Unusual detective duo

Press, 1 December 1987, Page 21

Unusual detective duo

An English teacher and a woodwork master join forces in an amateur detective duo — but cannot stand the sight of each other. Their sentiments are echoed in the title of this afternoon’s tongue-in-cheek “whodunnit” — “Get Lost,” beginning its four-part repeat screening at 2.40 on One. The series continues at the same time tomorrow, with instalments three and four playing on Tuesday and Wednesday

of next week. The starring couple have nothing in common except for the fact that they both teach at the same school and travel the same route to work. Judy thinks Neville is a bore; Neville believes Judy to be a 24-carat crank. To their common surprise, it is to Neville that Judy turns when she discovers her husband, Jim, has vanished. Jim. a salesman for a

small firm of building suppliers, did not arrive home last night, explains Judy; and he has missed a business appointment too. Highlights in Neville’s life are few and far between, so after the initial surprise at Judy’s unexpected appearance, he rapidly paints a mental picture of himself as Sherlock Holmes and jumps at the chance to crack the case of the missing husband.

The couple returns to Judy’s home and search for clues. They discover his razor is also missing — a sure sign that Jim intended to disappear. But why? Jim seems to have vanished into thin air. The intriguing questions now are how and why. And what part does the brightly decorated but sinister little yellow car, briefly spotted on a number of occasions, play in the ever-increasing mystery?