When Abnormal Is the Norm the Shocks Just Dont Shock ; Tv Watch

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Cape Wrath C4 James May's 20th. Century BBC2 MOST television programmes are cosily predictable, allowing the viewer plenty of time to work out what is going on. Cape Wrath (C4) represents a concerted attempt to discombobulate the senses. Last nights opening episode began with a family arriving at was presumably their new home. There would have been nothing strange in that, were it not for the fact that they were wearing blindfolds.

Even in the current climate when speculation is rife, it is still unusual to take possession of a new property without knowing what it looks like or, indeed, which part of the country it is located in.

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When Abnormal Is the Norm the Shocks Just Dont Shock ; Tv Watch

Matters did not improve when the new neighbours started dropping round. One was a comfortably proportioned lady with far too much information at her fingertips. Another was a sinister looking man holding a bloody molar in the grip of a pair of pliers. Paterf...

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