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Inspector Steine - Series 1<br />
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From the Lynne Truss web page http://www.lynnetruss.com/index.asp<br />
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At the beginning of the film Brighton Rock, there is an interesting rolling caption that has always fascinated me. Legend has it that the Brighton authorities insisted on its inclusion – and who can blame them, but it’s still very weird. Over pictures of a packed postwar Brighton beach on a warm summer’s day, it states, categorically, that the grim criminal underworld depicted in the ensuing film no longer operates in Brighton. “Before the war,” it says (I’m paraphrasing), “Brighton was a place of gangs and murder and stuff. But not any more. The Brighton police have cleared up all the crime, so don’t let any of this nasty razor-gang nonsense put you off coming to this lovely seaside place for your holidays!”<br />
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This highly unrealistic reassurance prefacing Brighton Rock was the inspiration for the comedy series Inspector Steine – the first series of which was broadcast in spring 2007. I wanted to write about a celebrity police inspector in the 1950s who innocently (and touchingly) believed precisely what he had been told at the movies; who loved Brighton for the ice cream, the humbugs and the fresh air, and just laughed at the idea of chaps called Kemp Town Charlie or Fiveways George. Alongside him would be his long-suffering sergeant, a sensitive and earnest man overwhelmed by evidence of criminal wrong-doing, but powerless to fight all the villains on his own. And as the idea for the series evolved further, along came a keen (and very clever) young constable, and the inevitable cockney charlady. <br />
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The four of them would work together, I decided: the chap in charge who refuses to believe there is any crime in Brighton; the depressed but dogged sergeant (“Permission to go undercover, sir?”); the constable with his laser-like intelligence, who thinks they should concentrate on identifying Brighton’s criminal mastermind; and finally, the cliché cockney charlady who just happens to be – well, Brighton’s criminal mastermind, operating completely undetected in their very midst.<br />
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It’s possible that I had too much fun with the names. Steine (pronounced “Steen”) refers to a Brighton landmark – the Old Steine being a large, flat, historic public garden area leading up from the Palace Pier. Sergeant Brunswick is named after a fashionable quarter of Hove. Meanwhile, “Twitten” – the name of the constable – is the quaint Sussex word for alleyway; and somehow I couldn’t resist calling the charlady/mastermind Mrs Groynes. <br />
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01 Operation Whooooo 20070126 When a headless corpse is found on the ghost train on the Palace Pier, Steine puts the death down to natural causes. But can new policeman Twitten help Brunswick prove otherwise? <br />
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02 His Last Review 20070202 A famous foppish London theatre critic is found dead in his seat at the Theatre Royal after a performance of a kitchen-sink drama. <br />
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03 Eyes Down 20070209 Steine decides to go undercover at the Black Cat Casino, much to Brunswick's profound dismay. Meanwhile, a robbery takes place in the bank next door to the police station. <br />
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04 That's The Way To Do It 20070216 When Vince the Ventriloquist moves his booth to a new pitch on the Brighton seafront, he receives threats from an unknown source. But Inspector Steine is more concerned with judging the knickerbocker glory competition. <br />
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05 The Woman 20070223 Steine falls in love for the very first time when he bumps into Adelaide Vine, the beautiful owner of a fish and chip shop in Oriental Place. But is there more to Adelaide than meets the eye? Brunswick thinks so. <br />
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06 LAST The Anniversary 20070302 It's the five-year anniversary of the Middle Street Massacre. While Steine ponders on how to celebrate Mrs Groyne's deranged nephew, Brian the Brain breaks out of Broadmoor with revenge on his lips. <br />
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Actor...............................Michael Roberts<br />
Adelaide................................Janet Ellis<br />
Bbc Announcer............................David Holt<br />
Bouncer.............................Michael Roberts<br />
Boy.................................Cameron Cleaver<br />
Brian The Brain........................Ewain Bailey<br />
Brunswick.................................John Ramm<br />
By..................................... Lynne Truss<br />
Chaplain.................................David Holt<br />
Cook.................................Allan Corduner<br />
Georgie..................................David Holt<br />
Inspector Steine.............Michael Fenton Stevens<br />
Johnnie................................Jason Hughes<br />
Maisie...............................Carla Mendonca<br />
Mrs Groynes..............................Jan Ravens<br />
Ruby.............................Carolyn Blackhouse<br />
Stanley.............................Michael Roberts<br />
Twitten..................................Matt Green<br />
Ventriloquist Vince........................Kim Wall<br />
Warder.....................................Kim Hall<br />
Directed By............................. Karen Rose<br />
Music By............................... Anthony May<br />
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Type : mpeg 1 layer III<br />
Bitrate : 128<br />
Mode : joint stereo<br />
Frequency : 48000 Hz<br />
Length : 02:47:19<br />
Encoder : Lame 3.97<br />
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Not my rip and I honestly can't remember wher I got it from.<br />
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The second series is on air now and will be posted when complete
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