Joining in the silly season wood-fest - does anyone else remember the wonderful humour of Peter Tinniswood. A Touch of Daniel and I Didn't Know You Cared is my kind of humour to a T. Haven't read them for years so time for another read and a chortle on the train as I do so!
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Does tha know Carter - I fought through't First World War!Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
...and Robin Bailey's son Nick presents on FM!Comment
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Ay...well...mmm, I never knew that. I came across the books long before the the TV adaptation and, like Wodehouse, the humour is in the prose rather than the situations so I was doubtful about the TV series but it was a triumph. Favourite line: Carter and Uncle Mort walk into a dimly lit pub, Carter comments on the gloom and Uncle Mort comes out with the priceless line: 'It's so you can't see the dust on the barmaid's cleavage'.Originally posted by cloughie View Post"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Lots of 'I Didn't Know You Cared' on youtube
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Yes, classic comedy. I was too young at the time to get all the humour, but the performances certainly registered with me. In real life, Robin Bailey was a stereotypically upper middle-class Englishman, so this role was quite a transformation for him.
Loved the Brigadier (Tales From A Long Room), too.Comment
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Tinniswood was a little like one of his own characters - a small,hirsute, Northern man smoking a foul pipe slightly too large for him....The Stirk of Stirk being my own favourite, sadly largely forgotten. I used to own 6 copies, given away & loaned over the years - now down to 1. If you ever come across it, snap it up.Originally posted by Mandryka View Post
Lovely thread by the way.
Random factoid? I dimly recall the actress who played Carters wife was actually married to Peter Tinniswood at the time.Comment
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I recently watched the first 2 series - taking a break for a while so that the cast changes in the 3rd and 4th don't come as too great a shock! A few months ago I also laughed my way through Uncle Mort's travels in various parts of the UK (repeated regularly on Radio 4 Extra).Originally posted by amateur51 View PostComment
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