I watched part 3 this morning, in which they made much of the fact that this J. Le M. was not the actor: "John Le Mesurier - not the actor, obviously" became something of a comical catch-phrase. I ended up liking Norman Scott as portrayed by Ben Wishaw a lot, so forget my earlier comment. It took some courage, in the 70s, to be an out and very camp gay man: it may have been legal by then, but there was still a lot of prejudice (and still is). Thorpe came across as an utterly charming psychopath. Loved Michelle Dotrice as Edna Friendship, the epitome of the blowsy, friendly pub landlady. Hard to see Betty Spencer in her matronly present appearance.
