{"id":3340,"date":"2021-09-06T21:15:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T21:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2024-02-08T08:38:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T08:38:26","slug":"media-the-thin-blue-line-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=3340","title":{"rendered":"MEDiA: The Thin Blue Line, DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Brilliant &#8216;good old fashioned&#8217; fun type comedy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1531\" height=\"1571\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5405-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3339\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5405-1.jpg 1531w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5405-1-292x300.jpg 292w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5405-1-998x1024.jpg 998w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5405-1-768x788.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5405-1-1497x1536.jpg 1497w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"155\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Stars_08_Four-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3352\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Stars_08_Four-8.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Stars_08_Four-8-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Great characters, in a great set of silly scenarios. Written by Ben Elton, <em>The Thin Blue Line<\/em> ran for two series, totalling 14 episodes, airing in 1995-6. Rowan Atkinson is, of course, superb. And the rest of the cast are all very good too. My favourite, amongst the others, is plain-clothes DI Derek Grim (David Haig), who is just brilliant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5429.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5429.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5429-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5429-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5429-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The chemistry between Fowler (Atkinson) and Grim is probably my favourite part of the show. Grim is just utterly hilarious: vain, uptight, dumb, angry, frustrated: &#8216;It&#8217;s my arse, and if you stuff it, I&#8217;m gonna end up very red in the face&#8217;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Constables Goody, Habib and Gladstone are all great fun. And the series is thoroughly enjoyable throughout. There are cameos from numerous familiar luvvies, from Ben Elton as a crusty, to Stephen Fry as a deranged outdoorsman. It has a kind of quaint almost innocent old-fashioned vibe to it, which I love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"715\" height=\"536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5395-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5395-1.jpg 715w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/img_5395-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout both series the marital goings on, or rather not goings on, between Fowler and his &#8216;girlfriend&#8217;, Sergeant Dawkins are a constant theme. There&#8217;s a similar ongoing thing between Goody and Habib.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second series Fowler gives a series of introductory talks to camera &#8211; as pictured above &#8211; as part of the format. Ben Elton, Rowan Atkinson and co. have given us all a terrifically sweet and very funny series. If only the police really were as silly and entertaining as this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A shame there were only two series. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brilliant &#8216;good old fashioned&#8217; fun type comedy. Great characters, in a great set of silly scenarios. Written by Ben Elton, The Thin Blue Line ran for two series, totalling 14 episodes, airing in 1995-6. Rowan Atkinson is, of course, superb. And the rest of the cast are all very good too. My favourite, amongst the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=3340\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MEDiA: The Thin Blue Line, DVD&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[15],"tags":[44,45,43,42,39,40,38,41],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-RS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3340"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11410,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions\/11410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}