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Eli is heading for a fall!

Terry and I are not 'typical' folk in this respect as we both worked in telecoms, so we're more likely to have been exposed to the technology. I remember phonecards, but never need one as, being a BT engineer (1980s - 2000s) I could pop in any phone exchange or many other BT premises to phone...

... and into a skip

My suspicion would be that at some time Jason had told someone in conversation that he didn't want something repeated - whether for a cogent or random reason, if any - and that was fodder for some unscrupulous individual to spread as a "fact".

I'm not sure any performer really has the power to prevent repeats, unless they are a creator, author, producer, (etc.) of the work. Repeats might be withheld as a courtesy to a 'profitable' performer who makes a fuss. Repeats are a cheap way to fill a schedule! However, the real answer is...

addendum: "No other repeats appear to have been broadcast" according to two reliable archive sources.

There were four series - 22 episodes (including a pilot broadcast 28 July 1977) - broadcast on ITV, from 20 February 1978 to 15 February 1981. Season 3 in 1980 only had 3 episodes, they were repeated in August 1981. No other repeats appear to have been broadcast. (Series 3 was abandoned after...

Yes, there is a video today at 7pm ... I think you get the idea now, Sunday is new video day! :)

... better than being parrot-faced!

OK, who is going to be first to pile in and say, actually, they're not mushy peas? No me for sure.

.. like Wally!

Audrey Moakes had long hair, blue eyes and about eight stitches on her chin... My handwritten notes didn't survive the house move!

Roger?

you're thinking of S17, The Suit That Turned Left

Time for a change of mood after all the controversy, but will you be laughing? Sunday 18 May 2025 at 7:00pm (UK/BST) on my YouTube channel The UK’s Least Funny Sitcoms

BBC One - Christmas 1988 - Christmas Eve Promo BBC 1979 trailer Christmas family entertainment These cropped up in research for my Summer Wine Decanted Christmas Episodes video

Tramp in 'Big Day at Dream Acres'

Very retro!! ;)

I have the "Charley Says" PIF DVDs. I thought I'd have a look to see if it mentioned any of the voice artists. The wording on the back includes: "These mini-dramas - and comedies - feature an all-star cast, the like of which you won't find anywhere else. Imagine a movie that features Alvin...

I used to have a Luton bodied van - don't ask! - basically an oblong box with doors, stuck on a long wheel-base van chassis. There's a roundabout junction on the dual carriageway just off the M25 near Watford, I was coming down a moderately steep hill towards the busy roundabout, most traffic is...