tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post1201688664167604228..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: DOM-DA-DOM-DOMM! – the most fascinating detective drama on TV at the moment is Dragnet, and it’s 60 years oldScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-8234976107446504532014-11-21T00:44:11.174+00:002014-11-21T00:44:11.174+00:00It was pure Acorn Antiques - but I'd never rea...It was pure Acorn Antiques - but I'd never realised that the whole thing was broadcast LIVE - no wonder poor old Raymond Francis was always in such a dither!<br /><br />"Interpol Calling", starring smoothie-chops Charles Korvin. Apparently it only ran for one seires of 39 episodes - this suprisied me, because it seemed to go on forever.<br /><br />I reckon they should rebroadcast those old Edgar Lustgarten drime reconstruction programmes (if they've still got them). You might enjoy this Stanley Baxter parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRpOg-sdn9IScott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-65269970464497293922014-11-21T00:32:52.713+00:002014-11-21T00:32:52.713+00:00I hope you're not suggesting, mahlerman, that ...I hope you're not suggesting, mahlerman, that the police ignore serious crimes while wasting their time on laughably trivial matters! This from the BBC News wesbite today:<br /><br />"Broadcaster Jeremy Vine has been stopped by police in London's Hyde Park for speeding on his bicycle.<br />The BBC Radio 2 presenter said he had been caught travelling at 16mph (25km/h) in a 5mph (8km/h) zone.<br />He apologised after an officer tracked his speed using a radar gun..."<br /><br />Well, I'll certainly sleep soundly in my bed after reading that. Speeding cyclists and internet trolls - that's who we need protection from.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-38283629601073689702014-11-20T15:14:09.818+00:002014-11-20T15:14:09.818+00:00In the '50s and '60's we had our own a...In the '50s and '60's we had our own answer to Joe Friday - step forward Det Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart of "No Hiding Place" fame. Raymond Francis [for it was he] went crashing into the props and forgot his lines for well over 200 episodes and crinkled up his eyes to indicate amusement.. And there was something called "Interpol" with some smoothie-chops Hungarian. All priceless and never matched. SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-78389332356480779642014-11-19T11:26:15.671+00:002014-11-19T11:26:15.671+00:00Yes, the stone-faced Joe Friday was a regular in m...Yes, the stone-faced Joe Friday was a regular in my life during the short-trouser years - when I wasn't busy collecting spit in a bottle. The probing sleuth puts into even sharper relief the ongoing appalling performance of our own crew, raddled as they are with corruption and operational shortcomings, and blaming it on 'underfunding'. So the £2 Billion we sink into their pension funds every year isn't enough? The latest I see, yesterday, is the 800,000 reported crimes a year that get pushed under the carpet, including the one in four rapes that, because they are 'difficult', and rarely produce 'a result' are deemed unworthy of close scrutiny. Fit for purpose? I think not.mahlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469854614938507153noreply@blogger.com