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    Changed e-mail address and forgotten password

    Hi, can anyone help? I wish to update the e-mail address on my account, but can't remember my password. Old e-mail address is defunct. Any ideas? Thanks.
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    Stanley Baxter

    Stanley Baxter died at the age of 99. Best known for The Big Stanley Picture Show, Mr Majeika, The Fast Lady, Father Came Too, Very Important Person, Crooks Anonymous. One of the greats from the golden age.
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    The actors addicted to Summer Wine

    There was something that some of the Last of the Summer Wine actors found addictive about working on the show. We've recently discussed how Michael Aldridge loved the show, and really didn't want to leave. Bill Owen is the most obvious example, he wanted to carry on forever. Peter Sallis only...
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    Arnpepper fans

    John Landty (sometimes John F Landry) can be seen in episodes of Turtle's Progress, on Youube, in which he had the lead role.
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    Live Aid at 40

    It's been the discussion on the radio for the last month or more, some stations have re-broadcast the event. Yet not one mention of the causes or charities that it was supposed to help.
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    Wyatt's Watchdogs Again.

    For the first time ever, all 6 complete episodes of WW are now available to watch on YouTube. Not a bad series this - the links with LOTSW are very obvious, and, although not written by Roy Clarke, it's similar to his style.
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    Gene Hackman

    Gene Hackman, wife and dog found dead at home. Not believed to be foul play. Great in The Poseidon Adventure, The French Connection, and Superman. 95 years young.
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    The possibility of a new episode

    Looking at all the improvements in technology, could a final episode, written by Roy Clarke, be made? Though I'm not a fan of Artificial Intelligence, I can help noticing how someone else's face can be added to someone's else's body in videos and the like. On YouTube, there is a trend to stick...
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    Pete Postlethwaite

    Following a recent topic on who plays who, I thought it might be a good idea to re-investigate the business of Pete Postlethwaite appearing in A Merry Heatwave. He's not in it.
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    At Last!

    Finally, there is a whole episode of the ultra-rare sitcom Coppers End, 1971, starring Bill Owen, Josephine Tewson and Richard Wattis on YouTube. Recorded about a year before Bill Owen went on to LOTSW.
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    David Jason and the stutter

    In the SOAH pilot, and the first few series, David Jason used a very mild stutter as Granville, which I think was to signify the way he was becoming like Arkwright. But in later series, I felt the stutter was not used. Does anyone else think this?
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    Clegg and Two Third Men

    When Bill Owen died mid-way through a series, and the news that the show would continue, I could only see one way the show could continue successfully. To me, it would have been a perfect time to bring Brian Wilde back permanently. You were never going to get someone to completely replace...
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    Editing posts

    I've done my usual trick of sending out a post with a typo or three, and left it too late to edit it. Certainly not going to worry about it, it can stay like that. But would it be an easy task to extend the time available to alter posts, so they don't have to stay incorrect until the forum...
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    Mike Yarwood

    Slightly belated, but a fine impressionist - probably the king of them all. I think he set the trend that others followed. His work dried up in the late 1980s. However, looking back on his work, he was the greatest.
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    Dog ends

    Dog ends. Like what Compo would retrieve in the early series of LOTSW. Constantly, I am seeing them thrown out of car windows. Surely. Surely, this is LITTER? I just cannot understand why people have to throw them to the ground outside. Or, am I wrong, and over-reacting?
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    Michael Stainton (according to imdb at least) 1935-2022

    Following a recent thread on surviving LOTSW stars, it would appear Michael Stainton died this year (according to imdb at least). Michael played the vicar in the very first episode of LOTSW, Of Funerals and Fish. Oddly, he never re-appeared in the show, despite a long career appearing in many...
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    Bill Treacher

    Common knowledge by now that Bill Treacher, alias Arthur Fowler, has died. He will be forever remembered for his EastEnders work, but also had a long list of other credits in many other shows. Some interesting ones include Sykes, Bless This House, and Dad's Army.
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    Leslie Phillips

    Leslie Phillips has dies at the grand old age of 98. He was a major part of Classic British comedy on television, radio, and most importantly, films.
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    Wrapping paper in Small Tune on a Penny Wassail

    Small technical detail in Small Tune on a Penny Wassail. When Compo gets the presents, and gives them to Compo and Foggy, saying something like 'These are from you, and these are from you', a very illogical choice of wrapping paper was used. There were two designs of wrapping paper - one red...
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    Angela Crow

    Inspired by a current thread, I was intrigued to look at the brilliant episode Who's That Dancing With Nora Batty? A belated tribute, but Angela Crow who played Gloria died this year on 3rd March 2022, aged 86. RIP Angela.
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