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- From: plummer@cs.swarthmore.edu (David Barker-Plummer)
- Subject: Re: British Sitcoms, etc.
- In-Reply-To: sasmym@angelou.unx.sas.com's message of Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:41:31 GMT
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:19:46 GMT
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- >>>>> On Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:41:31 GMT, sasmym@angelou.unx.sas.com
- (Marilyn Miller) said:
-
- MM> I have become "hooked" on some of the British sitcoms which are
- MM> shown on our local PBS affiliate. The two we see right now are
- MM> "Good Neighbors" and "Are You Being Served?" The cast members of
- MM> these programs are so delightful and I am curious to know if any
- MM> of them still appear on British TV--my favorites are Penelope
- MM> Keith, Paul Eddington, Felicity Kendall, Richard Briers, John
- MM> Inman, and Molly Sugden. You would be surprised how popular these
-
- MM> So, if there is a TV Trivia person out there who can enlighten me.
- MM> .
-
- I don't consider myself a TV trivia person, but anyway... "Good
- Neighbours" was called "The Good Life" when it was on TV in the UK.
-
- I don't know about the others, but Wendy Richard (Miss Brahms on AYBS)
- currently appears in EastEnders (which is shown on one of our PBS
- stations in the Phila are --- although we are about a year of episodes
- behind).
-
- Penny Keith, of course, went on to "To The Manor Born" post-The Good
- Life.
-
- -- Dave
-