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You made it this far Denton, might as well finish out the series :). I agree with you that Russ comes on stronger than he should have. At least you can watch it for the other characters.

I am hoping some of the Die hard Summer Wine fans can assist, I am up to the stage where Hobbo has appeared, and as good as Russ Abbot is, I am finding it difficult to accept his character, it feels like an off shoot of Basildon Bond...

I was lucky I suppose started on pager so if any issues had to run around looking for a working payphone initially cash then card but eventually got an early Nokia phone as I was on call for initially mainframe operating system support...

You made it this far Denton, might as well finish out the series :). I agree with you that Russ comes on stronger than he should have. At least you can watch it for the other characters.

I am hoping some of the Die hard Summer Wine fans can assist, I am up to the stage where Hobbo has appeared, and as good as Russ Abbot is, I am finding it difficult to accept his character, it feels like an off shoot of Basildon Bond...

I was in the telecoms business when mobiles first came out, they cost a fortune back then not just for the phone but the airtime rental and call cost, if my memory serves me correctly £25 a month for airtime and up to 50p a minute for...

You made it this far Denton, might as well finish out the series :). I agree with you that Russ comes on stronger than he should have. At least you can watch it for the other characters.

Dont Panic! Don't Panic! Pearl dislikes me, wait until she sees her ration of 4 ozs of steak it'll be tough as old boots and she won't be getting her two extra kidneys on the quiet! ;)

All this extra time on my hands got me thinking (don't worry, getting the nurse to increase the medication Terry). In all the comedy series I enjoy watching there is inevitably one character that I find offensive/annoying/unnecessary...

Very nice.

Some of you know I had custom figures made in time for the 50th celebrations a couple of years ago, however despite positive response to them I was never quite happy with the likenesses I had, as seen as attached They are for...

"Does my hat look big in this?"

Some of you know I had custom figures made in time for the 50th celebrations a couple of years ago, however despite positive response to them I was never quite happy with the likenesses I had, as seen as attached They are for...

I am hoping some of the Die hard Summer Wine fans can assist, I am up to the stage where Hobbo has appeared, and as good as Russ Abbot is, I am finding it difficult to accept his character, it feels like an off shoot of Basildon Bond...

Sadly this isn't uncommon, nor a new issue. After 'Citizen Smith' ended in 1980 writer by John Sullivan had an idea for a football based sitcom. A pilot episode was filmed, and was commissioned for a series. But BBC1 controller Bill...