I didn't recognise Alison Steadman playing Paula Webber when I saw this episode on another YT channel during the first lockdown, but I recognised her instantly this time.

Marc Miller the director has 52 directing credits on IMDB (1962-1986) and "The Collectors" (6 episodes) was the last. The others include the infamous "Triangle" (26 episodes), "Buccaneer" (4 episodes), "Wilde Alliance" (3 episodes), "Dickens of London" (7 episodes), "Van der Valk" (one episode) and "Hadleigh" (one episode) which was the sequel to "The Gazette". He also has 7 credits as a producer (1969-78), one credits as a writer (1976) and 2 credits as himself (2001-2014). The writing credit was 13 episodes of "Dickens of London" which is also one of his producing credits (13 episodes). His personal appearances were in "Top Ten" Series 5 Episode 6 "TV Bitches" (2001) and one episode of "Gogglebox" (2014). Finally, he was married to Diana Coupland from 1980 until her death in 2006 and her first husband (1956-1975) was Monty Norman of the James Bond theme fame.

Ewart Alexander the writer has 19 credits on IMDB (1967-1993). They include 10 episodes of "The Collectors" and 5 episodes of "Maybury" which were all in the first series.

Oh bother. This time it was my oldest sister who was crazy about Patrick M. When I find out who my other sister was crazy about I’ll let you know, oh, i know it was Leonard Cohen the singer. My dad had a record player but we kids were not allowed to touch it. The only records in our house were classical music (which I like btw) however my second eldest sister had borrowed a Leonard Cohen record from a friend, and when my parents were out on a Saturday afternoon she would play Suzanne takes you down to the banks by the river over and over and over. Of course I was the only sane one in the whole family. Now days I’m the looney. What has happened to your Saber of London uploads? I can’t find them. You do realise my life has come to an abrupt halt without my dose of his car and his judo. Help Hatchet dear. 🪓🪓🎶🌈🦘

Hello Hatchet, haven’t sent you any good thoughts for a while so here you are, 🌈🥂😜🎶 -go well. 🌈🦘

Brian Johnson who wrote this also wrote & directed "RJ Mitchell: Aircraft Designer".

"Spitfire!" presented by Raymond Baxter (first broadcast on Sunday on Sunday 9th May 1976 at 15:10 on BBC One and watched by an eight-and-a-half year old yours truly) is on the Wessex Film and Sound Archive KZbin channel. “RJ Mitchell: Aircraft Designer” is the one that William Woollard presented. It was made in 1996 for Channel Four, but I hadn’t heard of it until it was on Talking Pictures TV late last year (2023) and didn’t watch it properly until it was on Talking Pictures TV earlier this year. It is on the Stash Movies KZbin channel and the Educational Movies Daily Motion Channel as “R J Mitchell: The Birth of the Spitfire”. Raymond Baxter and William Woollard were both presenters of the long-running BBC1 science & technology programme “Tomorrow’s World” (1965-2003). I was probably watching that on BBC1 when “Ennal’s Point” was on BBC2. Another “Tomorrow’s World” presenter that became well-known was James Burke. William Woollard also presented “Top Gear” (before Jeremy Clarkson) where he acquired the catchphrase “And drive safely” because he said it at the end of every episode. One of Raymond Baxter’s claims to fame was that his nephew was artist Carl Andrew who did “Equivalent VIII” better known as “The Bricks”.

Thanks for posting... and excellent quality. Can find this nowhere else. Dinsdale Landen, as usual, is superb bringing a grotesque humour to something dreadful.

I posted a longer comment about the programme which has disappeared a few minutes later. I posted some comments for Episode 1 and they disappeared a few minutes later too.

I hadn't heard of this programme until now. Although I probably saw the repeat of "All Creatures Great and Small" that was on immediately before. Either I was doing my homework or watching "Tomorrow's World" on BBC1.

The look on Philip Madoc's face when he catches the lookout was pure Philip Madoc! If that makes sense.

ITV showed a documentary about the Spitfire at around the same time in the same time-slot. Do you have that one too? BTW it's not the Spitfire documentary that Raymond Baxter presented and it isn't the one that William Woolard presented.

I watched this in the early 1980s. It was on a weekday morning in the school holidays (or I was off sick) on ITV.

David Savile narrating an RAF documentary? Hell yeah!!! Don't mind if I do. 🙂

Ah, good old Peter Bowles. What wasn't he in?

Enjoying this very much, far superior than its latter day namesake

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Looks cool. :)

I wondered if you were humming along too . I thought that was Bernard lurking under those glasses. What a fun episode🎉

That's the quality I sought for. :)

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BARRY EVANS AND RICHARD SULLIVAN !!! After to doctor in the house

Oh my god, that intro cracks me up. Doo doo doo doo doo dooo.. hahahaa.

Is that john thaw?

JOHN THAW! Oh wow!

Excellent! Thank you for this ;-)

Great video quality, Harry. :) It is next on my list to buy, along with Secret Army and Jason King. :) The Man in Room 17 in this quality, please.

Interesting that one of the sappers here is named Morse. Wow.

Morse and Lovejoy, wow.

The next scene is great when Barbara Murray kisses George Sewell, she has an affair with him I guess. This show had something that other lacked in those times, romances and cheating on husbands or wifes. It was really rare on television to show that or the nudity, a woman in bra, I think. :)

Gosh, I need this series very much to buy. :)

Wow someone else bar me has commented, go 🪓🪓❤️🌈🎶

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He barely woke up and another episode's come up. :) Great. Thanks. :)

What music will we play for this episode. I know…the same as we play for every episode. The same 8 bars over and over, that will be the ticket, whoo hoo, as musical director I’ve excelled. Yeah. 🎶🎶🪓🐸😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

On Saturday 27th August 1994 (nearly 30 years ago to today, which is Saturday 17th August 2024) BBC2 did an ATV theme night as a tribute to Lew Grade. One of the segments was “The A-to-Z of ATV” and “D” was for “Double-take” which was Paul Eddington in umpteen ATV programmes.

Wow a young handsome Paul from “yes Minister”

on even days an episode of 'Spooks' - on odd days an episode of 'Redcap'

Splendid Hatchet, thank you. I’ve got thousands of ants invading my sunroom at the moment so while I wait for them to stop going mad all over my walls, ceiling, back door and windows I’ll watch this new one. I was looking thru the episodes just yesterday and realised I’d seen them all, I’m waiting for the hero to give a big smile but not so far. Not even when he was dancing with the secretary did he smile. (In another episode).

Great beginning. Redcap will be mine. :)

Absolutely fantastic. Packed a full-length film into 50 minutes of tight political intrigue. Using a rifle as a megaphone to let a lone voice be heard across nations. Top episode.

It's so catty! 😜 Mee-oww, Burnside. 😼

The writing in this episode was brilliant - among bickering and level-headed negotiations, emotions being triggered and investigated while ego, legacy, resentment and courtesy are weighed in the balance against professionalism and truth. And that final conversation absolutely stung!

If I hadn’t known that was John Thaw I think my subconscious mind would have been poking at me. “Where have I seen him before, his voice sounds a bit familiar. I was meeting a friend I hadn’t seen since school at the airport and this huge bald man came up and grabbed me and I thought I was being mugged. This was before I became a 2nd level black belt otherwise he would have been karate chopped immediately 🤼‍♀️😮. It wasn’t until he said “it’s me! --David” that I realised it was my friend. Nothing about him was recognisable, not even his voice. When they say the male brain doesn’t fully develop till at least 25. The body doesn’t either - then it’s down hill from there. Good old Endeavour Morse. That was such a popular series. Haven’t seen it for years. 🥂🪓🤝🦘

The scene with Willie and the kid with the boat is in no way creepy

hey - sgt. mann is back - this is great. one day an episode of 'spooks' - the next day an episode of 'Redcap'

Me again, love your channel. Always comment cause I’m a pest and I want to support you. 🪓😩🆘🪓🚧🤚🏼🚦🔑🎶 ❤️✈️🤝🦘bet you can’t figure this one out. I’ll send you the translation next time ,,however you’re pretty smart,

What a beautiful quality, Harry. You never disappoint with 720p. :) That's why I prefer your uploads than any others.

20:58 ‘She Who Must Be Obeyed’ of _Rumpole of the Bailey_ 😄