Mike Powell wrote to RAY QUINN <=-

If you also watched "Keeping Up Appearances," FYI Dame Patricia
Routledge passed away earlier this month. She was 96, I think.

Saw a 'cartoon' online right after - St. Peter said "welcome miss
bucket" and she said "it's bouquet" :-)



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Ray Quinn wrote to Mike Powell <=-

That is another show I watched. Yes. Her passing was recent, 3 October. She played Hyacinth Bucket. "The 'Bouquet' residence. The lady of the house speaking." And poor Richard! Believe it or not, my dad indroduced
me to these shows a few decades ago. He still quotes them.

My mom and dad both watched Are You Being Served. They enjoyed it together. After my dad passed, my mom found Keeping UP and quotes it a lot too. :-)



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Rob Mccart wrote to RAY QUINN <=-

Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By
as well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All
Creatures Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

Lady at church said I need to subscribe to some of the British
streaming so I can watch murder mysteries where you actually have
a chance to figure it out... :-)



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If you pay attention there are an amazing number of shows on these

>> days that are english versions of shows from other countries.

Some of the older ones are Three's Company, The Good Doctor,

>> The Office, All in the Family.. This past year I noticed DOC
>> was based an an Italian Show.

AFAIK The Office and All in the Family were American English versions of

>originally British English shows.

Yes, I hesitated when I said English versions since a lot of them
were in British English originally.

Sanford and Son was based on a British show, Steptoe and Son. I need to

>see the original sometime.

That's one I hadn't heard about originally being British.

There was a show in one of the Scandanavian countries... I think it was

>named after the link between them and mainland Europe... that was later
>remade into a British/French show called, IIRC, The Tunnel, which links the
>UK and France. It made me curious about the original.

Yes, that one is listed in most lists of popular shows remade in
American English versions and relocated into usually the USA..

I was trying to think of another show I got through BBS the other day.
It takes place in Glasgow, a Marine Homicide show called Annika after
the main character.. It's usually pretty good, although a little funny
in places like she will suddenly stop and look into the Camera and
talk to the watching audience outside of the show, explaining or
commenting on something. That show is a copy of one from Norway.

We occasionally get a free trial of channels that cost extra to
get on my package and I was happy to see I got one of the BBC
channels, but a look the other day didn't show any programs that
I was hoping to find..

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If you also watched "Keeping Up Appearances," FYI Dame Patricia Routledge passed away earlier this month. She was 96, I think.

Saw a 'cartoon' online right after - St. Peter said "welcome miss
bucket" and she said "it's bouquet" :-)

That is awesome! :D

Mike

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There was a show in one of the Scandanavian countries... I think it was

>named after the link between them and mainland Europe... that was later
>remade into a British/French show called, IIRC, The Tunnel, which links the
>UK and France. It made me curious about the original.

Yes, that one is listed in most lists of popular shows remade in
American English versions and relocated into usually the USA..

I didn't realize there was an American version of that one. I guess it was centered around one of the tunnels that links Canada with Detroit? :D

I was trying to think of another show I got through BBS the other day.
It takes place in Glasgow, a Marine Homicide show called Annika after
the main character.. It's usually pretty good, although a little funny
in places like she will suddenly stop and look into the Camera and
talk to the watching audience outside of the show, explaining or
commenting on something. That show is a copy of one from Norway.

I have seen that one on PBS here. Probably about time for a new season of
it. IIRC, in the British/Scottish version, the Annika character is
actually half-Norweigan. I like that one, and the character does break the fourth wall a lot.

We occasionally get a free trial of channels that cost extra to
get on my package and I was happy to see I got one of the BBC
channels, but a look the other day didn't show any programs that
I was hoping to find..

We have BBC America but it has very much moved away from being a place to
watch British television. Until the Disney deal, they used to carry Dr.
Who. I have not checked in a while but, back then, Dr. Who was about the
only British show that was aired on that network. :(

Mike

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Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By
as well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All Creatures Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

Lady at church said I need to subscribe to some of the British
streaming so I can watch murder mysteries where you actually have
a chance to figure it out... :-)

One funny thing about Father Brown is that he lives in what appears to be a fairly small village which, per capita, must have a horrible murder rate!
I half-suspect that the series finale might reveal that he was behind most
of the mayhem all along. :D

Mike

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Mike Powell wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By as well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All Creatures Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

Lady at church said I need to subscribe to some of the British
streaming so I can watch murder mysteries where you actually have
a chance to figure it out... :-)

One funny thing about Father Brown is that he lives in what appears to
be a fairly small village which, per capita, must have a horrible
murder rate! I half-suspect that the series finale might reveal that he was behind most of the mayhem all along. :D

I heard about an RPG called Urban Knights - and then bought it on
DriveThruRPG. It is about television police shows from the 70's.

Anyway - I was telling my son about it today and there's a supplement
where you have a season in Georgia. A local sheriff was killed. His son
had moved to Philly to 'learn the ropes' and came back to be sherrif.
He hired detectives from all over the US.

Anyway, sounded like "In the Heat of the Night" to me, whcih made
me think sometime similar. A murder happens every week. :-)



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Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By
as well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All
Creatures Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

Lady at church said I need to subscribe to some of the British

>streaming so I can watch murder mysteries where you actually have
>a chance to figure it out... :-)

I suppose they are usually a more pure form of mystery. I actually
am not likely to try to figure out 'who done it' when watching a
TV show than I am when reading a book. I think I'm concentrating
more when reading than when watching TV, where I more just let
the story carry on..

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Re: Re: From the Continent
By: Jimmy Anderson to Mike Powell on Sat Nov 01 2025 21:21:13

One funny thing about Father Brown is that he lives in what appears to be a fairly small village which, per capita, must have a horrible murder rate! I half-suspect that the series finale might reveal that he was behind most of the mayhem all along. :D

I heard about an RPG called Urban Knights - and then bought it on DriveThruRPG. It is about television police shows from the 70's.

Anyway, sounded like "In the Heat of the Night" to me, whcih made
me think sometime similar. A murder happens every week. :-)

Indeed. That little town had similar issues to the good Father's village... lots of killin' goin' on! :D

Mike
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Yes, that one is listed in most lists of popular shows remade in

>> American English versions and relocated into usually the USA..

I didn't realize there was an American version of that one. I guess it was

>centered around one of the tunnels that links Canada with Detroit? :D

Sorry, my comment was confusing. I didn't mean there was a US version
of The Tunnel, just that most shows that remake themselves for the
North American market tend to set themselves somewhere in the USA.

I was trying to think of another show I got through BBS the other day.

>> It takes place in Glasgow, a Marine Homicide show called Annika after
>> the main character..

I have seen that one on PBS here. Probably about time for a new season of

>it. IIRC, in the British/Scottish version, the Annika character is
>actually half-Norweigan. I like that one, and the character does break the
>fourth wall a lot.

Yes, her father visits her sometimes from there somewhere.

We occasionally get a free trial of channels that cost extra to

>> get on my package and I was happy to see I got one of the BBC
>> channels, but a look the other day didn't show any programs that
>> I was hoping to find..

We have BBC America but it has very much moved away from being a place to

>watch British television. Until the Disney deal, they used to carry Dr.
>Who. I have not checked in a while but, back then, Dr. Who was about the
>only British show that was aired on that network. :(

I noticed last night that that BBC trial channel had Father Brown and
Sister Boniface Mysteries listed, older ones though.

Sister Boniface was only made for 4 seasons but Father Brown is
into season 13 for 2026 so it is still going..

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One funny thing about Father Brown is that he lives in what appears to be a

>fairly small village which, per capita, must have a horrible murder rate!
>I half-suspect that the series finale might reveal that he was behind most
>of the mayhem all along. :D

Ha.. I always thought the same thing about Death in Paradise.
Not quite a British show but it's usually not bad, although they
seem to go through a lot of main characters.

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Re: Re: From the Continent
By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Mon Nov 03 2025 08:04:27

One funny thing about Father Brown is that he lives in what appears to be

>fairly small village which, per capita, must have a horrible murder rate!
>I half-suspect that the series finale might reveal that he was behind mos
>of the mayhem all along. :D

Ha.. I always thought the same thing about Death in Paradise.
Not quite a British show but it's usually not bad, although they
seem to go through a lot of main characters.

True! The one thing that makes it different, I guess, is that it is a tropical
vacation destination so at least there are many "non-residents" in and out vs. the other shows.

IIRC, it was a French-British colab. I preferred the original "inspector," played by the same actor who now plays British Professor T. The PBS network here only showed the seasons up to the first one with his character replaced, so we've not see the other variants.

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Rob Mccart wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

Yes, I watched a lot of British shows over the years. As Time Goes By
as well as The Good Neighbours (The Good Life), Doc Martin, All
Creatures Great and Small, Heartbeat and Father Brown..

Lady at church said I need to subscribe to some of the British

>streaming so I can watch murder mysteries where you actually have
>a chance to figure it out... :-)

I suppose they are usually a more pure form of mystery. I actually
am not likely to try to figure out 'who done it' when watching a
TV show than I am when reading a book. I think I'm concentrating
more when reading than when watching TV, where I more just let
the story carry on..

Yeah she mentioned that they give you all the info, but you have to
pay attention. I'd like to try it out, just to see if I like it.

I grew up reading Encyclopedia Brown as a kid, in which you did
the same thing.



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Re: Re: From the Continent
By: Jimmy Anderson to Rob Mccart on Mon Nov 03 2025 22:43:46

I grew up reading Encyclopedia Brown as a kid...

There was a toon on Nickelodeon years back called Filmore which had a simiar format. Pretty good, I thought.
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One funny thing about Father Brown is that he lives in what appears to be

>fairly small village which, per capita, must have a horrible murder rate!

Ha.. I always thought the same thing about Death in Paradise.

> > Not quite a British show but it's usually not bad, although they
> > seem to go through a lot of main characters.

True! The one thing that makes it different, I guess, is that it is a

>tropical vacation destination so at least there are many "non-residents"
>in and out vs. the other shows.

Yes, with the number of murders there they'd soon run out of cast
members before long.. B)

IIRC, it was a French-British colab.

Yes, which makes sense since a lot of those places are British/French.
I think they speak a bit of French in that show now and then.
I get to see how much of my highschool French I still remember.

Actually what's more fun is when you translate the French and
realise the wording was totaly different than the sub-titles
said it was.. No subtitles in that show though..

I preferred the original "inspector," played by the same actor who

>now plays British Professor T.

Geez.. I've been watching that plus some of the old Paradise
shows in repeat and it didn't even click that it was the
same character.. Enough personality shift to hide the fact
if you don't pay attention to the actor names.

The PBS network here only showed the seasons up to the first one

>with his character replaced, so we've not see the other variants.

I've seen pretty much all of them now, through 3 or 4 'inspectors'
and watching the pretty 'dark' assistant girls come and go.. B)

Ha.. That's probably not a totally P.C. way to refer to that
but it reminded me of something that happened to me today.

I was in a pharmacy I don't often use and I commented to the
pharmacist there, who was probably from India or close by, what
pharmacy I usually go to, and he informed me that it had changed
hands and it was now run by <<shudder>> Egyptians!, like that
was a serious warning.. Apparently you don't have to be white
to be prejudiced..

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Lady at church said I need to subscribe to some of the British

>streaming so I can watch murder mysteries where you actually have
>a chance to figure it out... :-)

I suppose they are usually a more pure form of mystery. I actually
am not likely to try to figure out 'who done it' when watching a
TV show than I am when reading a book. I think I'm concentrating
more when reading than when watching TV, where I more just let
the story carry on..

Yeah she mentioned that they give you all the info, but you have to

>pay attention. I'd like to try it out, just to see if I like it.

I later thought I should have added something to my comment on not
trying to solve the mystery on TV shows. Often it just comes to me
and I'm waiting for the people on the show to realize it.. B)

But the other thing I do, not really intentionally, is I notice
when they do things that are pretty much impossible and do or
say things that are just plain wrong. I have to keep my mouth
shut when watching a show with others so that I don't mess it
up for them.. B)

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The PBS network here only showed the seasons up to the first one

>with his character replaced, so we've not see the other variants.

I've seen pretty much all of them now, through 3 or 4 'inspectors'
and watching the pretty 'dark' assistant girls come and go.. B)

I was very partial to the first assistant. ;) I am not sure that I have seen shows with any of the others.

Ha.. That's probably not a totally P.C. way to refer to that
but it reminded me of something that happened to me today.

I was in a pharmacy I don't often use and I commented to the
pharmacist there, who was probably from India or close by, what
pharmacy I usually go to, and he informed me that it had changed
hands and it was now run by <<shudder>> Egyptians!, like that
was a serious warning.. Apparently you don't have to be white
to be prejudiced..

No, you do not! I wonder how he would have reacted if that pharmacy, in Canada, were now run by Americans!!!! :D

Mike

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No, you do not! I wonder how he would have reacted if that pharmacy,
in Canada, were now run by Americans!!!! :D

My parents had an Egyptian pharmacist (he's retired now) and he was one
of the nicest people I've ever met.

Humans like to categorize other humans and hatred by ignorance is a
common result.

Now I have Depeche Mode's "People Are People" in my head. Not another
earworm! XD

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Rob Mccart wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

I later thought I should have added something to my comment on not
trying to solve the mystery on TV shows. Often it just comes to me
and I'm waiting for the people on the show to realize it.. B)

But the other thing I do, not really intentionally, is I notice
when they do things that are pretty much impossible and do or
say things that are just plain wrong. I have to keep my mouth
shut when watching a show with others so that I don't mess it
up for them.. B)

LOL!



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The PBS network here only showed the seasons up to the first one

>with his character replaced, so we've not see the other variants.

I've seen pretty much all of them now, through 3 or 4 'inspectors'

>> and watching the pretty 'dark' assistant girls come and go.. B)

I was very partial to the first assistant. ;) I am not sure that I

>have seen shows with any of the others.

If memory serves, the next assistant was in uniform for the first
season and was promoted when the first one went to work in another
country. They were both pretty ladies but the second sergeant was
a bit 'softer' looking, not quite as thin and sharp featured as
the original one (Sara Martins - Portugese but grew up in France).

Plus the new one was usually running around, even on duty, in
very short shorts and skirts.. B)

Josephine Jobert is her name, listed as a French actress/singer..

I was in a pharmacy I don't often use and I commented to the

>> pharmacist there, who was probably from India or close by, what
>> pharmacy I usually go to, and he informed me that it had changed
>> hands and it was now run by <<shudder>> Egyptians!, like that
>> was a serious warning.. Apparently you don't have to be white
>> to be prejudiced..

No, you do not! I wonder how he would have reacted if that

>pharmacy, in Canada, were now run by Americans!!!! :D

I'd hate to think... B)

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If memory serves, the next assistant was in uniform for the first
season and was promoted when the first one went to work in another
country. They were both pretty ladies but the second sergeant was
a bit 'softer' looking, not quite as thin and sharp featured as
the original one (Sara Martins - Portugese but grew up in France).

BTW, the reason the original inspector left was that the series became
popular and was filmed on location in the Carribean (or some other tropical destination. The actor wanted to spend more time with his family in the UK
so they killed his character off.

No, you do not! I wonder how he would have reacted if that

>pharmacy, in Canada, were now run by Americans!!!! :D

I'd hate to think... B)

As do I! :D

Mike

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If memory serves, the next assistant was in uniform for the first

>> season and was promoted when the first one went to work in another
>> country. They were both pretty ladies but the second sergeant was
>> a bit 'softer' looking, not quite as thin and sharp featured as
>> the original one (Sara Martins - Portugese but grew up in France).

BTW, the reason the original inspector left was that the series became

>popular and was filmed on location in the Carribean (or some other tropical
>destination. The actor wanted to spend more time with his family in the UK
>so they killed his character off.

Killed on the series or he just moved back on the show too?
I don't recall a death on there..

Coincidentally it was on tonight here so I watched a fairly recent
version of Death in Paradise, although the sergeant assisting him
these days isn't quite as pretty as the original 2.. B(

The newest Inspector the last few years is played by Ralf Little.
He wasn't my favourite of the bunch really, although the BBC has
an article saying that after 4 years, 36 shows, he is quitting.
He had the part the longest of them all.

I wonder if they will kill him off... B)

Apparently Don Gilet (East Enders and Shetland) is replacing him.

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Re: Re: From the Continent
By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Sun Nov 09 2025 09:16:14

BTW, the reason the original inspector left was that the series became

>popular and was filmed on location in the Carribean (or some other tropic
>destination. The actor wanted to spend more time with his family in the
>so they killed his character off.

Killed on the series or he just moved back on the show too?
I don't recall a death on there..

They killed his character on the series. It has been so long since it aired here that I don't remember the specifics, but his characters was murdered on the show.

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The actor wanted to spend more time with his family in the >

>so they killed his character off.

Killed on the series or he just moved back on the show too?

> I don't recall a death on there..

They killed his character on the series. It has been so long since it aired

>here that I don't remember the specifics, but his characters was murdered on
>the show.

Looked that up.. apparently he was stabbed with an ice pick at a
school reunion.. I guess they wanted to make sure if he was leaving,
he would stay gone..

I don't recall seeing that episode so it must be one I missed.

I was watching some of the newest episodes of that this week,
although I think I liked the older seasons characters better..

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Re: Re: From the Continent
By: Rob Mccart to MIKE POWELL on Tue Nov 11 2025 09:46:21

They killed his character on the series. It has been so long since it ai

>here that I don't remember the specifics, but his characters was murdered
>the show.

Looked that up.. apparently he was stabbed with an ice pick at a
school reunion.. I guess they wanted to make sure if he was leaving,
he would stay gone..

Yeah, that sounds familiar. When I saw it, I didn't know he was leaving the show so it was a shock. After he left, our local PBS network showed the rest of that season and then didn't show any more. I didn't realize it had continued on until much more recently.

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