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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 114163" data-attributes="member: 23">Foggy has become a firm favourite of mine. Brian Wilde&#039;s attention to detail - all the little mannerisms and tics - mean I find my eyes on him in each scene wondering what he&#039;s going to throw in. Paired with Foggy&#039;s snobbery and need to come up with purposeful activities for the people around him, I keep seeing him as the prototype for a later Clarke creation. The one with a white slimline telephone and a penchant for hand-painted periwinkles. Actually, I enjoy all three leads in very different ways. Bill Owen&#039;s Compo with his gurning, outspokenness and lack of any kind of filter is pure caricature in some ways. But he also reminds me of people I&#039;ve met - perhaps even a toned down version. Peter Sallis&#039;s Clegg is the everyman of the three. Likeable enough. Less in your face than the other two and (most of the time) a skater rather than a diver. But I&#039;ve particularly enjoyed his more acidic, cynical moments. He&#039;s had some great lines that nobody else could get away with because he remains endearing even while making observations that put the world to rights and other characters in their place. Even as I begin Series Four, there&#039;s a sense that Clegg has softened, becoming the gentle, avuncular character I remember seeing on the screen on Sunday evenings. But I really hope he gets to keep his edge and his cynicism. The supporting cast are all wonderful. So many great characters. Sid and Ivy from the café are a couple I really look forward to seeing on the screen. Roy Clarke certainly likes his harridans and, the way he writes them, so do I.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 114163, member: 23"] Foggy has become a firm favourite of mine. Brian Wilde's attention to detail - all the little mannerisms and tics - mean I find my eyes on him in each scene wondering what he's going to throw in. Paired with Foggy's snobbery and need to come up with purposeful activities for the people around him, I keep seeing him as the prototype for a later Clarke creation. The one with a white slimline telephone and a penchant for hand-painted periwinkles. Actually, I enjoy all three leads in very different ways. Bill Owen's Compo with his gurning, outspokenness and lack of any kind of filter is pure caricature in some ways. But he also reminds me of people I've met - perhaps even a toned down version. Peter Sallis's Clegg is the everyman of the three. Likeable enough. Less in your face than the other two and (most of the time) a skater rather than a diver. But I've particularly enjoyed his more acidic, cynical moments. He's had some great lines that nobody else could get away with because he remains endearing even while making observations that put the world to rights and other characters in their place. Even as I begin Series Four, there's a sense that Clegg has softened, becoming the gentle, avuncular character I remember seeing on the screen on Sunday evenings. But I really hope he gets to keep his edge and his cynicism. The supporting cast are all wonderful. So many great characters. Sid and Ivy from the café are a couple I really look forward to seeing on the screen. Roy Clarke certainly likes his harridans and, the way he writes them, so do I. [/QUOTE]

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