(I enjoyed most of the guest stars, but I think Richard Johnson, Martin Jarvis, John Shrapnel, and Jim Norton were my favorites, with honorable mention for Julian Glover because I am always glad to see him and Leslie Phillips if "enjoy" can be filed under "really, had that acid bath coming."
0_o I had forgotten all the details of how they were going to do away with Leslie Phillips but now you say that, I'm now realising that I have seriously recced you two things in a row that both contain Martin Jarvis and death by acid bath and I'm not sure how I feel about that. lol
Those are all great favourites! Clive Francis is a good one, too. I knew him already from Poldark (He's the best Francis Poldark; the script did the new one dirty by giving his agency for his terrible life decisions all to George Warleggan, no offence to the actor or anything.)
Did something happen to it? We have now all watched the final episode and are officially desolate.
I have no idea! I've always assumed, since no one seems to ever have heard of it, that it flew too far under the radar at the time for whatever reason and got cancelled as per usual.
But also: my commiserations; I felt the same! Not enough, Thames, not enough! <3<3<3
I didn't dislike it, but it seemed to be pointing toward a much more plot-driven show,
Yep, indeed; that's very much what I thought, and as I had come specifically seeking Mr Chapman, I'm glad his style prevailed the most. (I mean, afaik, the two had worked together a lot over 20 years, but their approaches are quite different.)
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0_o I had forgotten all the details of how they were going to do away with Leslie Phillips but now you say that, I'm now realising that I have seriously recced you two things in a row that both contain Martin Jarvis and death by acid bath and I'm not sure how I feel about that. lol
Those are all great favourites! Clive Francis is a good one, too. I knew him already from Poldark (He's the best Francis Poldark; the script did the new one dirty by giving his agency for his terrible life decisions all to George Warleggan, no offence to the actor or anything.)
Did something happen to it? We have now all watched the final episode and are officially desolate.
I have no idea! I've always assumed, since no one seems to ever have heard of it, that it flew too far under the radar at the time for whatever reason and got cancelled as per usual.
But also: my commiserations; I felt the same! Not enough, Thames, not enough! <3<3<3
I didn't dislike it, but it seemed to be pointing toward a much more plot-driven show,
Yep, indeed; that's very much what I thought, and as I had come specifically seeking Mr Chapman, I'm glad his style prevailed the most. (I mean, afaik, the two had worked together a lot over 20 years, but their approaches are quite different.)
Btw, it is also not quite like the series, but I did find someone had the Storyboard Pilot "The Traitor" up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbSah088Yic