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"How Not to Cry" is a solid conclusion to the series and what Roy Clarke decided to do. So I'm ok with it. I do find myself thinking about how they filmed it a lot, though. Remember, Peter and Frank were studio only by then so scenes like when they are in the bus are interesting. In fact...

The other option is that we are to infer that there was more to the conversation that we weren't shown. We didn't need to because its explained in the next scene. Whether a fuller conversation was filmed or not, they may have simply decided it wasn't necessary during the editing process. If...

As far as regulars go, I'm with the Toby/Captain crowd. I liked Trevor in other stuff, but as the Captain he was meant to be unlikable which made transitioning him to a regular very difficult for me to appreciate. There were a few scenes in the last series where it felt like he was being...

While that is usually true, there are some successes. "All in the Family" was at least inspired by "Til Death Do US Part." A far better example in many respects was "Three's Company," which is basically the US version of "Man About the House." That copied the UK series to the point of having...

My understanding is that a lot of these shows are not sold as complete in the US market. They break them up and the buying channel sometimes only buys parts of the offering. US PBS stations are also going to look at who is in the show to see if its someone US viewers might already be familiar...

Early Clegg wasn't terrified of women but its implied that Marina is part of the reason he became adverse to them altogether. Howard, Pearl, and Marina originated from a Roy Clarke Summerwine play and thats where the actors came from when they were introduced in Series 8. The events of the...

I don't remember the episode, but there is one that ends with the trio walking off into the distance down a road and you can see someone walking the other way toward and then past them. I doubt it was somebody from the production and have always figured it was just a random person taking a walk...

In the last Bobby Ball appearance, he's now Lenny's cousin.

I could be wrong but didn't the painter (Derek Ware) that appeared in a couple of episodes flash a V sign? I'm thinking of the guy that was on the bike in "Keeping Britain Tidy" and then Seymour also messed with in "Uncle of the Bride." (As an aside, Ware was an actor and stuntman with plenty...

There is at least one reference that suggests Sid did serve in the war but at least based on FOTSW, he didn't grow up with the trio. I do agree with Peripheral that Sid was certainly at times restraining himself from getting involved because of Ivy. Of course, a lot of this is really just how...

No, that Annie was played by Marjorie Sudell. "Flower Power Cut" has the trio going to the funeral of a friend. While viewing his body at the house, his wife Annie comes in and while smoking a cigarette talks to them about how she had told her husband he was dying because she'd seen it all...

Good catch on Leeze, I didn't even notice it was the same actor. The one I've noted before is Frances Cox. She was the widow Annie in "Flower Power Cut," Jessie in "Happy Anniversary Gough and Jessie," and finally appeared as one of the church outing ladies interested in Clegg in "The Suit...

Absolutely. However, as he was never referenced in LOTSW it tends to support the speculation. Of course, the same is true of several of the girls on the show so who knows. The actress who played Anita thought she was going to end up marrying Clegg, which would have been another consistency...

Wesley was referenced as having grown up with them in later seasons so his absence in FOTSW is another continuity issue. From what I've read, most people think Sherbet (or was it Sherbert? Wikipedia says it was) was destined to be a war casualty. However, there are some interesting interviews...

Yeah, it's one of the shows inconsistencies. Not only did he say he went to grammar school with them later, its implied that that was the last time he knew them. But a few years later in "First of the Summer Wine" he's seeing them all the time as a young adult. My guess? Roy Clarke...

I'm a bit confused as to what you are trying to do that makes you want wi-fi on your camera, which from what I can see is a webcam. Usually the whole idea of those is that you attach them to your computer or otherwise use them very near, so having them be wired shouldn't be that big of deal...

In "Small Tune . . ." it seems that Sid and Ivy don't live above the cafe but in "Getting Sam Home" they clearly do. Beyond that I don't think it was ever really made clear. Certainly none of the Crusher episodes mentioned where he was living but with Ivy wherever she was is probably a good...

Alan Bell makes it clear in his book that Nelly is a different character. I find it amusing because he makes a big deal about how he broke his "rule" to not bring actors back as different characters at his wife's suggestion by bringing her back that way. He ignores all the other examples of...

That is true, of course, but some of these continuity errors happened within a few years, or sometimes within the same series! A good example is when Foggy makes his first appearance. In the first episode we are told he is returning to an empty house with no relatives in the area anymore and...

While that is true, later episodes seem to contradict the idea. It's not a big town, and Auntie is supposed to have been there her entire life so the idea that they would not have known her is highly unlikely. However, its similar to what happened with Seymour - in "Uncle of the Bride" it...