This flood is discussed in some of the Summer Wine books (which is how I learned of it). Thought this was interesting.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-69053909
Happened the same time WWI was underway including D-Day. Yikes!
Too much "just like his father" lines from Nora Batty and other tie-ins set him up too much and inhibited individual character growth. I'm sure there was pressure to "fill the void" but in hindsight they probably should have just identified him as Compo's son and after that let Tom be Tom.
The first time I ever heard of Elvis Costello was watching this "false start" performance on Saturday Night Live as a kid. Not sure why it's at an angle but it's the only one I could find.
As one commenter said, Don Pardo intro, false start, and scorching Radio Radio. Then they walk off the...
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