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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 160056" data-attributes="member: 23">...And Mother Makes Five is now at the latter part of the penultimate series.There&#039;s a new cutesy title sequence, now part-animated which brings to mind the later Thames comedy Keep It In The Family. I prefer the earlier versions, and I miss the final scene continuing to play out over the end credits, but I always admire a little experimentation. With the font change for the credits, the last hints of the Sixties have gone, to be replaced with a font that looks decidedly Eighties to my eyes. With the new version I particularly enjoy the caricatures of Wendy Craig which are quite funny. They&#039;re all huge eyes, snub nose, thin lips, bowl hairdo and skinny body with her backside jutting out. All of which makes them sound a little offensive, but in fact they&#039;re rather cute. Each episode gets a different caricature of Wendy at the end which relates to a scene within the episode which makes them feel kind of collectable.New additions to the cast this series with Joss and Monica Spencer. Tony Britton is always very watchable so it&#039;s a treat to see him as Joss. I know him best from Don&#039;t Wait Up and Robin&#039;s Nest. More recently (at least for me) he was in Father, Dear Father. As I remember, he&#039;s played a similar type of character in them all. His presence has allowed us to see a different side to David as they talk over whiskey and the conversation veers towards the laddish and they both get a bit of a twinkle in the eye. Charlotte Mitchell is fairly unfamiliar to me, though IMDb tells me I&#039;ve seen her in small roles here and there. She&#039;s likeable enough, though Monica&#039;s presence in the house has served as a reminder that Auntie is absent since she performs the same functions at times.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 160056, member: 23"] .[I]..And Mother Makes Five [/I]is now at the latter part of the penultimate series. There's a new cutesy title sequence, now part-animated which brings to mind the later Thames comedy [I]Keep It In The Family[/I]. I prefer the earlier versions, and I miss the final scene continuing to play out over the end credits, but I always admire a little experimentation. With the font change for the credits, the last hints of the Sixties have gone, to be replaced with a font that looks decidedly Eighties to my eyes. With the new version I particularly enjoy the caricatures of Wendy Craig which are quite funny. They're all huge eyes, snub nose, thin lips, bowl hairdo and skinny body with her backside jutting out. All of which makes them sound a little offensive, but in fact they're rather cute. Each episode gets a different caricature of Wendy at the end which relates to a scene within the episode which makes them feel kind of collectable. New additions to the cast this series with Joss and Monica Spencer. Tony Britton is always very watchable so it's a treat to see him as Joss. I know him best from [I]Don't Wait Up [/I]and [I]Robin's Nest[/I]. More recently (at least for me) he was in [I]Father, Dear Father.[/I] As I remember, he's played a similar type of character in them all. His presence has allowed us to see a different side to David as they talk over whiskey and the conversation veers towards the laddish and they both get a bit of a twinkle in the eye. Charlotte Mitchell is fairly unfamiliar to me, though IMDb tells me I've seen her in small roles here and there. She's likeable enough, though Monica's presence in the house has served as a reminder that Auntie is absent since she performs the same functions at times. [/QUOTE]

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