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I realise this has been quoted before perhaps from "Getting Sam Home"? Then all those brightly plumed kids who left school, flying cheerfully and didn't get far. Ran smack into World War II........... Little Tommy Naylor, lying in Africa somewhere. Blood on his beak. I felt this was such a...

May I concur with Amos, that was excellent writing, and the acting was stellar. It's not often I get wrapped up in the moment, but that was touching.

Not strictly a mistake, but, in a recent screening of "Wheelies" , Bill Owen is being towed for the first time on the giant wheel, he sees the ladies of the village, he raises his hand to lift his woolly hat, then suddenly drops his hand as the wheel starts to divert, then as it steadies, he...

If I may add to this thread at a late stage, A rarely screened gem turned up in the UK recently screened on The Talking Pictures Channel. A thriller called "The Capone Investment" It had as a main star Peter Sallis, amongst John Thaw, and Glyn Owen. The premise was it transpires that some of Al...

I have just watched "That Certain Smile" and when the trio visit smiler he speaks very gently, but later on when he becomes a regular character, he speaks more like Blakey from On The Buses, It seems as if it is a set speech pattern Stephen Lewis uses for his characters.

I am sure this has been mentioned before, a comedy written by John Sullivan (of only fools and horses fame) called Just Good Friends, it was a strange premise - a woman jilted on her wedding day meets up with the chap who jilted her years later. It should have been an uncomfortable topic, yet ...

I know it was mentioned earlier in this thread, Terry and June is being screened in the UK on Drama channel, it is quite gentle and reflects the time it was made. I noticed as the series went on Terry Scott fluffs a lot of his lines, I thought this was perhaps for comic effect, sadly upon...

I know this has been addressed on another thread, but recently Crusher escorts the team out of the cafe as it is full, two episodes later he appears from behind the counter and the team do not know him!, plus the cafe which was freshly renovated in white paint is now back to a grey finish when...

I recall a documentary about tobacco use some years ago, the interviewer approached a gentleman who by trade was an embalmer in the funeral services, the presenter showed the embalmer a list of chemicals, the embalmer replied I would need full PPE and respirator to handle these chemicals, at...

In response to Seymour's question, since as late as the 80's smoking was almost a social thing, very many of the Summer wine cast were smokers. Sadly the extent of the damage smoking can do was either not entirely understood, or, more likely suppressed by the tobacco industry. Bill Owen, and...

Thank you for your reply Roger, this is all new to me, and adds more to the ongoing storyline

I am probably repeating a previous thread, but, Compo reveals his fathers surname was Withenshaw, yet he presumably uses his mothers maiden name Simmonite, as I missed very early episodes this was new to me I have just watched " Here we go into the wild blue yonder"

Not strictly continuity error, but in Sid's Cafe the machines on the wall near the counter change function, in one episode it is a chewing gum dispenser, by the next episode it has gone to be replaced with something else, then 3 episodes in it is replaced by a blue dispensing machine I realise...

As the early episodes are being screened currently in UK I am catching up on missed episodes. In "Jubilee" the trio are at vicars house and Clegg comes in and slams the door, pulling the door knob off, and at the same time the wall to his left shakes, and the mirror on the wall wobbles!, plus...

I noticed it was a lot more prevalent in early episodes for characters to smoke, and seemed to be phased out, I saw Brian Wide as a guest actor in another tv series, possibly the Avengers smoking, but, it seemed rare to see him doing so in any other programme. Sadly I read certain actors, John...