Murder on the Homefront

Melanie Sands

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May 10, 2013, 7:21:44 AM5/10/13

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Looks good - seen the first five minutes... Two part film
on ITV 1, second episode next Thursday.

Melanie

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May 10, 2013, 10:21:15 AM5/10/13

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"Melanie Sands" <Melani...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:82221db3-eecc-44dd...@googlegroups.com...

> Looks good - seen the first five minutes... Two part film
> on ITV 1, second episode next Thursday.
>

Very enjoyable.

I wondered about the number of lamps the Doc
left on: there was a war on, and however good his
blackout curtains, waste was frowned upon.

Melanie Sands

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May 14, 2013, 7:50:21 AM5/14/13

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I finished watching the first part, and I really
liked it, there could be more episodes - there is
very little about this 2-parter I don't love.

Melanie

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May 15, 2013, 5:45:09 AM5/15/13

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"Martin" <m...@address.invalid> wrote in message news:g4a5p8hd56lsscnod...@4ax.com...
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> Even the anachronistic London Double Decker bus was there. :-)

What was wrong with the bus?

I did wonder about the detectives, who all seemed to be about
the same age, and surely young enough to have joined the army.

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JNugent

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May 15, 2013, 12:40:48 PM5/15/13

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On 14/05/2013 12:50, Melanie Sands wrote:

> "Melanie Sands" <Melani...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Looks good - seen the first five minutes... Two part film
>>> on ITV 1, second episode next Thursday.
>
>> Very enjoyable.
>> I wondered about the number of lamps the Doc
>> left on: there was a war on, and however good his
>> blackout curtains, waste was frowned upon.
>
> I finished watching the first part, and I really
> liked it, there could be more episodes - there is
> very little about this 2-parter I don't love.

I watched it as a download and I was pleasantly surprised by this
tongue-in-cheek cross between "Life On Mars" and "Foyle's War". I plan
to see the second part.

I'm only surprised the Pathologist From The Future, after speaking of
"the crime-scene" and asking for police-officers to wear rubber gloves
whilst handling evidence (were Marigolds even available at the time?)
didn't insist on interviews under caution being digitally tape-recorded.

It *was* all a wind-up aimed at us anachronism-buffs, wasn't it?

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May 18, 2013, 8:43:39 AM5/18/13

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> "Melanie Sands" <Melani...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:82221db3-eecc-44dd...@googlegroups.com...
>> Looks good - seen the first five minutes... Two part film
>> on ITV 1, second episode next Thursday.
>>
>
> Very enjoyable.
>
>

The second part was a bit weaker, and could have
done without the Scooby Doo heroics, like Molly
breaking into the gangster's office.

The plot did not make much sense either. The Polish
codebreaker removed from Station X (which was
an official secret unlikely to have been banded about)
not to an isolated house in the country but to, erm,
the middle of London to work on codes in his time
off between shifts at the arms factory. Absurd!

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froggy

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May 18, 2013, 12:17:02 PM5/18/13

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Le 18/05/13 15:21, Martin a �crit :

> Yes, most of the episode was rubbish.
>

I'll second that. Foyles's War it ain't.
Just loved the secret service guy bringing classified documents and
shouting top secret information in his 'lahdihdah' voice in a crowded pub!!
Can't he read?:

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/encore/ncgre000/00000011/00010988/00010988_ac_0001.jpg

--
Froggy

Baldrick: I've got this big growth in the middle of my face.
Blackadder: That's your nose, Baldrick.

(Blackadder the Third)

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