Still as good nearly six decades on.

stephensonk-62156

This was one of the best written and acted sitcoms going. One week you cheered for Harold, next week it was Albert you pulled for. If I remember right it was originally broadcast on Thursday nights and Harold Wilson wanted it pulled one election night in case the Labour voters stayed in. Also the final episode had Patricia Routledge playing s medium and ended with the disembodied voice of Harolds dead mother saying goodnight to him.

One thing I have to say. About four years ago BBC4 showed one episode of the American rake Sanford And Son. It was so bad that, to quote the Italian captain from Allo Allo "What a mistake-ah to make-ah.

A final little fact. Wilfrid Brambell played Rigsby on stage (then called Rooksby) in what became Rising Damp. Yet again he wad a "dirty old man" .

score 10/10

stephensonk-62156 21 April 2019

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