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TV 2015 : Viewing from the Vaults, January edition

gervase_fen Feb 03, 2015 08:37

I didn't make many New Year's resolutions this year. Eat a piece of fruit every day was one. The other was to tackle the backlog of DVDs accumulating on the shelves, specifically all the vintage TV series acquired splurging in the occasional 40% sales that Network hold every so often. At the last count I have box sets bought as far back as 2009 ( Read more... )

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Disordered Shelves : The Enemy by Tom Wood (2012)

gervase_fen Jan 31, 2015 20:25

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Disordered Shelves : The Hunter by Tom Wood (2011)

gervase_fen Jan 10, 2015 05:51

( The Beretta wouldn't normally have been his preference but at times like this there was no such thing as too many guns. )

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TV 2014 : Some 1967 TV

gervase_fen Dec 08, 2014 00:33

( Rediffusion and Eurovision presentations. )

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TV 2014 : Some 2014 TV

gervase_fen Nov 29, 2014 15:04

( Cops, Hacks, Spies. )

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Disordered Shelves : Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz (2014)

gervase_fen Nov 10, 2014 07:28

( “The horrible murders at Bladeston House were enough to galvanise Scotland Yard into action. With all the single-minded determination that I had come to recognise in the British police, they decided to set up a meeting and talk about it.” )

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Disordered Daggers : Natchez Burning by Greg Iles (2014)

gervase_fen Nov 06, 2014 16:55

( “What happened tonight? What am I supposed to write tomorrow? Everybody’s dead. I mean… what was the point?” )

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TV 2014 : 70s Bates, 70s Watson

gervase_fen Oct 28, 2014 11:28

( Thirteen episodes later - musings with some trivia courtesy of imdb. )

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Daggerology IV - Prize Prognostications

gervase_fen Oct 24, 2014 14:50

Well, as expected, my attempt to read all three shortlists ahead of tonight’s awards was derailed by "Natchez Burning", three times the length of other nominees. Still, here are the Fen Dagger Awards 2014, based on experience of seven and three quarters of the twelve finalists. UPDATED WITH THE RESULTS....

( And the Fen Dagger goes to... )