You see images from my town and all the the memories come back. So mindhorn is a 1980s tv detective but is more like Alan Partridge or garth marenghi. He played mindhorn with a bionic eye to see the truth. Julian barratt plays the actor who plays him. Hes now washed up, balding, doing adverts for orthopaedic socks. Hes desperate for a job. The isle of man police get in touch and say, we have a suspected Serial Killer who will only speak to mindhorn, the fictional character who he believes is real. So the police say will you please come and play mindhorn for us to help us catch him. Immediately, thorncroft he thinks this is a career reviving opportunity of which he is going to make the most. Heres a clip. 0k, heres a list of prompts, so stick to script. And avoid any of these trigger words. Insane, nutjob, mental. Blah, blah, blah, the usual stuff. Is this the phone . That is the phone. Great. Thats going to be ok. Actually, if you could keep it in its cradle until. Just connecting with