{"id":18073,"date":"2014-07-10T06:49:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T11:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=18073"},"modified":"2023-11-14T22:51:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T04:51:12","slug":"rough-diamond-usa-diamond-geezer-uk-television-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/rough-diamond-usa-diamond-geezer-uk-television-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Rough Diamond (USA) Diamond Geezer (UK) Television Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a few years since I watched this British television series, however I remember it as a fun show to watch. I had seen every one of the A Touch of Frost<\/em><\/a> episodes, and at the time, I was searching to see if David Jason (Jack Frost) had any other mystery shows I could watch. I was delighted to find Rough Diamond<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(2008) but wasn’t very happy to see that it only aired one year. (This is not a mystery show. It is more like Mission Impossible<\/em>, only with thieves.)<\/p>\n

The premise of Rough Diamond<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is this: Des (David Jason) is an “older” (thus the UK’s title Diamond Geezer<\/strong><\/em>) Mastermind thief who we first encounter in prison. He seems to have worked his way up the prison’s hierarchical ladder, as he is now in charge of taking around the tea cart. Of course, we hope that his prison time has rehabilitated him!<\/p>\n

Upon his “release”, however, Des isn’t content with serving tea. He decides to go back to his old ways >>> since he truly never left them.<\/p>\n

The production crew of Rough Diamond<\/strong><\/a><\/em> must have had great fun coming up with the different disguises Jason donned. David Jason is able to pull off all of the disguises with boyish glee.<\/p>\n

I have to admit that this series is pretty zany. I mean, how realistic is it that a\u00a060+\u00a0year old man would be able to lead his cohorts on the criminal escapades they go on? It is still a delightful show to\u00a0me. Even if I had trouble buying that these older men were zipping around, pulling off dangerous capers with the precise punctuality they required, I had a good time watching them. (If television viewers can buy CSI’s and Law & Order’s 60 second\u00a0DNA test results, then why can’t television viewers equally buy a sixty plus year old cat burglar?!?)<\/p>\n

If you decide to watch this British import, suspend your belief, get comfortable, kick your shoes off, and enjoy David Jason >>> again!<\/p>\n

P.S. It is available on Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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