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IIRC there was a joke about orgasms in one of the very early series.

Good post. I see the characters as comic archetypes, and know that Roy Clarke was influenced by the tough women of his youth who had to keep husband's in check from going to the pub too much etc. If you dig too far into the characters the point is missed that they`re there for humour despite...

I think she lives with her mum, so perhaps that`s why Howard couldn`t go there.

If you were to look at it seriously then Howard is obviously a scheming git, but the situation with him and Pearl isn`t meant to be taken seriously. If you look beyond the humour then other funny sitcom characters aren`t nice in some ways. Del in Only Fools and Horses can be selfish, Hyacinth in...

I suspect the rejection from EastEnders was a polite cover for the real reason because they`ve used other famous people before like Barbara Windsor, Mike Reid and Wendy Richard. Anyway, I thought the Mrs Avery character was ill-judged and was certainly glad to see her written out, though a...

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Howard had contracted foot in mouth disease.

Even though we live in one of the driest parts of the country it`s been chucking down here all day.

Gormless and dull.

I live a few minutes drive from a seaside town but haven`t been to many others recently. Some of the coastal towns on Anglesey and North Wales are nice.

Clegg would run a mile, although in one episode he did get effectively kidnapped by a woman so maybe he`d just not be able to escape Nora, and he wouldn`t have any pigeons for solace!

For someone who is not an aficionado you know more about the series than most of us!

Oh Vienna...

Yes, but it was only a bog standard film

Where exactly are these fabled Yorkshire tea plantations?!

And it`s certainly not true in Wiltshire where the local brew called Arkells is terrible, or was last time I had it a LONG time ago.

I think they use either tea or apple juice for prop drinks like whisky.

That line about paradise is brilliant. Kudos to Roy Clarke with that episode.

And for anyone not in the UK, sherbets = alcoholic drinks

Heartbeat was about 80 episodes more than SW, and after Mrs B watched the entire run on TV it certainly felt like it :-(