Ray Brooks RIP 🙏🏻

[Tail End Charlie]

I liked Big Deal too. It's one of those enjoyable Sunday night type series (like Lovejoy too) which are just pleasant to watch. No swearing, violence or sex. And yes, generally with a moral element to them.

 

[Evil_Breakfast]

The only memory I have, of that series (because I do recall watching it) is a scene where RB's character is rushing to the address/location of a fellow addict, only to discover that, said character, has hung himself.
This is is the clever bit.
The shadow of the hanging body; is, then, cast upon Ray Brooks face, in such a way as to 'explain' what has occurred. Without (IIRC) showing an actual hanging cadaver.
The cinematography of that scene has, for whatever reason, lodged in my head; since: 85? 86?

40 odd years on, and my memory isn't far off I reckon.
Judge for yourself 😁
80 odd minutes well spent. I think.


View: https://youtu.be/TAW05IPzuoI?si=0VYY0YjbF75Ch3tN&t=2863

 

[Evil_Breakfast]

It was a very entertaining series and highlighted how some gamblers lived their lives. His character was really likeable (imho) and I seem to recall empathising with him, and his missus.

I expect there was a message in it all, especially the suicide scene.

Found it 👆🏻

 

[T4tomo]

It was a very entertaining series and highlighted how some gamblers lived their lives. His character was really likeable (imho) and I seem to recall empathising with him, and his missus.

I expect there was a message in it all, especially the suicide scene.

He daughter did OK, she went onto work for the police 🤣

(Polly in The Bill)

 

[DaveReading]

He daughter did OK, she went onto work for the police 🤣

(Polly in The Bill)

His daughter was a social worker who died in 2003, according to the Times' obituary.

 

[T4tomo]

His daughter was a social worker who died in 2003, according to the Times' obituary.

Oh Christ even with the explanation and the smiley you miss it.

 

[Alex321]

Oh Christ even with the explanation and the smiley you miss it.

I think all of us who don't know "The Bill" well would have done. The smiley we would have thought was just because that isn't really the police, it is just acting as police.

And I would have absolutely no idea whether "Polly in The Bill" was actually a character or not, or who might have played her if she was. I suspect the same would be true of most people who have rarely or never watched any of it.

 

[T4tomo]

I think all of us who don't know "The Bill" well would have done. The smiley we would have thought was just because that isn't really the police, it is just acting as police.

And I would have absolutely no idea whether "Polly in The Bill" was actually a character or not, or who might have played her if she was. I suspect the same would be true of most people who have rarely or never watched any of it.

I assume you have no access to google then, to work out what I was referring to, if you were mildly curious, as opposed to contrary.

 

[Alex321]

I assume you have no access to google then, to work out what I was referring to, if you were mildly curious, as opposed to contrary.

Not particularly curious, and certainly not being contrary.

Just pointing out that you seemed surprised that he didn't get whatever you were saying, when I suspect that would have been true for most of us.

Having now looked it up, that still seems a bit of a stretch TBH.
It seems that the actress who played Polly in the Bill (Lisa Geoghan) also played the daughter (Debbie Oliver) of the character (Jan Oliver) who was Ray Brooks (Robbie Box) girlfriend in Big Deal. Not actually even his daughter in the series from what I can tell.

 

[T4tomo]

Not actually even his daughter in the series from what I can tell.

I never said it was from what I can tell

He daughter did OK, she went onto work for the police 🤣

(Polly in The Bill)

not sure whether I was typing "Her" or "The" but anyway defo not "his"

anyway thank you for this pointless interchange