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maltrab

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I watched the pilot today and noticed in that episode Compo referred to Nora's husband as Harold,anyone else notice this
 
maltrab said:
I watched the pilot today and noticed in that episode Compo referred to Nora's husband as Harold,anyone else notice this
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ive noticed tht ever since i saw the pilot, i assume RC (Roy Clarke), JG (Jimmy Gilbert) or BT (Bernard Thompson) changed his name between the pilot and series 2 when we first saw wally 4 some reason
 
In the Andrew Vine book, there is some of the script from the pilot which refers to Wally as Harold, and Nora as Eunice. I haven't actually heard the name Eunice in the pilot episode though.
 
That's right. I always wondered why they changed it. I'm glad they did, though. Eli spotting Wally on his motorbike from miles away wouldn't have been anywhere near as lovely a moment if he'd been saying 'is that Harold?'
 
Probably one of the most noticeable discontinuities in the whole programme: however I suspect when writing back in the early to mid 1970s, Roy Clarke could hardly have known that SW would go from strength to strength. I think it really became popular about series four, but could be wrong.
 
I think in one of the early episodes we actually see Harold and he wasnt played by Joe Gladwin.I am going from fuzzy memory here but i think he was drunk and Nora was shepearding him home in her own inimitable style ;D

Hector
 
Hector said:
I think in one of the early episodes we actually see Harold and he wasnt played by Joe Gladwin.I am going from fuzzy memory here but i think he was drunk and Nora was shepearding him home in her own inimitable style ;D

Hector
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thts very true, hector, the episode was spring fever if i remember correctly, the man was 2 tall and lanky 2 b joe gladwin.
 
Rhi said:
Wasn't she dragging him out of a pub?
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yep she did and its a continuity error as well, nora drags her husband away 2 the left and compo walks off 2 the left afterwards, when all the time there houses are 2 the right, the pub they use is the 1 right next 2 compo and noras houses
 
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