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Dick Spanner, P.I. (1987)
Excellent
I agree with the previous comments; this was a fantastic show. That there are other people out there who remember it just as fondly must mean I was right (and that I hadn't imagined the whole thing).
I only ever saw the episodes about once each, most likely when they were first aired (late 80's?). Though this was over fifteen years ago, and the episodes were mere minutes in length, 'Dick Spanner' has stuck in my mind; it was funny and slightly surreal. Sadly I didn't have the foresight to commit any of them to VHS.
'Dick Spanner' is long overdue for a DVD release and it thoroughly deserves one.
Nightingales (1990)
Is there anybody there?
A, sadly, under-appreciated and little known show - probably due to the time slot it was given and lack of advertising by its host channel (you know who you are!) Not helped by the fact that it was never repeated. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of people who watched it way back in the early nineties.
But this is a great show - off the wall humour, bizarre situations (a werewolf who performs open heart surgery?) and lapses into Shakespeare now and again all provided by three superb actors.
A personal favourite was the episode that featured a visit by a psychiatrist - courtesy of Bell's 'liaison' with a horse. It's not long before this visitor is sucked into the guards' warped world and the eventual outcome is... Well I won't say anymore.
If you like your comedy to have that slightly surreal edge then this is the show for you.
I'm first in line for the DVD release, just make it sooner rather than later please.