Scots actor has been a body on that show.
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I think every Scots actor has been a body on that show.

the only crime thing i tend to watch these days is new tricks
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Ok, maybe just comit aggravated assult to get a copy of "Resort to Murder" a one-off BBC co-production from the mid 90's. Loved it when I was young... now unobtainable. I even eMailed the production company who made it, apparently the Beeb are just sitting on the rights :|
My present detective drama intake consists of DVD Box-sets of the ITV 'Serlock Holmes' (Bret is bonkers in the nut), and 'Murder One'.
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My present detective drama intake consists of DVD Box-sets of the ITV 'Serlock Holmes' (Bret is bonkers in the nut), and 'Murder One'.

but you're right about jeremy brett.
that said, basil rathbone is rather good in hound of the baskervilles
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that said, basil rathbone is rather good in hound of the baskervilles

though I think it's because he was pressed into wartimne service as a propagandist, and Conan Doyal neve wrote about Bomb-sights... though I think he looked most like the etchings in the strand. Actually one of the better interpretations was the one with WIlliam Shatner in it (of all people).
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as my mum had a massive crush on him
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As with all 'generational' charactors, I guess it's the one you grow up with that's always most familiar. and on that note, good night.
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This is Mrs B. A young, brave hobbit who takes on the near-futile quest to take the One Ring back to the fires where it was forged, and destroy the empire of the dark lord.
And where they met... it was Mordor!
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And where they met... it was Mordor!