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in the summer of 1998 and proved to be a huge success with viewers, becoming one of the UK's most consistently successful dramas during its eight series run. Alone and with McManus
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someone older and sophisticated – and, crucially, before the club closed at 11pm. So I just stood in the middle of the dancefloor, oozing availability but rebuffing undesirables, until someone finally took the bait.
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