Not so long ago I read about the death of ‘Nightingales’ scriptwriter Paul Makin, who I would find out was from the Black Country. It reminded me that I’d been meaning to get hold of the programme on DVD, I have and it’s still brilliant. It stars Robert Lindsay (pre ‘My Family’, when he was good), David Threlfall and James Ellis (‘Z Cars’, but I remember him better for ‘One by One‘ the everyday detective drama of a vet in a zoo) as night security guards in a nondescript office building. It’s better than it sounds, and much more surreal — the first episode has them dealing with a werewolf. What the building was used for in the day isn’t ever established, theirs is a very nocturnal existence. Nor is where it is based. There are a few external shots, but more in the ‘Friends’ style of establishing that they’re in the big city — can you see where I’m going with this? Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Any clearer? Concentrate on the building to the bottom left behind the office block: Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Yes, it turns out that the Nightingales were guarding the offices above Snobs — you...
