Recent content by Philosopher Clegg

Age was always going to be an issue as time went by, there was always the chance of someone retiring, falling ill or passing away. Frank Thornton and Trevor Bannister passed away yet both looked like they were in good health in the final series. It's actually remarkable that so many of them...

They would not have been retired, at least not officially until at least the second coming of Foggy. I suppose it depends upon what you think their age was when the series first started. I assumed they were in the early to mid 50's. The official retirement age, unless you are an individual of...

Must admit I hadn't noticed that before. Mind you, when you look at the distance between the end wall and the window in the second photo there is no room for the kitchen to be there anyway. The first picture shows that the counter goes back at least a couple of feet from the window. Given the...

Not sure whether there is significance in that other than for years she would have been the secret "other woman" that Compo had a relationship with. The fact the others knew nothing of this would have meant that she had never met any of his friends. In death this would have been the first time...

I would agree with much of that. Bill Owen does look ill in that final series and has a very drawn look and is a shadow of his former self. I think the funeral episode is ok, but also think that the introduction of Reggie, other than to see the look on Nora's face, was largely unnecessary. I...

The list below has all the characters. Click on each name, character or actor, and it lists the episodes they appeared in, including the last one. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069602/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

It was Jim and Dan Sullivan the sons of John Sullivan who wrote the sketch. I thought it was ok as far as it goes as it was only 10 minutes or so long and was never going to be a barrel of laughs given the time limit. The Beckham fall at the end was well done and unexpected. That alone...

I honestly don't really have a view on it either way, other than if they vote to stay that's good, but if they want to go it alone then hopefully the relationship with the UK should remain positive and one of co-operation. Geography dictates we should be friends and allies. If we believe in...

There is a democratic issue especially for the rest of the UK if Scotland do become independent. It is one of those issues that politicians won't talk about until it happens, but there is a reality to it. The rest of the UK needs to prepare itself for permanent Tory Governments on a minority...

It was previously discussed here. http://www.summerwine.net/community/showthread.php?t=11706

He does actually refer to him as Father quite often. He seems to shift between Father and Bill - he does say dad at 9.59. when referring to the money that he was sent, £7 a week, which probably helped him survive while he was learning the acting game. I don't get any impression from that...

On the few times that I've seen Compo use it, in the context of a comedy and the moment it was used it was funny, in the same way he jumps all over Nora Batty in an unacceptable way type funny, there's no intent to shock, but it does show that even in the most gentle of comedies there are things...

Here's a screenshot from the Inside No 9 episode.

If you are based in the US you might not be able to view those links as I don't think all of the BBC content is available to view on the iPlayer outside the UK. Even for UK viewers there is usually an end date after which it is not available. From the Inside No 9 episode the schedule from the...

I've found another Summer Wine moment. I've been watching the new Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith series Inside No 9, a dark dramatic and at times horror comedy, which is what you would expect from the writing team of The League of Gentlemen. Not to everyone's liking I know, but this...