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Nothing against her but I didn't think that storyline was in keeping with the ethos of the show. That said Roy Clarke was under massive pressure and other than Reggie the rest of the episodes dealing with Compos death were supremely...

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After the excitement and chaos* of the last few days, more-or-less back to normal here! Sunday 6 April 2025, 7:00pm (UK / BST) on my YouTube channel A Tribute to Victoria Wood *Chaos included spending and hour-and-a-half setting up...

I watch it because I know I am in good company with people I know so well.

For me there are a lot of reasons: Firstly, it has had over the years an absolute cavalcade of comedy stars from so many different shows. Whether a cameo or guest star they all brought something to the table and as someone that acts...

What an excellent question Mikey ! I'm going to repeat @MoodyBlue amazing phrase about the series which totally sums it up for me - it's visual Prozac. I feel the pressures of life subside when I watch the beauty of the locations, the...

The infamous "memo". Those are copies of real BBC documents underneath it ...

For the record: Terry contacted me about two weeks ago with a suggestion for a Summer Wine April Fool's video. The script was written by Google's Gemini AI (Aime Ginni). I only made minor changes to it. I added the BBC creative...

Well I am shocked, this was all an April Fools Joke, I had a quick email back from Larry Trembet who stated I could have the part of the chief idiot, I sent the boys round to pay Leigh a visit, but it appears he is in his bunker deep in...

Thank you... it does help that there are some tv nerds that have managed to preserve some of these 'lost' shows in their blogs, even if the shows are long since gone. According to Frankie's personal archive, curated and kept by...

Once I find out who the producer is going to be I will be writing to them, telling them I have previous experience

Interesting, I have seen Meet the wife with Thora in it, good clean comedy

Sunday 30 March 2025, 7:00pm (UK) on my YouTube channel The UK’s Forgotten Sitcoms (1950s and 1960s) This is a bit of a "bumper issue" with 12 'forgotten' sitcoms, and references to about 12 other sitcoms! ... and there is a "bonus"...

The long running newspaper cartoon series Andy Capp may of given Roy Clarke a few idea's for the Compo character, Andy was bone idle, work shy, chased women and loved a drink, along with betting on horses. For those overseas who do not...

We need you in charge of terrestrial TV but suspect you'd be cutting more than keeping and your appointment would see the revival of the test card and given some of the programmes we have on the schedule that wouldn't be a bad thing.