Fascinating lesson in how a secret ingredient (John Thaw's charisma) is absolutely vital.

which has everything in it I should hate - works like a charm and I love it.

By the way, Hayley Mills has been naked in my flat.

Don't ask!!

I won't ask .....

.... errm ...

No. I won't.

But I also love Wild At Heart. It's taken a surprising hold of me and I just can't miss an episode.

I have been watching Lewis but I agree that it does lack something. Lewis himself has turned into an old grump. This week's story wasn't all bad, but I spent most of the time trying to work out where I'd seen his old girlfriend (the not so grieving widow) before. That bit is still bugging me.

Ah, the wonderful Gina McKee - one of our finest actresses (and a future Helen Mirren I predict).

Our Friends In The North?
Notting Hill (disabled)?

She's superb - and gorgeous.

Yes, I think it was "Our Friends In The North" I remember her from.

I just looked her up on IMDB and there's a long list of things she's been in which I've never seen, although she was in a 1987 episode of Morse playing a "girl in betting shop". She was also in Minder, one of my very favourite shows.

The other big role she had was in the remake of the Forsyte Saga, rather mis-cast as Irene. However I think anyone would pale in comparison to the wonderful Nyree Dawn Porter in the original series.