Ah, what a fine, yet ordinary morning… Dobby the house elf has removed all garbage, swept the streets and polished the doorknobs, so the good people of London are going about their business in a remarkably clean 18th century Britain. Merchants are hawking their goods, housemaids are looking for a bargain, and Mr. James Hadfield (Mark Letheren ( Read more... )

I'm sick, so I'll keep it short and sweet:

GARROW'S LAW, 13TH NOVEMBER, 9PM, BBC1

Ahhh, now he's smiling again (and so am I!)


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I take a bath, the phone rings. I wash my hair, the doorbell rings. I whinge about lack of official information on Garrow’s Law, the BBC posts a press release. The universe is a funny place… but I shall not complain!

GARROW’S LAW RETURNS FOR THIRD SERIES ON BBC ONE

Huzzah!


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Filming for series three of “Garrow’s Law” is under way, so naturally, Edinburgh is currently the capital of the planet.

It’s the quiet Canongate close where the infamous Deacon William Brodie carried out a bungled heist that would send him to the hangman’s noose. So it is only fitting that Chessel’s Court, an address steeped in legal history, ( Read more... )

Rejoyce, oh fellow aficionados of the very splendid Mr. Garrow! Filming for series 3 of Garrow’s Law has begun; wigs and tricorns and the very lovely Andrew Buchan in breeches and scared chicken in baskets have been sighted in Edinburgh, and though the BBC STILL hasn’t officially announced series 3, it’s now safe to start stocking up on sel ( Read more... )

You’ll probably remember the amazing 18th century doll featured on the Antiques Roadshow a couple of weeks ago. I thought you’d like to know what happened to the splendid young lady after the show.

The owner decided not to sell “Aunt Marianne (Mary Anne?)” - that’s the doll’s name - but had her professionally restored to her old beauty. My ( Read more... )

Full disclaimer: I’m not a doll person. Especially not when it comes to those porcelain collector dolls which look like adults. You know the type - their eyes follow you when you cross the room, and at night, you can’t sleep because you wonder if that beastly thing might walk around and look for the letter opener to stab you. My beloved ( Read more... )

Hah! I found the missing codec for VirtualDub to make it run on Windows7, so while the recording off the VHS tape is still not of stellar quality, at least I could take caps of all scenes. I've updated the gallery now.

THE BILL (2003)


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This is old enough to go on the Antiques Roadshow. Damian’s first appearance as shady Kieran Thompson in “The Bill”, in a double episode back in 2003. He really only ever played soldiers and thugs back then!

The show was recorded on VHS and half of it was missing. I tried my best to improve the quality of the caps, but alas…

THE BILL (2003)


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