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King's Lynn News' columnist Jenny Beake writes in this week's Beake Speaks




I am really into the series Endeavour at the moment.

There are nine series to get through before we catch up with the final one that is currently being shown.

I always enjoyed Morse, with the late John Thaw and his sidekick Lewis, so it is really interesting to see the character as a younger man, portrayed by Shaun Evans who is brilliant in the role.

Jenny Beake writes for Lynn News
Jenny Beake writes for Lynn News

Abigail Thaw, daughter of John, plays the role of a journalist and each series has been brilliant to binge watch.

The theme tune is great too although quite hard to sing and get the hang of.

Written by Barrington Pheloung, the tune has a Morse code motif spelling out the character’s name. Clever stuff.

There is another line relating to Morse code in a different song that says: “A dash a dot two short two long, I’d rather hoped he’d got it wrong, it reads ‘can clearly see the road’, Hissing Sid has captured Toad.”

This is from the classic tale of Captain Beaky and his band, a song I would listen to on vinyl on my record player when I was young.

And one which I have often performed on stage as a ‘turn’.

No requests please.

Whenever I think of the Morse tune I start singing the theme to Casualty. Likewise when trying to think of the tune to Blue Peter I end up singing Popeye.

Anyway enough of the casual 70s references, I am showing my age.

It was lovely to go along to Private Lives at Westacre Theatre, as mentioned in today’s What’s On, and my full review can be read online.

Interestingly the play is

being performed at the Donmar Warehouse in London with an all-star cast including Rachael Stirling who is married to Guy Garvey from the band Elbow.

Small world eh?

Back to Endeavour again, it is a clever series set in

Oxford and we have learnt quite a lot from it.

My ever so patient partner has looked up words, usually with a musical meaning, while we are watching an

episode, as the series often covers people who are classicists and really academic. I have never been to

Oxford as far as I can remember. Another thing I have learnt from watching it is the Morse SOS code.

Three short taps, followed by three long then three short.

If you ever find yourself in a hostage situation, which I never do but, hey, you never know when you might, you can blink the SOS message.

Useful stuff.

We rely so much on mobile phones that it may be important to know what to do if you ever find yourself without your device.

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