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

Pate and Chips. What was the other one?

James Bolam played Andy Capp in the tv series - Bolam had worked with Bill Owen a number of times.

I think Wally Batty had a lot in common with Andy Capp. I also think the John Smith's adverts had something in common with Andy Capp, Last of the Summer Wine, and anything made in the 70s with drunken old men.

Angela Lansbury could have played ANY female part in US LOTSW.

Judd Hirsch as Clegg. John Mahoney as Compo. Christopher Lloyd as Seymour. John Candy as Sid.

While we're talking about it, George Chakiris was mentioned earlier. Anyone notice how young he looked for his age back then in 1996? He's now 92. And, although he does look older than he did, he still looks a lot younger than 92.

I'm sorry (BUT SINCE YOU ASKED) I thought they were excellent in Welcome to Earth. The pub scene was brilliant, where everyone is taking the michael out of Paul Bown, and Casey and Woods perfected the 'always-in-the-pub' duo.

Geyser, I think they call them.

Norman Wisdom. No disrespect meant to Norman, but he was too famous and behaved too much like Norman Wisdom, and took over. Which was a shame, because Norman could actually do a bit of a straight acting.

Hang on. This is the pilot episode, isn't it? If so, the location filming would have been done first, and the interior studio scenes done later. So, I think either 1) The casting of Mrs Partridge hadn't fully been decided yet for speaking, interior scenes or 2) There was a change in actresses...

I have John Cleese's (Welcome to Earth) autobiography, So Anyway, expecting it to be littered with bits about Fawlty Towers. There was nothing about the show.

Mrs Avery

I don't know how That's Your Funeral spawned a feature film after only seven episodes. Check out the opening titles of the film of That's Your Funeral. The 'mourners' we see are actually the production team - so you see their face as their name appears.

Did Sybil knit?