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!”

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@BrianN awa an bile yer heid

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)

There used to be a documentary…[Read more]

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).

I loved Tuffy

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]

Always been a big fan of the delusional greatman, inexplicably cut off in his prime by penny pinching Beeb. Funnily enough when anyone mentions trouser fire I think of this… https://youtu.be/A2sMVeDG7QI?si=RXz9J9uubhcIhJ1K

Agree with Dan about the radio shows but the tv series are well worth checking out on Prime or Netflix I…[Read more]

If you do want to check Count Arthur Strong out, it’s the radio shows that are comedy gold – the TV ones don’t quite catch it to the same degree. Understand this may be a bit difficult for most of you unfortunately.

Mention ice cream (vans) and I always think of this. Comedy genius. There is bit later in the show (which I can’t find on YouTube) where there is a car chase involving the ice-cream van. The ice-cream jingle is playing and as the van speeds up, so does the jingle. I almost died laughing as the van was hurtling round the streets with the jingle…[Read more]

I reckon if Dave Prowse had done those road safety adverts as Darth Vader they would’ve been more effective.Zapping kids with his lightsabre who run across roads without looking would get my attention as a six year old.