By Guy Jenkin this
week, whose solo work is slightly coarser and less dextrous than his writing
partner Andy Hamilton's scripts. Shelley is again a somewhat marginal figure in
his own programme, largely there to make sardonic observations about Ted's
plans, while David Ryall actually does stuff.
Two interlocking storylines, Ted's prowess in pub quizzes and a private
detective conducting surveillance operations from Ted's house. The greatest
interest is derived from some bang-on specific 1990 details. Ted's nemesis in
the pub quiz, a young Irishwoman, is wearing a tight satin bomber jacket with a
very high waistband - a look that had a very limited shelf life. Meanwhile, the
shifty detective - despite being middle-aged and too old for this sort of thing
- is styled in a 'baggy' image with a mop-of-curls-shaved-at-the-sides
hairstyle as if he was in The Milltown Brothers. Taking pride of place in his
collection of expensive surveillance equipment is a Toshiba T1000 computer.
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