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I must admit that in the later years I thought that Lenny was one of the better occasional characters introduced. I think they could have done more with him. Bobby Ball was just enough of a crackpot to get away with the situations that his character found himself in. I did wonder that given...

All of Steptoe and Son can be found on YouTube. They are all available on DVD as a box set as well. Most of the first six series are in black and white, I think it's the colour ones that largely didn't survive. First five series are black and white and two episodes from series 6 are colour. I...

A couple of days ago I watched the episode Cheering Up Ludovic, in which there is a reference to Foggy's Burma campaign. Compo and Clegg joke about Foggy retaking Burma. Clegg asks was that the first or second time, to which Compo says, either time it wasn't so clever because "thee had help"...

Couple of excellent historical factual programmes from the BBC. Very good, with plenty of archive film. Britain on Film. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02126sx Reel history of Britain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yw2wc Both are usually available on the IPlayer.

David Jason is doing the rounds right now to promote his autobiography. Should be a good read. I heard him on one radio interview where he briefly refers to Open All Hours coming back and he ended by saying that it's going to be called Granville's. The interview is here (starts at about 48...

I thought that back in the good old days they didn't always save or archive things, often taping over because of the cost? For a long time it didn't occur to any of the TV companies to save everything. I seriously doubt that any LOTSW have been lost or never seen, although I have heard a rumour...

I think Kenneth Cope had been wearing one since his Carry on films and Randell and Hopkirk deceased days back in the late 60's early 70's, maybe even before then as a little like Frankie Howard it's difficult to know when the change from his own hair to wig actually took place! I think Cope...

One of the things I remember about Kenneth Cope was the wig he was wearing. At one point point Wesley takes a sneaky look round the back to see the join. He appeared again later on In All That Glitters Is Not Elvis. His wife was Mavis out of Open All Hours. What an argumentative pair they were...

The reason why Open All Hours and for that matter Porridge only went on for a few series was because Barker himself didn't want to do anymore. They were still quality when they ended and Barker's philosophy was to go out at the top or as near to it as possible. He didn't want to see things drag...

Looks like this is still available, no rush to buy! Actually, this tells you a lot about the UK house price bubble of the last 20-30 years. The price of this at nearly £200,000, while out of reach of the majority, unless you have a similar overpriced property to sell, has come along way and it's...

The one person we haven't mentioned yet in relation to Open All Hours is Kathy Staff who occasionally appeared in the shop and had Arkwright greeting her along the lines of "morning Mrs B..B..B..Blewett...."

I'll certainly watch Still Open All Hours. The big attraction here is that there is the character of Granville and the name of David Jason. Throw in Nurse Gladys and only the brilliant Ronnie Barker is missing. If they were doing it with a new shop owner, perhaps a relative but no Arkwright or...

Re: Roy Clarke and David Jason reunite for one off "Still Open All Hours" this Xmas Open All Hours was perhaps my favorite Ronnie Barker sit-com. I wonder if in this special we will find that Granville has become the new Arkwright, with his own young assistant who is always daydreaming of a...

I did think of Bobby Ball as Lenny who I thought was quite good, but he did appear in 3 episodes. I would have liked to have seen him as a more regular character. Another well known name was John Challis of Boycie fame who appeared as Jeremy the fantasist jewel thief who thought he was a modern...

The remarkable thing about LOTSW is that the early series were far more gritty adult in terms of dialogue and the exchanges between the characters than the more gentle comedy of the later series. In many ways it was a series that reflected the political and economic upheaval of the time, but...

A search that I made came up with Alison Steadman as the star and it appears to be based around a friendship group. Russ Abbot and Stephanie Beacham also involved. Described as a project currently in development. "It has been noted by some industry figures that commissioners are currently...

Indeed, why care? Just enjoy what you like, it's mostly subjective anyway.

As I said, I don't really remember the library being used much after the first 2 series until it came back much later on. It was one of the main sets for the first two series. Those episodes I'd probably remember if I saw them again, but for now neither rings a bell.

Yes, because as I'm sure you know originally it was nearly called The Library Mob. The library seemed to make a comeback in the later series, but for many years it wasn't part of the show unless my memory is failing me. I will be watching again the early Foggy years soon but I can't recall him...

The three bikes welded together and what inevitably happened next when they went for a ride on it was really funny.