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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 292041" data-attributes="member: 23">Midway through Series Four now, and the series feels as though it&#039;s continuing to get more confident and footsure.If I&#039;m counting, the musical interludes have been cut back, which helps. This year it&#039;s generally restricted to a fun little ditty from the Swingle Singers (or Swingle II as this particular lineup is known) and sometimes the big musical number at the end.Ronnie B. continues to impress. Hugely. This series was filmed right after the first Porridge series, so he&#039;d have been very much in demand at this point. Series Four of Ronnies has seen more of his peerless wordplay, from playing none other than Archibald Spooner to the news report where all the &quot;E&quot;s are replaced with &quot;O&quot;s:[MEDIA=youtube]twHczU64zy0[/MEDIA]
There&#039;s also the legendary Swedish Made Simple sketch:
[MEDIA=youtube]cc3M1nppd3c[/MEDIA]In addition, he&#039;s played Mrs Mills the pianist (presumably well known at the time. It was another reference that only rang partial bells for me, but still very funny). And in the Abdication Street musical number he made a truly formidable Ena Sharples to Ronnie C.&#039;s Minnie Caldwell:
[MEDIA=youtube]qHcQZWELzeY[/MEDIA]

It&#039;s been lovely to see a young Julia McKenzie popping up in various roles throughout Series Three and Four. This must have been among her first TV and she&#039;s hit the ground running.&nbsp; Another familiar recurring face has been that of Noel Dyson. In soap terms she&#039;s remembered as Ken Barlow&#039;s Mum on Corrie, though most of her Ronnies appearances have seen her&nbsp; playing the kind of vague and ditzy role she&#039;d perfected in Father, Dear Father.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 292041, member: 23"] Midway through Series Four now, and the series feels as though it's continuing to get more confident and footsure. If I'm counting, the musical interludes have been cut back, which helps. This year it's generally restricted to a fun little ditty from the Swingle Singers (or Swingle II as this particular lineup is known) and sometimes the big musical number at the end. Ronnie B. continues to impress. Hugely. This series was filmed right after the first [I]Porridge[/I] series, so he'd have been very much in demand at this point. Series Four of [I]Ronnies[/I] has seen more of his peerless wordplay, from playing none other than Archibald Spooner to the news report where all the "E"s are replaced with "O"s: [CENTER][MEDIA=youtube]twHczU64zy0[/MEDIA] [/CENTER] There's also the legendary [I]Swedish Made Simple[/I] sketch: [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]cc3M1nppd3c[/MEDIA][/CENTER] In addition, he's played Mrs Mills the pianist (presumably well known at the time. It was another reference that only rang partial bells for me, but still very funny). And in the [I]Abdication Street [/I]musical number he made a truly formidable Ena Sharples to Ronnie C.'s Minnie Caldwell: [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]qHcQZWELzeY[/MEDIA] [/CENTER] It's been lovely to see a young Julia McKenzie popping up in various roles throughout Series Three and Four. This must have been among her first TV and she's hit the ground running. Another familiar recurring face has been that of Noel Dyson. In soap terms she's remembered as Ken Barlow's Mum on [I]Corrie, [/I]though most of her [I]Ronnies[/I] appearances have seen her playing the kind of vague and ditzy role she'd perfected in [I]Father, Dear Father[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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