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Strange Nov 15

I have discovered a TV show being repeated. It features a lead character called Strange who investigates mysteries with a male sidekick and a female friend. It only ran for one series but was well-received and is really rather good. So I’m clearly not talking about risible Saturdatynight BBC serial Strange. Did you see what I did?

This show, from way back in 1968, is called The Strange Report and starred Anthony Quayle as criminologist Adam Strange with Anneke Wills, fresh from Doctor Who, as one of his small gang of crime solvers. Quayle’s character isn’t massively charismatic, action scenes are few and far between and the dialogue isn’t showy, but it’s tremendously watchable. It was so successful that the second series was to be made in the US; when the cast rejected the idea of spending months abroad, the show was axed.

So now you know. Set your telly box to ITV4 at 6pm on Sunday.

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Carbon footprint Nov 15

From ads in yesterday’s Guardian, I found myself at the carbon footprint estimator. This is obviously part of BP’s promotional campaign designed to make us think that a giant oil company couldn’t possibly be a big polluter.

That aside, it’s quite a useful toy. Apparently my household’s carbon footprint is around 7 tonnes of CO2, which is below the national average of 10 tonnes. Much of this is because of my air travel, which I try to offset via this sort of site.

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“Whatever happened to Suede?” Nov 10

If you were the person on the Underground who asked "Whatever happened to Suede?", the answer is: they split up.

Brett Anderson subsequently teamed up with Bernard Butler and released Here Come The Tears.

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Bank: Computer says No! Nov 10

Bank: Computer says No! Remember, kids: don’t have nightmares.

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