Talk:The Thin Blue Line (British TV series)

message: Sorry, I'm not a native speaker and don't know much about English dialects, but does Grim have a certain dialect? I especially mean his exaggerated pronunciation.--80.218.185.77 (talk) 20:08, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not specifically, I don't think.  I'd place his accent towards the southeast of England, and occasionally he'll employ a fairly harsh imitation of the, um, 'distinctive' speech forms of officers in London-based TV 'cop' shows ("I've been liaising wiv some geezers at the Met"; or rounding on Fowler's officers with "shut it, you slaaaags!").  Grimm desperately wants his police work to be as exciting as it is on the TV, and seems to spend much of his time floating in a fantasy world somewhere between The Sweeney and Hill Street Blues, employing corresponding speech patterns and mannerisms.  - Vigdis1053 (talk) 14:46, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Inspector Grim's dialect

message: Are you sure that the show takes place in London?  I always got the impression that it was in set in a small town. Then again, I'm from the US, and I don't know exactly how London is organised. Plus, didn't Fowler make fun of London police officers (and mention being stationed outside the M25) in the football episode? --Japonai Narya 00:43, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite right--good spot--it takes place in "Gasforth".  Corrected. Quill 03:48, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm late to this discussion thread, but just wanted to add something. Although the M25 is indeed mentioned, Gasforth is almost certainly within an easy drive of London, as Grim at least once attends a meeting at Scotland Yard one morning and returns by noon. Gasforth is therefore on the periphery of greater London ??Engr105th (talk) 05:48, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Will remove the references to North Yorkshire, pending any discussion...Engr105th (talk) 01:03, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Location?

message: Question:  what do you mean "order on DVD is wrong"?  Do you mean that the order on the DVD is not the same as the order in which the episodes were aired?  Quill 22:13, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly, the episodes on disc 1 of the BBC DVD are not in broadcast order. Awostrack 21:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's true. The Queen's Birthday Present was the first episode aired, but the first one on the DVD is Rag Week. Jienum 19:11, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Order?

message: It seems that the table is a summary of each episode, like what would be on the back of the DVD case. This does not seem appropriate. Could someone fix this?--Gramy! 20:35, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I see nothing particularly inappropriate about the summaries table; can you explain? Also, I have a 3-disc dvd set, bought in 2007. It doesn't summarize the episodes, just lists them...Engr105th (talk) 06:15, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Episode summaries 

message: "[Gladstone's] character has been criticised as a token ethnic minority one, despite Habib's importance to the series."
Can this be sourced?  Precisely because of the prominence of Constable Habib, plus one or two ethnic minority and international supporting characters, it seems odd to focus criticism on PC Gladstone for being a 'token'.  Was any reasoning given?  - Vigdis1053 (talk) 14:37, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see http://web.archive.org/web/20050324014837/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/t/thinbluelinethe_1299003106.shtml provided by Bob. This BBC article does indeed mention Gladstone's 'tokenism' as a concern by critics. The reason appears to be that he was "given so little to do" in the series. Engr105th (talk) 23:29, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Tokenism]]? 

message: This is mentioned in The Fry Chronicles but I don't remember were.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.246.171.232 (talk) 1an he looked"2:31, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The writer Ben Elton is a self-confessed fan of Dad's Army,[citation needed] and a 

message: That means Christabelle Wickham is the female consort (usually wife) of a Mayor. And being Mayor is a one-year post, so how has she managed to remain the Mayor's consort for more than one year?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.234.148 (talk) 21:24, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It is clear that she is in charge, whatever she is called.--Jack Upland (talk) 08:45, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Mayoress?

message: Is there a source of Gasforth being in North Yorkshire? I note from an earlier discussion this was previously removed, and  there was nothing on screen to my knowledge which would suggest a Yorkshire setting, so it would need to be one of the writers or production team had stated this was the case. If no source exists then I would suggest that this claim is removed. Dunarc (talk) 22:52, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I should also note Template:Areas of London claims it is in London (wrongly I suspect as in one episode it is made clear they are not in the Metropolitan Police). Dunarc (talk) 22:54, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems fairly clear from references in the script that Gasforth is somewhere just outside London - the location in "Rag Week" is Watford, which fits the refs in the script well (in that it's Hertfordshire, but just within M25). The Yorkshire thing just comes from a badge being polished in the titles apparently. Bob talk 23:11, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

text: I have taken it out of Template:Areas of London. I would agree that I had also thought it to be somewhere close to, but not in London. They cannot be in the Metropolitan Police because in the "Come on You Blues" Boyle tells Grim that the Metropolitan Police are on the phone for him. Probably however it was intended to be a sort of Anytown.Dunarc (talk) 19:29, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location of Gasforth