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Comedies on DVD – Fawlty Towers, series 1, episode 2 ‘The Builders’

First broadcast 26 September 1975, The Builders sees Basil and Sybil preparing for a weekend off – their first, as it happens, since Audrey’s hysterectomy. Polly is in charge, assisted by Manuel – whether this will be ably or not … Continue reading

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Comedies on DVD – Fawlty Towers, series 1, episode 1 ‘A Touch of Class’

The cracks were visible right from the start, as the first episode of BBC2′s new comedy Fawlty Towers, ‘A Touch of Class’ was shown on 19 September 1975.  The hotel’s sign bore the name FAWLTY TOWERS, but the S on … Continue reading

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Comedies on DVD – The Young ones, Flood

Comedies on DVD – the sixth and final episode of The Young Ones first series, Flood was first shown on BBC2 on 14 December 1982. I had just turned 13! With influences from CS Lewis(!) and The Bible(!!) and Stephen … Continue reading

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Comedies on DVD – The Office (UK version), Series 1, Episode 6

Comedies on DVD – The Office (UK version), Series 1, Episode 6, or put another way, “Judgment”.  The final episode of the first series starts with a meeting in the office of David Brent, manager of the Slough branch of … Continue reading

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Comedies on DVD – The Office (UK version), Series 1, Episode 5

Comedies on DVD – The Office (UK version), Series 1, Episode 5, is also known as “New Girl”.  For some strange reason, given that the Slough branch of Wernham Hogg, a paper merchants, is facing the threat of redundancies, branch … Continue reading

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Comedies on DVD – The Office (UK version), Series 1, Episode 4

Comedies on DVD – The Office (UK version), Series 1, Episode 4, “Training”. Today is a staff training day at the Slough branch of Wernham Hogg. Charismatic branch manager, David Brent has hired an outside trainer, Rowan to deliver the … Continue reading

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Comedies on DVD – The Office (UK version), Series 1, Episode 3

Comedies on DVD – The Office, Series One, episode three, aka “The Quiz”. It’s Tim’s birthday – actually it’s Tim’s 30th birthday, and he’s in early, because his mum had got him up early to give him his birthday present. … Continue reading

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Comedies on DVD – The Office (UK version), Series 1, Episode 2

Comedies on DVD – Episode 2 of the first series of the UK version of The Office has the alternative title, Work Experience. Brent keeps up his pretence that there will be no redundancies at the Slough branch of Wernham … Continue reading

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