This may only make sense if you are familiar with downtown LA (and Inception of course):

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GUESS WHO JUST PRE-ORDERED SHERLOCK ON DVD

YOU CAN TOO

Do not fear the Region 2, for lo, VLC Player cares not for regions and will make free the entertainment of the world. As long as you're not running Vista, apparently.

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HOW DO I LOVE THE NEW SHERLOCK, LET ME COUNT THE WAYS

OH WAIT I CAN'T BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY

One of them is vindication, though. HAH!

I went back on my word and actually revised Sunday:


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Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow - One might expect such a long-running and popular series to end with a bang but I rather like this quiet, evocative piece. It does an amazing job of setting the period in sound, too.

So Wrong It's Right - I've been listening to Radio 4 for coming on to five years now and I think this is the first panel show that has ( Read more... )

Lots of work = lots of radio, not much of anything else.

Charles Augustus Milverton - Possibly the only Holmes radio play that could be called a 'romp' - the scene where Watson demonstrates his skill at arts and crafts is enough to justify listening in itself, but there are so many other priceless scenes besides.

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My memory failed me; I picked the wrong P word.

The Lighthouse, the Politician, and the Trained Cormorant - Part 2!

... though they've retitled it anyway, possibly out of respect for the mystique of the reference. A cracking good drama.

The new drama on Radio 4 is quite good but it does make me miss Michael Williams, who used to play Watson opposite Clive Merrison. Well, lo and behold, Radio 7* has Ye Olde Series playing, so you can enjoy Michael Williams too!

The Engineer's Thumb - Evil Germans! Diabolical devices! Hairsbreadth escapes! Missing digits! Trains!
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