http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=6952 Contemporary and classic British TV Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=6952&cpage=1#comment-2284 Stu Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:59:38 +0000 http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=6952#comment-2284 I did. It seems the more the series pulls back from the random “I Love the 80s” nostalgia — picking a copy of The Joy of Sex from the bookshelf etc — the better it is.

]]> http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=6952&cpage=1#comment-2273 Graham Kibble-White Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:34:53 +0000 http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=6952#comment-2273 I think it would be great if series three began in the present day, with Gene Hunt creeping through from the past. And, did you notice, the final episode pretty much abandoned the set-piece-1980s-music sequence, and that was all to the good, I reckon.

]]> http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=6952&cpage=1#comment-2269 Stu Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:09:09 +0000 http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?p=6952#comment-2269 Stunning end to the series. I did think it interesting that after a certain level of caution, Sam Tyler’s name was being thrown about with abandon in this episode. Can we expect the third series to directly tie the two series together? Will John Simm cameo? I’m still awaiting the revelation that most of the characters have taken the same trip as Alex and Sam and are all on some kind of quest ..

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