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dimity_blueThe quality is far better than it was but the main change was that they left the first episode's opening credits in place for the whole season. There was no voiceover but you got the guys running from the car/climbing ropes/fighting figures, and Cowley with a stopwatch.
It was a bit of a who's who in British acting too. David Suchet appears with a rather ridiculous moustache (check under the cut); Geoffrey Palmer is a corrupt businessman; Keith Barron is a scientist with a plan to kill hundreds of thousands, if not millions; Roger Lloyd Pack is an internatational assassin. The list goes on.
I really had to laugh at Diane Keen in Killer with a Long Arm. She's all, "I'm a Greek warrior at heart!" but as soon as a police officer speaks to her (to return her dropped orange!), she panics and runs out into traffic.
The biggest surprise was in Old Dog with New Tricks. Charley Turkel plans to take the Home Secretary as a hostage and demand his imprisoned brother Henry in exchange. Unfortunately, Billy Turner steals a gun and grenade from him, takes Nurse Emma Bolding hostage and demands to see his ex-doctor. Emma Bolding is played by Pamela Stephenson (1 of 3 times she'll pop up in The Professionals). But did you notice Billy Turner (pic under cut)? It's none other than Phil Davis, the serial killer cab driver from Sherlock!
The remastered season also includes Klansmen, a previously banned ep about racial tensions and white supremacists. Bodie shows a bigoted side to his character, gets stabbed in the back, and ends up on a ward run by a black doctor and nurses. They cure Bodie's bigotry along with his stab wounds. It's rather an odd episode.
David Suchet with yet another weird moustache.
Phil Davis before he started driving cabs.
It was a bit of a who's who in British acting too. David Suchet appears with a rather ridiculous moustache (check under the cut); Geoffrey Palmer is a corrupt businessman; Keith Barron is a scientist with a plan to kill hundreds of thousands, if not millions; Roger Lloyd Pack is an internatational assassin. The list goes on.
I really had to laugh at Diane Keen in Killer with a Long Arm. She's all, "I'm a Greek warrior at heart!" but as soon as a police officer speaks to her (to return her dropped orange!), she panics and runs out into traffic.
The biggest surprise was in Old Dog with New Tricks. Charley Turkel plans to take the Home Secretary as a hostage and demand his imprisoned brother Henry in exchange. Unfortunately, Billy Turner steals a gun and grenade from him, takes Nurse Emma Bolding hostage and demands to see his ex-doctor. Emma Bolding is played by Pamela Stephenson (1 of 3 times she'll pop up in The Professionals). But did you notice Billy Turner (pic under cut)? It's none other than Phil Davis, the serial killer cab driver from Sherlock!
The remastered season also includes Klansmen, a previously banned ep about racial tensions and white supremacists. Bodie shows a bigoted side to his character, gets stabbed in the back, and ends up on a ward run by a black doctor and nurses. They cure Bodie's bigotry along with his stab wounds. It's rather an odd episode.
David Suchet with yet another weird moustache.
Phil Davis before he started driving cabs.
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Date: 2020-11-15 06:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2020-11-15 07:22 pm (UTC)Don't forget to look out for Pierce Brosnan in series four! And yes, "Klansmen" is a weird one. Wouldn't have been at all sorry to see that one left on the scrap heap.
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Date: 2020-11-15 09:57 pm (UTC)I really didn't expect Klansmen to be quite so um...horrible.
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Date: 2020-11-17 12:58 am (UTC)When you look at how well something like "Grange Hill" was handling racism at the same time, it looks even more ham-fisted.