Post 464. TAKING IT EASY.

IN THE USUAL WAY.

WATCHING TELE TECS.
Endeavour is with us again. Hooray!
Shaun Evans as Endeavour Morse and Roger Allam as DCI Thursday, together with the same superbly chosen cast of fellow actors, are back on ITV1 for Series 9. Loose ends are being tied up and character development clarified. Shaun Evans' Endeavour has been a fitting tribute to the late John Thaw's older Morse, and Roger Allam's  Fred Thursday will always be one of my favourite television coppers: I have known a lot of  policemen over the years and he epitomizes the best of every old-fashioned one of them. I'll say no more or he may have to take his hat off.
This is a very short (three episode) series and, sad to report, will be the last ever. So the final appearance (other than repeats) of the late Colin Dexter's popular characters will take place next Sunday evening. If you want to see it, be there, as  Home Office pathologist Max DeBryn (James Bradshaw) might advise, at: "Shall we say eight o'clock?
Unforgotten is back on ITV1. (Or the entire series 5 can be viewed on ITVX.) It is not really a spoiler if I reveal that Sunny (Sanjeev Bhaskar) is sadly missing last boss Cassie (Nicola Walker) who died in a car crash at the end of series 4, and is thoroughly detesting new boss Jessica ("Call me Guv") James, played by Sinead Keenan. Every leading character in the story has 'at home' problems which, to my simple mind, is more than I have ever needed to know about a copper, fictional or not, but the acting is brilliant throughout and we shall enjoy every moment of it.

 Apologies if you are not a fan of the television detective genre.

And no, I wouldn't sack Gary Lineker.
Whatever happened to free speech?

That's all of mine for now.