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Never a major star, but made loads of films and a few TV shows. Also tried his hand at directing, SIMON AND SIMON and MAGNIFICENT 7 DEADLY SINS.

Despite the accent, he was good fun in THE GIRL FROM UNCLE, even appearing with David McCallum in a cross over MAN episode (with Joan Collins)

Maybe DJ is trying to get back into public favour after the horrendous Royal Bodyguard. Will he dye whatever hair he has black to look younger ?

I thought this was the 50s TV pop show, only just noticed it's a film

Alf' Garnett's grandson, "little Michael" was born in the 1972 series, yet in 1980's TILL DEATH (ATV) he was a punk teenager several years older than his should-have-been 8yrs old. That rattled me. Also, that 1980 series was then completely ignored by Speight when IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH appeared ...

And the feuding Hollywood sisters......

Joan Fontaine.......95
vs
Olivia de Havilland..........97

Bet which ever one goes first, the other won't be at the funeral.

Yes, Navy Lark only carried Loveable Leslie, seems the producer Herbert Wilcox was not regarded as a nice person - he didn't want a gay actor as the lead (Dennis Price, who was still free before going to America to embark on a failed Broadway job), and didn't want Jon P as he wasn't that well known ...

From what I recall from a VHS release many moons ago, an enjoyable service comedy with an exceptional cast. This bodes well for titles like THE NAVY LARK, SPY WITH A COLD NOSE, ONE WAY PENDULUM, RUNAWAY BUS (complete version), CROOKS ANONYMOUS, LEFT RIGHT AND CENTRE, GOOSE STEPS OUT (complete versio...

I think DANDY DICK got a C4 showing in the 80s. One that has never seen any home video release, or TV screening is THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Off topic, I wonder if Network could get the "lost" Norman Wisdom film THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN (very mouch doubt it).

I went to my local library a few months ago to view online newspaper archives - couldn't find TV listings anywhere. In fact papers weren't viewable as a day-to-day editions, just searchable by article title.

A good comedy, Avengers fan will like one sequence where Ronnie Corbett fantasises himself as Steed (mentioning the more recent Tara rather than Mrs Peel)

With their excellent comedy film additions coming out, let's hope CROOKS AND CORONETS (aka SOPHIE'S PLACE) is also on the cards from Network.

I vividly remember the last film ITV showed in the 1970s - it was New Years Eve 1979 and they screened the TV premiere of CARRY ON DICK, a very muddy print, but what I didn't know at the time was it was cut several minutes - only knew when I finally got it on VHS a few years later. Probably cut jus...

I vividly remember the last film ITV showed in the 1970s - it was New Years Eve 1979 and they screened the TV premiere of CARRY ON DICK, a very muddy print, but what I didn't know at the time was it was cut several minutes - only knew when I finally got it on VHS a few years later. Probably cut just...

Are these old adverts where the company is called NESSSSTLES (rhymes with Nettles) and not the fake/posth NESS LAYS which they insist on nowadays.

My gripe is more that it's running sit-coms like Birds of a Feather (which I've never liked) on a channel supposedly dedicated to drama. Who was it who claimed that he was asked at interview what he would do with a comedy that wasn't funny and answered that he would give it to the Drama Department?...

Rumpole is perhaps the best thing on the channel, and its not from the BBC !!!! Pity there doesn't seem to be any plans for rare 70s stuff from both terrestrial rivals.

Saw the funny WILT a few months ago, which was still good fun, though not as good as the novel. I must check out MORONS FROM OUTER SPACE again as I haven't seen this for many years. I think it is out on DVD, so will have to try and get this.

Awful news. I also liked him in the movie WILT (wish the other Wilt novels had been filmed with Smith and Jones).

Sounds like it was better than the older ITV screenings. Possibly we didn't get the film on S4C (like many of the classic movies and some TV shows on the old C4)

DavidAbsalom wrote:I recall a broadcast where they kept the wide-screen format, and the print was so stunning I can still recall it. So I have high hopes for this release. Network are playing a blinder at the moment.

Not the 80s HTV broadcasts (and I assume the other ITV regions). Did C4 screen it?

I hope a proper widescreen image, rather than the early 80s ITV broadcast which presented proper AR credits, then did awful zoom in pan and scan. But a funny film none the less.

In those days a movie had to be 5 years old before it could be shown on TV...i think? Not always the case in those days. I vividly recall seeing the film GEORGE AND MILDRED on ITV on Christmas Day 1980 - just a few months after Yootha Joyce's death. That was an ITC film, so maybe Raise the Titanic ...

Ah pity.

No Kindle release I suppose.

Yes Rob, the other story revealed about poor Dora was that she was trying to use a TV remote control as a mobile phone. Very sad, though no news about her in the last few years though.

Very good. havent seen this film for decades. Will be getting this.

With TWO OF A KIND on hiatus at present, this release could mean further regular (non christmas) Thames shows. How many Christmas specials did they do at Thames - 3 are included here.

Are there many who will go for another release of 1925s PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. I bought the blu ray recently in a HMV Sale - hardly outstanding quality - certainly acceptable. Can't really see how much improved another release will be.

A great shame, loved her in THE BENNY HILL SHOWs. Shame she faded from television.

Mickey wrote:Strange that it should upset him so. I thought everybody liked Sid James? Surely his ghost would be perfectly friendly.

_{Especially to Barbara Windsor. ;)}

Do we know when Les did play there? How long after Sid's death? They did work together (and enjoyed it) on Jokers Wild.