The Thin Blue Line
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Brian Johns
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I always found it just a little too "over the top" from my taste to really enjoy it, but it was watchable.
Yeah I'm with Brian on this one, I found the PC PC's a bit over the top as well. Abandoned this after watching a few episodes, Rowan Atkinson never followed up his brilliance of Blackadder
Didn't Roy Clarke write a police comedy (other than Cooper & Walsh!!!!)?
He did Rosie or at least some of it, maybe PC Penrose
mashibinbin
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Both Rosie and The Growing Pains of PC Penrose were by my birthday sharer Mr Clarke indeed 
The Thin Blue Line had the occasional good moment but couldn't decide if it wanted to be traditional or alternative in it's style of humour and ultimately fell between the two. It was however partly inspired and in tribute to Dad's Army that Ben Elton loved.
The Thin Blue Line had the occasional good moment but couldn't decide if it wanted to be traditional or alternative in it's style of humour and ultimately fell between the two. It was however partly inspired and in tribute to Dad's Army that Ben Elton loved.
I think you're being charitable saying it fell between the two, in Yorkshire speak I think it's problem was it was neither summit nor nowt!!!!Both Rosie and The Growing Pains of PC Penrose were by my birthday sharer Mr Clarke indeed
The Thin Blue Line had the occasional good moment but couldn't decide if it wanted to be traditional or alternative in it's style of humour and ultimately fell between the two. It was however partly inspired and in tribute to Dad's Army that Ben Elton loved.
There is a very interesting doco movie called The Thin Blue Line... really interesting interviews with the actual people involved while on death row.
Well worth watching.
Well worth watching.