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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 82571" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>As I write, I'm already seven or eight episodes into my next Britcom...</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Pardon The Expression</em></strong></p><p></p><p><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AzT5pruwnbg/SmxioRWvfAI/AAAAAAAAHlA/e6CSA6YjGi8/s400/pardon+1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/coronationstreet/images/0/06/PardontheExpressioncast.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100323185923" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]IIKWzPkrc-E[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>I wasn't sure whether to post here or in the <em>Coronation Street</em> forum, this being a spin-off for Corrie character Leonard Swindley, played by Arthur Lowe.</p><p></p><p>Some years ago I started to watch this series but didn't get very far and gave up several episodes in. This time around it's a very different experience. I'm finding it quite an absorbing watch.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I recognise a number of behind-the-scenes names from Corrie in the credits. Harry Driver not least. A pre-Turpin Betty Driver is in the cast as Mrs Edgeley. Whenever I watch their scenes together I can't shake this memory of watching a documentary on Arthur Lowe where Driver complained about his not wanting to socialise, saying she couldn't get on with people like that. Thankfully no resentment comes across on screen, with both being very enjoyable in their trademark styles - Lowe all fumbling and formal, Driver with her Charles Hawtrey-esqe tuts and smiles.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the cast are enjoyable. Joy Stewart is a delight as Miss Sinclair - it's fun to see the oneupmanship between Miss Sinclair and Mrs Edgeley. Paul Dawkins as Parbold brings his bumbling authority figure nicely to life.</p><p></p><p>Being set in a department store, it could be viewed as a precursor to <em>Are You Being Served?</em> Translated to <em>Are You Being Served?</em> terms, Swindley would be Captain Peacock; Parbold would be Mr Rumbold; Sinclair's a match for Mrs Slocombe and Mrs Edgeley's grass roots cook gets involved in shop business in the same way as Mr Mash would (though being less tightly wound, she's probably closer to Mr Harman). In reality though I'd say it reminds me more of something like <em>Open All Hours</em>, being very gentle and character driven. The girls on the shop floor are also reminiscent of Corrie's own factory girls.</p><p></p><p>There have been some familiar soap faces. A year before her <em>Corrie</em> debut, Julie Goodyear had a non-speaking, big grinning role as model Charity. Meanwhile, Gretchen Franklin appeared as someone's gran - looking as old as she ever did (was she ever young, I wonder?).</p><p></p><p>A couple of the stories have been a bit random. Like the episode featuring Franklin, which focussed on the wedding of a random shop girl we'd never met and was set almost entirely in her home. The store-based episodes work best. It's good to see the characters sparking off each other and they're missed when that doesn't happen. Thankfully it usually does, and I never tire of watching Arthur Lowe who turns idiosyncratic into an art form.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 82571, member: 23"] As I write, I'm already seven or eight episodes into my next Britcom... [B][I]Pardon The Expression[/I][/B] [IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AzT5pruwnbg/SmxioRWvfAI/AAAAAAAAHlA/e6CSA6YjGi8/s400/pardon+1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/coronationstreet/images/0/06/PardontheExpressioncast.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100323185923[/IMG] [MEDIA=youtube]IIKWzPkrc-E[/MEDIA] I wasn't sure whether to post here or in the [I]Coronation Street[/I] forum, this being a spin-off for Corrie character Leonard Swindley, played by Arthur Lowe. Some years ago I started to watch this series but didn't get very far and gave up several episodes in. This time around it's a very different experience. I'm finding it quite an absorbing watch. I recognise a number of behind-the-scenes names from Corrie in the credits. Harry Driver not least. A pre-Turpin Betty Driver is in the cast as Mrs Edgeley. Whenever I watch their scenes together I can't shake this memory of watching a documentary on Arthur Lowe where Driver complained about his not wanting to socialise, saying she couldn't get on with people like that. Thankfully no resentment comes across on screen, with both being very enjoyable in their trademark styles - Lowe all fumbling and formal, Driver with her Charles Hawtrey-esqe tuts and smiles. The rest of the cast are enjoyable. Joy Stewart is a delight as Miss Sinclair - it's fun to see the oneupmanship between Miss Sinclair and Mrs Edgeley. Paul Dawkins as Parbold brings his bumbling authority figure nicely to life. Being set in a department store, it could be viewed as a precursor to [I]Are You Being Served?[/I] Translated to [I]Are You Being Served?[/I] terms, Swindley would be Captain Peacock; Parbold would be Mr Rumbold; Sinclair's a match for Mrs Slocombe and Mrs Edgeley's grass roots cook gets involved in shop business in the same way as Mr Mash would (though being less tightly wound, she's probably closer to Mr Harman). In reality though I'd say it reminds me more of something like [I]Open All Hours[/I], being very gentle and character driven. The girls on the shop floor are also reminiscent of Corrie's own factory girls. There have been some familiar soap faces. A year before her [I]Corrie[/I] debut, Julie Goodyear had a non-speaking, big grinning role as model Charity. Meanwhile, Gretchen Franklin appeared as someone's gran - looking as old as she ever did (was she ever young, I wonder?). A couple of the stories have been a bit random. Like the episode featuring Franklin, which focussed on the wedding of a random shop girl we'd never met and was set almost entirely in her home. The store-based episodes work best. It's good to see the characters sparking off each other and they're missed when that doesn't happen. Thankfully it usually does, and I never tire of watching Arthur Lowe who turns idiosyncratic into an art form. [/QUOTE]
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