EVER-RELIABLE COURTROOM sparring from JOHN MORTIMER, charting weaselish exploits of tetchy, defence-cases-only, cigar-toting, hangdog hero Horace Rumpole, aka LEO MCKERN. Resident of 38 Froxbury Mansions, the ‘pole blasted many a snide, snivelling prosecution brief into a thousand pieces, before retiring to Pomeroy’s Wine Bar and spouting pithy extracts from the Oxford Book Of English Verse. All of which narked legendary acid-tongued “she who must be obeyed” wife Hilda (PEGGY THORPE-BATES). Once memorably represented shifty 70s “drop-out” yoof accused of theft when he was actually at nearby Rolling Stones gig. Friends, foes and “old darlings” numbered PATRICIA “SHE DEVIL” HODGE, PETER “MANOR” BOWLES, BILL “CLAUDE SNUDGE” FRASER, RICHARD “MUCH BINDING” MURDOCH and JOANNA “DUTY FREE” VAN GYSEGHEM. Plotting, acting, direction all ultra-high vintage.
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Blue Peter
Thursday, 17.30, CBBCNews this week that Blue Peter are launching a new badge to encourage participation in sport was accompanied in the press release by the more interesting news to us that this programme’s now got a new editor, one Ewan Vinnicombe. We’ll put aside our disappointment at not being headhunted to take the job ourselves and wish him all the best, although research suggests he doesn’t appear to be on Twitter, thus seemingly preventing us from being able to bend his ear and directly influence Blue Peter policy. Meanwhile, last week’s episode came in its entirety from the garden, showing off that it’s quite a versatile space and, despite the fact there’s a tram stop right next to it and a tram appeared to arrive during the programme, is actually quite quiet. The tranquillity of Salford, there.
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