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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 113860" data-attributes="member: 23">Foggy's arrival in Series Three has brought change. And yet it hasn't. By which I mean there's a tonal shift, but the dynamic between the three leads is comfortingly familiar to anyone who has watched the first two series.Some episodes were written with Blamire in mind and that's quite apparent on screen. But only enough to give reassurance. Foggy's arrival was given a nice build up in 3.1 - it was some ten minutes before he was mentioned and perhaps a further five before he arrived. All of which gave the viewer time to adjust. Summer Wine has a rich sense of history to the characters and that's been brought into the new triad, with them knowing Foggy from schooldays. And while Foggy is not short of Blamirisms, he's quite a different character thanks to Brian Wilde's performance. There are fewer subtleties to the character, and some of his quirks have helped move the series in general towards more traditional sitcom, but he's not short on charm and presence. More than any other character I find my eyes on Wilde to see what he's going to do next (I particularly enjoy his righteous nose wrinkling, like he's really getting stuck into a particular point he's making).As a character actor, Wilde feels very familiar. I've probably seen him in numerous shows, but don't strongly associate him with any one (though I'm sure Foggy is somewhere in my subconsciousness, having no doubt seen many of his episodes during the Eighties). His most familiar role to me is perhaps one of his smallest - the scene in Carry On Doctor where he walked into the bedlam, attempted to measure Frankie Howerd's bed and left marvelling at what a madhouse the ward was. Most recently I watched his episode of The Ghosts Of Motley Hall in which he played opposite Peter Sallis. As Foggy, I've taken to him right awayThe writing has changed a little. It feels a little less ambling, and more like it's going somewhere. Which isn't necessarily a good thing, though neither has it hampered my enjoyment. Anyway, it may be going somewhere, but it never feels like it actually gets there, and I hope it never does.Series Three has seen us leave Holmfirth for the first time, travelling to Scarborough for a seaside holiday two-parter. This gives it something in common with two of its Northern compatriots - Nearest And Dearest and In Loving Memory, both of which I've recently watched. As in the Nearest And Dearest B&B episodes, Joe Gladwin was along with the Summer Wine gang for the ride. His portrayal of Wally Batty is very similar to his N&D character Stan and while he's not on screen much he brings the same scene-stealing quality to each appearance.I did just this, and it was well worth a peek. It set the scene for the series very well indeed.I think I got a bargain, as I paid exactly half that for the set online last month. It seems to have shot back up in price again now.</blockquote>

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