Somebody I used to work with took the "just walk through the puddle" approach while on a job at a garage. What he hadn't realised was that it was not so much a puddle, as a flooded inspection pit for working on the underside of cars. He disappeared completely from view.

Apparently known as "Good Neighbours" in the US.

There was always an element of that in the Good Life…

The Good Life! Absolutely spot on - one of the most perfect individual episodes of any sitcom ever.

Phoenix Nights was brilliant but I don't recall a Christmas special…

According to my Dad, Liverpool in the 1930s was like Glasgow still can be on occasions, with both St Patrick's Day, and 12th July being excuses for mass sectarian brawling.

Basically it was a long-running series about an English priest sent to Ireland who has a long-running will they-won't they relationship with a local woman. Ted is clearly smitten with the actress (the wonderful Dervla Kirwan) and is dreaming himself into the role.

Millions of us - a handful of descendants of those that stayed loyal in the 17th century, and boat loads of 19th and 20th century Irish immigrants. Liverpool in particular is very Catholic.

I just thought it was amusing seeing the previous comment in the thread proving your point!

It seems that if you'd refreshed your screen before posting, you'd have seen your prediction come true even before you had the chance to post it.

In Liverpool we call them kecks.

There's a good summary in the "Historical debate" section of the wikipedia entry for the play. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

I don't think he ever claimed that he sabotaged the Nazi bomb - although a quote from him used out of context may have suggested so. The BBC TV play Copenhagen (based on a Michael Frayn play) is a great exploration of the story.

It surprises everyone.

Series 2 not as good as series 1 but still has plenty of laugh out loud moments, including the enduring brilliance of Carrie Fisher.

I've been watching Bake Off for a few years - it really shouldn't work, but it does.

I love Rhik's gadget reviews. He"s done loads of them, but the egg master was a classic.

Has nobody yet pointed out that Harry Nilsson's "Without You" was itself a cover of a Badfinger song?

As Jerry Lee Lewis later remarked: “Thank God for the Beatles. They got rid of all the Bobbys [Darin, Vee, Vinton etc.], swept them aside like wheat before the chaff.”

That probably worked out for the best, as the top rate of UK Income Tax in the 60s was 95% ("There's one for you, nineteen for me").