NORTHERNER FORCED by circumstance moves to the South of England looking for work. Contrast between his brusque, no-nonsense frame of mind and the pretentions of the people he falls in with results in humour. Not as bad as that sounds, thanks to a fairly topical script and, inevitably, BRIAN GLOVER in the lead role.
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Applemask
January 4, 2018 at 9:45 pm
Featuring no black lesbian private eyes
Glenn Aylett
April 16, 2023 at 11:47 am
One of a long line of OK but shortlived BBC dramas from the early nineties that few people remember but were quite good at the time. There was another around the same time set in Liverpool that was decent enough, but only lasted two series.