Updated: December 13, 2005 14:36   

(Continued.....Today - 20th July 1989)

How could I forget the man the programme is named after?

Detour
His job was to chase Candy and Mark in a helicopter aiming an infra-red zap at their back packs. One successful shot and the pack would lock.

Now of course, had I been him I would have zapped Candy and Mark in the first five minutes. And I would probably have made a special detour to zap Annabel.

But the game is rigged so that the Interceptor only gets close to contestants as things near a climax - which they do with much sweating, panting and screeching.

Disgusting really. And exactly the kind of thing my own zap normally protects me against.

"What zap?" you ask. The one for changing channels, of course. Which is exactly what I'll be doing next Wednesday.

Article credited to Daphne Lockyer. Published in the Today paper on 20th July 1989.

Kindly sourced from the BFI by Gareth Lankshear.

Interceptors-lair: This article is published to balance the more positive reviews! For every article that praised Interceptor, there was another to criticise it. I find this particular review harsh and somewhat insulting especially as this TV critic formed her opinion having watched only one episode of a series, but I suppose that is newspapers for you. Ah well...it just shows, some people just didn't "get" Interceptor.
 

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