“You can’t beat a good map”

On BBC1’s New Tricks drama the other day, there is a scene where the main characters are trying to find a remote house in Kent. While driving along the dual carriageway the Sat Nav goes mad telling them to ‘turn right’, off the main road, but Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong) in the backseat is reading a map and shouting ‘left’. He gets them to the right location. Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman) completes the scene by saying "You can’t beat a good map".

And the map? A Collins Road Atlas of Britain of course.

To watch for yourself using the BBC iPlayer click on the link below:New Tricks ‘Blood Is Thicker Than Water’ Thu 27 Aug 09 (fast forward to 52.30 minutes).