First viewed : 18 September 1993
This Saturday night drama series starred Michael Elphick as a recovering alcoholic and former Fleet St reporter now running his own press agency from Darlington ( some of it filmed near the old football ground ) with the aid of photographer Snappy ( Ian Bartholomew ) and secretary Alice ( Julie Graham ). I watched the bulk of the first season without really warming to it. The main problem of course was that it's not easy to love someone who makes their living, at least in part, documenting "other people's nightmares". When the short-tempered Harry berates Snappy for his reluctance to take pictures of a motorway pile-up there's no other response possible than complete contempt.
The storylines I recall are :
- Harry going to prison for contempt of court
- Harry becoming embroiled with the nuclear police
- A team of grave-robbers potentially facilitating an outbreak of bubonic plague
- A story about a group of student prostitutes. Snappy's discomfiture during his "hands-on" investigation was a series highlight.
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