First viewed : 29 September 1993
Fans of this series shouldn't get too excited here as I can say very little about it. I started watching the first episode while on holiday in Keswick and remember the scene where criminal psychologist Fitz ( Robbie Coltrane ) gives a brief lecture consisting of throwing works of philosophy at the students but I tuned out not long afterwards. This was due to my holiday reading, The Secret History, which became an absolute compulsion that week. So blame Donna Tartt !
Of course the series soon gathered a large army of fans including some friends of mine who described it as being "like Inspector Morse where Morse dies !" and I did watch a bit more, round about the time of the rape storyline but couldn't really catch up with it.
The series proper finished in 1995 but there were standalone episodes in 1996 and 2006.
Sad as it sounds, I think I may have watched this on the back of a piece in the Man Utd magazine explaining how co-star Chris Eccleston was a staunch fan of my team, as was his character too.
ReplyDeleteBesides that, I did enjoy it and watching it again it's fun seeing some of my neighbourhood, as Fitz was supposed to be a Didsbury resident too. It's also interesting to see how much the city centre has changed over recent history, something I'm sure you appreciate far more than me.
Oh indeed, I remember the Arndale Centre being just a boarded-up hole in the centre of the city for years.
ReplyDeleteReminds me that, bizarrely, there used to be apartments up on top of the Arndale. Roger Eagle, one time DJ at seminal Liverpool club Eric's, was a resident back in the 1980s.
DeleteYes. I didn't realise that until 1996 when my friend said his dad had been evacuated after the bomb.
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