"The Beiderbecke Affair" We Call It the White Economy (TV Episode 1985) Poster

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"You need better informants Mr Hobson, your Super Grass is a bit Green"
ygwerin118 March 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Various jigsaw pieces but, can they conceivably be from the same jigsaw puzzle?

Woodwork teacher Trevor Chaplin's deductions have led him, via mail order catalogs, and attractive blondes to Big Al.

But what if any link is there to the criminal damage to Big Al's, allotment premises one greenhouse?

Detective Sergeant Hobson's investigations lead indirectly into lumbar, with his superior officer Chief Superintendent Forrest.

Forrest an old bill while resenting Hobson's education, he is more than happy to see him waste his time on a pet project.

D.S. Hobson gets short shrift from his police superior C.S. Forrest, but gains himself a Super Grass. From a very innocuous source who is prepared, to sell his services incredibly cheaply.

There are seemingly random pieces of happenstance in Jill and Trevor's lives, that bring them closer through adversity.

Mysterious phone calls, hoax messages on their behalf's, fire alarms, bomb threats, cancelled election meeting.

And what pray could any of this have to do with Sherlock Hobson's determination, to raid a church with the desire to "Drive out the Money lenders"?

C.S. Forrest is not as green as D.S. Hobson may think him cabbage looking, the Church Sting is firmly down to him. If Hobson balls it up he suffers the consequences, if its a success Forrest garners the rewards.

On a more personal note what could could possibly have enticed, Trevor Chaplin's ex Helen of Tadcaster, to make a sudden and mysterious reappearance?
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7/10
We Call It the White Economy
Prismark1020 August 2024
There is more of a sinister plot emerging in the third episode. As well some pointed political commentary.

Big Al is a businessman on the side, but Thatcherism put him in the scrapheap first. Big Al learnt to adapt when it came down to the survival of the fittest.

The label white economy is meant to be ironic. As DS Hobson learns, Big Al has a system when it comes to his emporium down at the church basement. He has receipts for everything.

As for Trevor and Jill. Someone is after them. A greenhouse got smashed. Jill found a dead cat in her draw at school. Trevor a hangman's noose. Just who have they upset and why.

There is even a warning of a bomb but by an error, the warning was given too soon.

As for Hobson, the obligatory university graduate who wrote a thesis. He has a one on one with his boss Chief Super Forrest (Colin Blakely.) It is clear that he has no time for graduates.

Now with the effortless interplay between the characters. There is a hint of something big and dark taking place with both Trevor and Jill unaware of it all.
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