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Episode one (19 February 1985)

It’s middle-aged couple Den and Angie Watts’ 17th wedding anniversary. Neither looks overjoyed as they get the Queen Vic ready for opening time on a chilly East End morning.

Frustrated Angie undermines her husband’s masculinity with jokes with a sting in their tail.

The Vic is surprisingly popular for a dingy pub, suggesting that Den and Angie do a good job of running it together. They certainly spruce themselves up for the punters.

However, landlord and landlady are too busy behind the bar to give teenage daughter Sharon as much attention as they’d like.

Den and Angie have just about earned the approval of two of the Vic’s regulars, forceful Lou Beale and quirky Ethel Skinner.

Ethel cleans the pub, so she gets to see behind the scenes. She’s well aware that her employers manage their business affairs rather better than their personal ones.

“You, my dear, cannot possibly exist...”

Chapters: 26/26 Fandom: TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Manwë, Varda, Nienna, Melkor, Yavanna, Nessa, Vána, Vairë, Estë, Námo, Ungoliant, Finwë, Findis, Fëanor, Nerdanel, OCs, Indis (Tolkien), Salgant (Tolkien), Oromë, Irmo, Tulkas Additional Tags: AU Summary:

In which the Valar make a decision about the conditions of Melkor's release from Mandos which is in my view rather better than the one that They actually made.

Horror on the Lens: Full Circle (dir by Richard Loncraine)

For today’s horror on the lens,we have a film from 1977.  I recently watched this film very late at night and — OH MY GOD!  Seriously, I had nightmares for two nights straight!

Full Circleopens with the horrifying death of Kate (Sophie Ward), the daughter of Julia (Mia Farrow) and Magnus (Keir Dullea).  After Kate’s death, Julia and Magnus divorce and Julia moves into a new house.  However, she…