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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 208345" data-attributes="member: 23">Great minds think alike. [USER=21]@Barbara Fan[/USER]. I'm glad it's a favourite of yours as well.I watched that one just this evening and was unexpectedly quite touched by it.Part of the reason I haven't watched for so long is because I remembered some of the pathos in the series in general as being quite cloying, but actually it's been nicely balanced for me. Duncan Preston was wonderful in the episode where Stan's Dad died and he was quite matter of fact about it. You could tell he was quite overwhelmed by everyone's kindness and attention, and then his voice broke just a tiny bit as he walked off. It was perfect.Absolutely. Her writing is so relatable and natural. Which really helps the humour fly.Thora was one of my favourites in my 2018-19 Last Of The Summer Wine rewatch, and I've been very fond of her in other series. She was great here.There was a really funny moment  where she asked Celia Imrie's character, Philippa, where she was from. When Philippa said she was from Surrey, Thora started muttering inaudibly but clearly very unimpressed.Yes. That was a cracker.I watched that one tonight also (it's actually the same episode as the one with the baby), and that was a great scene because I was invested in them getting back together. Just as I was subconsciously deciding whether or not their reunion would be a good idea he asks for the pasting table. Great writing.Oh yes! I was in the kitchen at work today. There was a funnel on one of the shelves (not stained, thankfully) and I found myself chuckling quietly thinking of that scene. It was even funnier because it wasn't acknowledged in the dialogue. It was just another wacky aspect of her character that got the viewers' minds racing.They'e wonderful and never put a foot wrong. All of Dolly's comments about Jean's big bum and promiscuity, and Jean rolling her eyes at Dolly's primness. Wonderful characters.Anne Reid was before my time in Corrie, too. Actually, Val Barlow died years before I was born. But somehow I always had an awareness of her. I knew she was Ken's first wife, and that she'd been electrocuted (which kind of fascinated and horrified me at the same time). When I watched the Network DVDs of the Sixties and Seventies I really like Val. I'd formed a mental image of her as someone very sweet and proper, but she actually had a fair bit of bite. I've seen Anne in a few things since and she's stood out to me as a great actress on each of those occasions.Thelma Barlow is so funny. Dolly is quite a different character from Mavis, isn't she? And I love both characters in different ways.</blockquote>

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