Recent content by RichardFromMarple

My Great Uncle had them in the 1980s & had to give up driving because of them, I think his doctor restricted him to daylight driving but he decided to hand his licence in because he thought his eyesight would keep getting worse.

She was the original Christine Cagney in the telemovie of Cagney & Lacey, but couldn't appear in the TV series because her commitments to MASH.

I liked it when Eli went walking his dog in the countryside & ended up bringing back a sheep!

I remember 2 episode with him playing darts, the first where he threw them into a seat next to the trio & another like the one mentioned above, I think in both cases the background music was like the Bullseye theme!

I've got the Charley Says VHS tapes.

Both Brian Wilde & Peter Sallis did voiceovers for Public Information Films, I've got the feeling Bill Owen did as well.

From what I've heard Michael Bates found the workload for LOTSW too much for him with the many location shoots, but could cope better with the usually studio based It Ain't Half Hot Mum.

Michael Aldridge was also in the adaptations of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe.

The company I work for uses Intel NUCs which run silently, most of the time they connect to the network rather than using an internal hard drive.

Indian, though I'm OK with some Chinese dishes. My Dad never used to be keen on Chinese food because many takeaways used to use too much MSG!

The Cast Of Still Game have joked that they have needed less makeup with every series!

Dream Acres featured a Donkey which Crusher had to carry.

Foggy's outfit was kept by the BBC wardrobe department in case Brian Wilde ever wanted to return to the show.

My last 2 iPhones came with just a cable, but I had at least 2 mains to USB adaptors from previous phone I could use.

She had a double for the driving scenes other than closeups as I believe Thora Hird didn't have a driving licence, or the insurance was too high!