Nick Drake died 50 years ago this week. This is sublime. Strings arranged by Harry Robinson who was (wait for it…) the leader of Lord Rockingham’s XI.

Hey @desperate-dan I am going to try and bring back a read only version of the old BP somewhere on the site. It likely will be one massive page — not sure yet. One step at a time. Thanks!

Hey Dan on the basis of body count per solution Dixon of Dock Green must’ve been in a league of his own.

Hopefully one of these days he’ll be the victim of a trouser fire while he’s wearing them.

And I don’t want to know where Donald’s troosers are.

While we are in the mood.

Speaking of Midsomer I see the latest offering centred around a drag show in the village of Elverton-cum-Latterly.Who writes this stuff?Russell T davies?

I’ll have that biled heid with a bilin’ o’ tatties.

They’re all gangin up on me “Help mah boab!”

Morse was pants! Always falling in love with unsuitable women, sometimes the murderer. Too busy doing crosswords and listening to classical music to catch the criminals.

As for your scholarly detective league table @desperate-dan I seem to remember Morse was near the bottom.Deeply flawed analysis.

Hey @karen68 I lived in Fraserburgh on the north coast for a time and they have their own lingo(Doric).Took me a while to get used to phrases like:

Fitlike ma loon (How are you young man) Obvs that was quite a way back.

Ging awa n spear Dan (go and ask Daniel)

Ma quiney’s a sair een (My daughter has a sore eye)

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Bother, my analysis on useless TV detectives has been lost along with the BP archives. That was scholarly work. I seem to remember that Columbo may have been the best (on the basis of body count per solution). Tosh and Calder are heading the other way, up into Midsomer territory. Population of Shetland is less than 20,000 for goodness sake.

Enjoying the latest series of Shetland but more really lazy scriptwriting. Three episodes in and the body count has already reached 4 with 2 other close calls. You just know if someone falls over on a boat there’ll be a handy spike to go straight into their brain. Can’t see this one stopping at 4.

Yes he should have looked left then right.

Tuffy was Tufty’s brother who met a sticky end when he went to France (think about it).

Man City’s defensive jitters continue to haunt them losing a 3 goal lead with 15 mins left.Lot of Schadenfreude around just now.

File this under:

“The customer is always wrong”.

One of my old biddies (they’re the worst)gave me a roasting today.Why?Did I leave bird poo on the glass?Miss a window?Break a garden ornament?No she complained about…[Read more]