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Tarot

Tarot

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All police dramas have the main police character in a miserable failing marriage or seperated and poor little neglected

children all dressed up and waiting for the errant parent to take them out, but they let them down again.

Nearly all police dramas, on t.v. and film have this miserable state of affairs in them,ruining any good plot.

The exception being Midsomer murders old Barnaby, the happiest policeman in the world of fiction.

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Enjoyed Shadow Line but find The Hour just too dull - am catching up with Spiral: The Butcher of La Valette recorded back in April. Very hand-help shaky camera thingy going on but it seems to work - maybe because they're all French and constantly shrugging and gasping (in a dynamic manner) in exasperation at the way things are going.
RosieH

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Tarot Wrote:

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> All police dramas have the main police character

> in a miserable failing marriage or seperated and

> poor little neglected

> children all dressed up and waiting for the errant

> parent to take them out, but they let them down

> again.

> Nearly all police dramas, on t.v. and film have

> this miserable state of affairs in them,ruining

> any good plot.

> The exception being Midsomer murders old Barnaby,

> the happiest policeman in the world of fiction.



ALL police dramas do this. Nearly all police dramas do this. Midsomer Murders.


Ah bathos, how I do love thee.

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El Pibe

El Pibe

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did anyone catch "Our Girl" last night?


I have to say, underneath the veneer of watchability provided by Lacey Turner and Matthew McNulty was an unabashed recruitment advertorial for the Army's 'be all you can be' campaign, with some weird stereotypes thrown in for good measure.


Essex bloke, baby producing, council sponging, racist benefit cheat - tick

Muslim, bringing up issue of institutional islamophobia in government and the army (especially in light of further iraq abuses surfacing) somewhat undermined by making him a snarly, moustache twirling, doris hitting villain with a harem.


I know the beeb fawns rather in its royal coverage, but should it really be doing propaganda?

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El Pibe

El Pibe

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May have to do this on catch up/on demand.


I was slumped on the sofa yesterday and watched a strange little show called 'The Booth at the End'

Literally every scene is shot at a table in a diner where different people talk to a chap.


You make a supernatural deal with him, you ask for something you want and he sets you a task, if you complete it you get your desire granted.


It's unclear who he is or indeed who he may work for.


After 10 minutes i was thinking 'is this it?' but I was sucked in enough and watched all 5 half hour episodes.


It's almost old fashioned story telling, Jackanory or something, as the interwoven strands are recounted to the man in snatches.


Weird, but oddly compelling.


She said it better than me I did http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/12/booth-at-end-lucy-mangan

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