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Herbert Truelove in charge of the Home Office

I don't think he was too scared of driving in the early days. Perhaps it was all the scrapes that put him off?

JUNIOR CHOICE with Uncle Mac, later taken over by Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart, who still does the show every Xmas. It does make me wonder if the kids of today would request the classical stuff that came on. That's where I first heard 1812 Overture.

You should all get onto Radio 4 Extra. You'll find a lot of these programmes there (though they tend to repeat throughout the day, so you can listen at a time to suit you). I've recently listened to The Navy Lark, The Goon Show, Hancock's Half Hour, Doctor at Large (Richard Briers), and more.

Not only are the BBC showing them at the mid-afternoon slot, but they are on every day rather than spread over the weeks, so we have to wait longer for the next series!

This was on Gold this morning. A number of things stand out. First was the amount of smoking the trio did, with Clegg even lighting up in front of the 'No Smoking' sign in the library. Second, the slowness of the programme compared to later ones. Probably due to the cast having to establish the...

The new edition of Radio Times (Jan 3rd to 9th) has the third series showing daily* in the afternoon over 13 episodes. This means setting the timer and wondering what the rulers of BBC scheduling are up to. * except weekends.

If you work in retail, as I did for 50 years, Christmas starts on December 27th! By the time March comes round the stock is all ordered, and by July most of it sits in the storeroom waiting to come out into the shop. By the time Dec.24th comes round you're sick of Christmas, cos your already...

I'm afraid the Romans did have their wimpish side, and socks were worn. Not always, but there is pictorial and written evidence. One of the Vindolanda letters, up on Hadrians wall, mentions them. Probably one of the PBI getting chilblains and writing home to mum. These socks could be sewn...

I was in Waterstones today, and picked up a copy of the new book "Still Open All Hours" by Graham McCann (foreward by Roy Clarke) that tells the story of the series. I haven't got far yet, but can tell you that the shop location for the Pilot was in London, but never felt right. When the series...

I quite liked Entwhistle, with his Eastern Yorkshire (check out the position of Hull?) philosophy and belief that any situation could be improved by "buying new washing machine".

It was Pole Star, Pearl, thanks.

Having said the above, today's episode proves me wrong. The last episode (Friday) was something about a pole - I've forgotten the title as I sit here typing!! Today's has no Compo, Eddie's disappeared, and suddenly we have Alvin, Billy and Entwistle; in 'The Swan Man Of Ilkley'. Just goes to...

I'm getting my daily dose from UK Gold at the moment. It's on at 10.00am, so I record and watch while I have my lunch. They seem to be going in order as well, which is excellent.

Grandchester, yet another place in the UK with a high murder rate. How many were passed over before Sydney arrived to suspect them? I liked the promise, a sort of updated Father Brown, but can't seem to like Sydney too much. He needs to get a grip on himself and sort out his love life.

Those 50's comedies were all classics and still stand the test of time. Apart from the previously mentioned 'Ladykillers' and 'Titfield Thunderbolt' my favourites would be 'Barnacle Bill' with Alec Guiness, and 'The Smallest Show on Earth' with Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, supported by...

There was a small clip on BBC where she tells him to stop singing.

I always thought Jack Higgins borrowed his plot for "The Eagle Has Landed" from this movie.

On.e anomaly I noticed with Cleggy's lounge is the stairs. At first glance the stairs appear to go straight up and if you look carefully the angle puts them going through the understairs cupboard (the door is taller than the height of the stairs and oblique camera shots show steps behind it. I...

No, Pearl made him sell it all from a table outside the house.