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When Terry (Dennis Waterman) wins a trip on the Orient Express he sees it as the perfect opportunity for a romantic holiday with his girlfriend Annie (Linda Hayden). Trouble is, Terry's boss Arthur Daley (George Cole) has other ideas. He is desperate to avoid a court appearance and decides a nice, relaxing holiday abroad is just what he needs. Of course whenever Terry and Arthur are together trouble is never far away.

I remember watching this way back in the 80's. It was one of my favourite shows and reading around i cant believe it was beaten in the ratings war by Only fools and horses. Some gorgeous women in this in Linda Hayden and Amanda Pays but Terry is showing his age a bit. The younger Terry would have romanced and bedded Nikki but sadly this did not occur. Terry could still fight though. And it was very enjoyable to see him give adam faith a pasting in the end. Also the interplay between arthur and chisholm was sublime. 10/10.

The time flew by watching this one. Basically its a few days in the life of marian and robin fighting off some utterly duplicitious bad guys. With marian taking the lead as a kick ass fighter and the main rescuer of robin when he is in trouble. Which he was for most of the film. The actress playing marian was great. Robin was played by someone far too young though. This film reminded me of Keira Knightley's film, Princess Of Thieves, where she played robin hoods daughter. All in all, was i entertained? Yes i was!

This is not Austen. Sex scenes, talk of slavery, and debauched characters who are really quite decent in the novel? Whats the point of piggy backing on Austens name just to serve up this tripe. For all its faults i suggest everyone go watch Billie Piper's Mansfield Park. Its a hundred times better.