Why we need juries...

Some time ago, 1989 to be exact, we were moving house to 'The Turrets', and while the days were fraught with packing-up and the normal stress one had, even back then, with changing the family life forever, we sometimes collapsed in front of the TV by late evening, usually with a tincture!

One particular programme jumped out from the screen and caught our imagination, and also concentration and delight at such superb stories and great acting, that we vowed that when we'd settled in, we'd revisit the series again!

But we'd packed the VCR...

Since then I've tried to get hold of reasonably priced copies, and had very little luck - in fact none at all!

But I've found the b*****d! At long last!

I watched the first episode just last evening, and it is still as fabulous as it was when we first watched it all those years ago!

When the episode had finished, I looked online to get more information, as Jonathan Hyde's acting describes an incredibly good barrister in the part, he is brilliant, but I didn't realise that his wife is Isobel Buchanan, who also sings one of my most favourite choral pieces by Duncan Browne...

I had managed to record the ending theme music from an old library cassette once, and was disappointed at the quality of course - I think I've mentioned this before somewhere, and here it is again in better condition... 

The whole programme was made back before the BBC manipulated their programmes with curious DEI interference, and they probably couldn't replicate the true stories today, but there again, they'd not even try with a certain Mr Lammy fiddling around with stopping juries altogether...

There's a lot of info on Edward Marshall Hall online, but with the combination of the actor, and the gorgeous singing, I'm rationing each programme to one a night, otherwise I'll never get to my bed...