Your mum reads stars, you read minds, and together you solve crimes? Peak '90s BBC chaos.
Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestA series of bizarre and ominous occurrences befall the Townsends, an English family living in an old French farmhouse, and seem to be connected to sinister events which took place during the War.
Astrologer Gladys Moon and her psychic son, Trevor, travel between Folkestone and Calais, conducting readings, selling occult wares and getting involved in various crimes and mysteries. Despite reports that the BBC had already commissioned a second series prior to the first series' broadcast, only thirteen episodes were produced and it was swiftly axed due to poor ratings, despite a primetime Saturday evening timeslot.
Acting
Millicent Martin commits to astrology gibberish with theatrical gusto
Production
Folkestone-Calais ferry setting adds accidental Brexit prophecy
Creator
Robert Banks Stewart
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Banks Stewart created Bergerac and Shoestring—this was his baffling attempt to bottle that lightning with astrology.
The 1992 Saturday primetime slot suggests the BBC thought they'd found the next 'Miss Marple with crystals'—they had not.
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