Pulp fiction provides the perfect bedtime reading for a classic fan

Clear The Fast Lane would probably make a good film or maybe just an episode of The Adventurer, although Gene Bradley in his loud trousers would not make a convincing high-speed motorist; he’s so old he’d have to stop every 30 minutes for a cuppa and to stretch his legs.

I’m ploughing through this ITC masterpiece at the moment. I bought the series from HMV on Oxford Street the other week, along with Accident (Dirk Bogarde and Stanley Baker), Arabesque (terrible, but I’d forgotten just how bad, and it does at least have a 250SL in it) and Abigail’s Party, we were actually in London to see the play in the West End.