#ThisIsDavidLander s1e4 (1988) - 8/10
Best episode yet.

1️⃣ #TonyRobinson and #FrancesBarber are hilarious as the parents of a wrongly-imprisoned teenager.

2️⃣ But, across the board, it’s a strong episode with an elaborate story.

3️⃣ The individual skits really play around with the tropes of investigative journalist shows (hidden camera, expert testimony, obscured face/voice, on-the-street confrontation, etc.)

📺 My 240th TV episode of 2023. Averaging 2h21m of TV, per day.

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37 years ago:
Castaway (UK)
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the island things prove a lot less idyllic than in the ...
1986-03-05
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/52886
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