Keith Robson

A happy Fan!, 12 Jan 2013

Bought this in November and now it's 'currently unavailable' so boy am I happy that I got it when I did!
The DVD's are excellent quality, and the series was overall just as inventive and witty as as the Mrs Peel shows. I know that Linda Thorson could never step into Diana Rigg's boots, and that aside, she did a good enough job with the material she was given. Prodution values were up on the Rigg series with more location work, ambitious sets, and a host of familiar character actors to keep a fan of 60's TV very happy. The one or two really dire shows are far outweighed by the majority of good ones such as 'Pandora' and 'Requiem' which have a 'Prisoner'-ish feel to them.

Underrated Ford, 4 Aug 2012

An ecclectic choice for Ford, but an entertaining excursion nevertheless thanks to a fast-paced script by Ealing regular T.E.B.(Tibby) Clarke.
It suffers from that same stereotyping that seems to come over all American directors' interpretations of British cops - look at 'Brannigan', and the London episodes of 'Columbo' and 'Madigan' for example.
Gone is the gritty and truthful realism of the mean streets of New York and L.A.and in come the 'gor blimey guv' cockneys with red double deckers galore passing every familiar London landmark. Ford actually has a model of dear old London Bridge seen through the window of Jack Hawkins' office complete with moving toy buses constantly… Read more

Ripe for a remake?, 5 Nov 2011

Somewhere in this 1968 civil war western there's a well-written and poignant story trying to get clear. Perhaps in the right hands, with a bigger budget, and a bit more running time, this could have been a minor classic. As it is, we've got the ex-TV producers of `Wagon Train' and `Laredo' casting a virtually unknown James Caan (in a very dodgy wig) leading a bunch of youngish stars-in waiting (including Harrison Ford) through a rather unevenly paced and episodic tale largely played out on the Universal backlot. The characters don't seem quite as young and innocent as the script suggests, nor are they developed enough for us to fully empathise with them before they meet their often abrupt… Read more