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secret organisation dedicated to assisting people who want to escape the mundanity of their lives and families and just disappear. Plater apportioned elements of his own interests to his two heroes, making Judy an environmental campaigner and
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aired to respectable ratings β averaging 10.9 million viewers across its run β and Plater soon began work on a sequel. When it transpired than Alun
Armstrong would not be available to reprise the role of Neville Keaton, Plater decided that, rather than recasting the role, he would create two new
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Bix
Beiderbecke. The first great white jazz musician, cornet player. Born in Davenport, Iowa, March 1903. Drank himself to death. Died August 1931, aged 28. Amazing man. They say his playing sounded like bullets shot from a
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825:Liverpool
782:jobsworth
767:Mr Carter
634:Peterson
263:Get Lost!
148:of series
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