"Oscar Charlie" (2001) TV series

Creator:

Paul Smith

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Drama | Family

Plot:

Young Charlie Spinner discovers that his boring old grandfather, Oscar, is in fact a senior secret agent working for British Intelligence...

Cast

David Swift	...	Oscar Spinner (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Eddie Cooper	...	Charlie Spinner (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Danielle Calvert	...	Deborah Spinner (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Dido Miles	...	Carol Spinner (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Owen Brenman	...	Alan Spinner (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Wahlid Choglay	...	V J (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Robert Timmins	...	Willoughby (12 episodes, 2001-2002)
Wanda Ventham	...	Beryl (12 episodes, 2001-2002)
Kumall Grewal	...	Ranjit (10 episodes, 2001-2002)
Louis Mahoney	...	George (10 episodes, 2001-2002)
Choy-Ling Man	...	Rikako (9 episodes, 2001-2002)
Andrew Burt	...	Medvedev (7 episodes, 2001)
Michael Fenton Stevens	...	Palmer (7 episodes, 2001)
Tim Griggs	...	Haakon (6 episodes, 2001)
Eric Jorrin	...	Jan Erling (6 episodes, 2002)
David Yip	...	Dr Pang (6 episodes, 2002)

Language:

English

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

What do you expect from a CBBC low-budget spy drama?

A fairly unconvincing cooker explosion? Check.

A powerful supercomputer that seems to be able to make domestic computers catch fire? Check.

Decent adult actors and annoying child ones? Check.

David Spinner and Wanda Ventham are engaging to watch, but Eddie Cooper just seems to overdo every single word he says i.e. It just seeeems sooooo unfaaaaair. (Don't quote that as a quote).

Not that I'm saying I could do any better myself.

Still, this was the first CBBC program to truly entertain me for a while, and I aimed to not miss episodes, which I have not done in a series at all for a long long time. When its recapitulated in a couple of months, take a look.