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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 163961" data-attributes="member: 23">It&#039;s now 1978 in Whodunnitville and we&#039;re one third of the way through the final series.Gone is Anouska Hempel, but you&#039;d barely notice. She&#039;s been replaced as the series&#039; regular female sleuth by one Liza Goddard. The resemblance between the two women is remarkable. Not that there&#039;s that much physical resemblance between them (other than both being nubile blondes). The resemblance comes from the overall package. Both are well-spoken and articulate. Throughout each episode they look and sound extremely switched on and thoroughly engaged in what they&#039;re doing. Both are also disarmingly charming. Hempel perhaps almost intimidatingly so, in a Donna Mills kind of way. Goddard, though, is more youthfully winsome (perhaps reflective of her being almost ten years Hempel&#039;s junior). If I were comparing this situation to a familar one, I&#039;d say Goddard is this series&#039; Kris Munroe (and, indeed, there&#039;s also a bit of a physical resemblance there as well).Not having seen much of Bergerac, and not being fortunate enough to own The Brothers on DVD (unlike Mr [USER=8]@Willie Oleson[/USER]), I know Liza best as the one that replaced Una Stubbs in Give Us A Clue. I can&#039;t remember her making much of an impression on me there, but I&#039;m finding her very watchable here. Jon Pertwee repeatedly calls her &quot;Lisa&quot; but nobody seems very concerned - including the lady herself.Gone, too, are the TV Times winners. We&#039;re back to a panel of two regulars and two guests. Even many of the guests are semi-regulars themselves. Alfred Marks seems to be on it every few weeks, and is usually the comic relief (pretty much every sentence he utters has a punchline, which gets a little exhausting by the end of the 40 minutes). Other panellists have included June Whitfield (&quot;I&#039;ve just realised we&#039;re supposed to butt in with questions and not wait to be asked&quot;, she shrewdly observed) and Mollie Sugden (who squeezed in both an &quot;I&#039;m free&quot; and a pussy gag. Suspects in Mollie&#039;s week included Mr Mash himself).Among the suspect line up have been several more of the Howards&#039; Way cast including Jan Harvey returning for a third appearance. The other two have been Tony Anholt, giving great fop and Kate O&#039;Mara (twice). If I&#039;m not mistaken, Kate is also the second future Dynasty star to have appeared (the first being Stephanie Beacham). Though they weren&#039;t the only connection to the series, with Alexis&#039;s other sister, Jackie Collins, having appeared a couple of times earlier in the run. Kate O&#039;Mara made a surprisingly good swarthy pirate in her second appearance, and gloried in the name of Treasure Chest Magee.Likewise, James.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 163961, member: 23"] It's now 1978 in [I]Whodunnit[/I]ville and we're one third of the way through the final series. Gone is Anouska Hempel, but you'd barely notice. She's been replaced as the series' regular female sleuth by one Liza Goddard. The resemblance between the two women is remarkable. Not that there's [I]that[/I] much physical resemblance between them (other than both being nubile blondes). The resemblance comes from the overall package. Both are well-spoken and articulate. Throughout each episode they look and sound extremely switched on and thoroughly engaged in what they're doing. Both are also disarmingly charming. Hempel perhaps almost intimidatingly so, in a Donna Mills kind of way. Goddard, though, is more youthfully winsome (perhaps reflective of her being almost ten years Hempel's junior). If I were comparing this situation to a familar one, I'd say Goddard is this series' Kris Munroe (and, indeed, there's also a bit of a physical resemblance there as well). Not having seen much of [I]Bergerac[/I], and not being fortunate enough to own [I]The Brothers[/I] on DVD (unlike Mr [USER=8]@Willie Oleson[/USER]), I know Liza best as the one that replaced Una Stubbs in [I]Give Us A Clue. [/I]I can't remember her making much of an impression on me there, but I'm finding her very watchable here. Jon Pertwee repeatedly calls her "Lisa" but nobody seems very concerned - including the lady herself. Gone, too, are the TV Times winners. We're back to a panel of two regulars and two guests. Even many of the guests are semi-regulars themselves. Alfred Marks seems to be on it every few weeks, and is usually the comic relief (pretty much every sentence he utters has a punchline, which gets a little exhausting by the end of the 40 minutes). Other panellists have included June Whitfield ("I've just realised we're supposed to butt in with questions and not wait to be asked", she shrewdly observed) and Mollie Sugden (who squeezed in both an "I'm free" and a pussy gag. Suspects in Mollie's week included Mr Mash himself). Among the suspect line up have been several more of the[I] Howards' Way [/I]cast including Jan Harvey returning for a third appearance. The other two have been Tony Anholt, giving great fop and Kate O'Mara (twice). If I'm not mistaken, Kate is also the second future [I]Dynasty[/I] star to have appeared (the first being Stephanie Beacham). Though they weren't the only connection to the series, with Alexis's [I]other[/I] sister, Jackie Collins, having appeared a couple of times earlier in the run. Kate O'Mara made a surprisingly good swarthy pirate in her second appearance, and gloried in the name of Treasure Chest Magee. Likewise, James. [/QUOTE]

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