Hugh and I [DVD]

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The guest cast includes several marvellous appearances from Fred Emney, along with Julian Orchard, Patsy Smart, Deryck Guyler and Peggy Ann Wood. On one side of the Scotts lived the Crispins – him a loudmouth and her a snob – and their daughter, Norma, an object of lust for the boys. Also features Jack Haig as Cecil Wormwold, who took over the role from Cyril Smith, whom passed away earlier that year. Note: This episode was originally supposed to follow the episode 'Emergency Ward', but due to the postponement of the series, this was transmitted first.

These days you can't poke fun at anyone without being accused of being sexist, racist, homophobic etc.

Nostalgia Central covers the period 1950 to 1999 and contains some words and references which reflect the attitudes of those times and which may be considered culturally sensitive, offensive or inappropriate today. Getting up at 5am and wandering around on cold moors quickly loses its appeal, and it doesn't help that there are army manoeuvres there, so they head south to Brighton.

Also features Jill Curzon as Norma Crispin, Wallas Eaton as Arthur Crispin, Mollie Sugden as Ethel Crispin and Irene Handl as Miss Willow. I love watching this and other 1960s sitcoms as I wasn't born when they were originally transmitted. I wonder how many other shows and sketches were inspired by this, it is so well written, Chapman did a great job.

There's tension in the household when Hugh is offered a Whippet puppy by the Crispins, but Terry disallows this. After cashing in on their winnings, Hugh and Terry embark on the first leg of their round the world cruise. The last Church Fete was a disaster so Terry takes charge as usual and decides on a Pageant of History, with the cast portraying all the important events from 1066 onwards.

It is very noisy and smoke comes into the living room every time it is started, so Terry decides they should paint a white line at 2am to stop it being parked there. Terry discovers that the Crispins have been allowed to join his local Bowls club, so he decides to take up Golf instead. There's confusion about when the Doctor arrives, and multiple meals arrive all at once, while Terry and Hugh become smitten for the district Nurse. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Subsequently it transmitted after 'Coal Comfort' which was originally scheduled to be shown following this episode. Life at 33 Lobelia Avenue, Tooting is not what it seems as two friends muddle their way out of trouble of their own making. How sad that so much of it is missing, a date that affected many shows of the time, including Doctor Who, let's hope some are found in the future, a few have surfaced over the years.

Of the episodes I saw, my favourite had to be A Fete worse than Death, with Joan Hickson and Patsy Smart, incredibly funny. This sitcom sees the unlikely twosome encounter all sorts of scrapes and mishaps as bully boy Terry pursues wealth and glory, with the kind but dim-witted Hugh trailing along behind. Mr Crispin is a loud mouth who thinks violence will solve a problem, Mrs Crispin is a snob and their daughter Norma is constantly chased after by men. The two lads became involved in many crackpot and fabulous “get rich quick” schemes, and constantly found themselves in hot water, with the bumptious, over-ambitious Terry leading the timid, fretful Hugh astray. I have given five stars because it's good to see that someone's bothered to release it, many vintage sitcom's have yet to make it to DVD but it's only really worth 4 because it could have been so much better.The main trio are a scream, but so often the laughs come from the neighbours, The Crispins and Wormalds are hilarious, Mollie Sugden and Patricia Hayes are a scream, such comedy talents. Hugh prefers to go the same guest house they go to every year, whilst Terry is eager to broaden his horizons and go somewhere different for a change.