Game Of Thrones Houses: OIL SLICKERS! THE RETURN OF 'DALLAS'

Oil's the game, and J.R. is his name. The inimitable Larry Hagman dons the hat and wears his evil persona once more for the new incarnation of DALLAS. Images: CHANNEL FIVE/TNT.

TV's greatest soap opera/drama icons from Texas-devilishly machivialian grinning Chesire Cat-like J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman), his misty eyed but resilient ex-wife Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) and luckless but noble brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy), all return older but certainly not wiser, clashing heads, fists and slaps for an all new round of oil soaked conflict in the much welcome return of Leonard Katzman's DALLAS to the UK's FIVE channel from Wednesday- a big success this year on the prior US TNT channel, and likely to be just as popular all over again in Blighty. But what happened to Charlene Tilton, the lovable Poison Dwarf?

DALLAS: The Next Generation!

Brothers in arms: Patrick Duffy as Bobby and Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing

This time around, it's not just the old patriarchs butting horns and stetsons, their wannabe power broking sons just can't help it either, in verbal and physical battle over all the same kinds of position, money and women that all spoilt rich kids have when good fortune just happens to fall into their laps! Together with the ma's and pa's they're all dynamite, truly putting the fork back into Southfork!

Texan icon J.R. Ewing holds firm!

Check out our previous articles on the show's return here: OIL WARS! THE RETURN OF "DALLAS" and LATHER UP WITH THE ALL-NEW 'DALLAS'!, plus a few new photos to whet the viewing appetites...