Hugh and I [DVD]

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There's tension in the household when Hugh is offered a Whippet puppy by the Crispins, but Terry disallows this. It's Christmas Day, Hugh, Terry and his mother have the Wormwolds and the Crispins over for Christmas lunch.

The characters are very funny, Terry playing a slimy smart Alec who isn't as smart as he thinks he is, And Hugh being the Dimwit who isn't a total pushover. Mr Crispin is a thug who thinks violence will solve a problem, Mrs Crispin is a snob and their daughter Norma is constantly being stalked by men.

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Also features Jack Haig as Cecil Wormwold, who took over the role from Cyril Smith, whom passed away earlier that year. 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. It's a very funny series, I hadn't seen a single episode, but stumbled on it by accident, I've binge watched most of it, I found it very original, funny, and way ahead of its time. Life at 33 Lobelia Avenue, Tooting is not what it seems as two friends muddle their way out of trouble of their own making. A slight correction to a comment above is that it's the sixth, not the ninth, episode of the first series which is AWOL from this release, (as it is from the BBC Library alas).

Despite Hugh's protestations about going to the dentist, Terry is determined to drag him to the dentist's chair. apparently 6/6; Chinese Crackers is held in an American archive, while the existing episode from the follow-up series HUGH AND I SPY is in private hands. com indicate that there were 69 full episodes, the later source was used for the estimate of the number of surviving shows. Lost episodes of classic Eric Sykes and Terry Scott sitcoms discovers : News 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide".

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. Lobelia Avenue, Tooting, was the home of Mrs Scott (Vi Stevens), her troublesome, unemployed son Terry (Terry Scott), and their lodger Hugh (Hugh Lloyd), a worker at a local aircraft factory. Synopsis currently unavailable, this episode was recovered in July 2017 by BBC South producer and presenter Richard Latto. Subsequently it transmitted after 'Coal Comfort' which was originally scheduled to be shown following this episode.Such a shame that episodes have been lost due to the then common practice of wiping tapes due to the cost of the tape. Thanks to his mother, they meet him at the very expensive Ritz restaurant where he and Hugh upset the posh air of the place. This leads to the new sink being put on a removals lorry going to Leeds, and Hugh fusing the electricity in a number of houses and making a hole in a water pipe.

This hilarious 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. Also features Jill Curzon as Norma Crispin, Wallas Eaton as Arthur Crispin, Mollie Sugden as Ethel Crispin and Irene Handl as Miss Willow. The site carries no advertising, and I rely on donations to help with running costs and to keep the site running for your entertainment and education. Aunt Maude, a long lost relative of Terry of whom he's never heard of before, travels from her home in Australia to pay him and Mrs Scott a visit, and it is discovered that she is quite wealthy. Episodes: Fully Incomprehensive; A Brace of Peasants; Here Comes the Bride; Royal Visit; A Fete Worse Than Death; A Dog’s Life; Putting On the Ritz; Love Thy Neighbour; Lost Property; Trad Fad Lloyd; Wedding Bells; April in Paris; Prison Visitor; The 19th Hole; Turn for the Nurse; Where There’s a Will; A Sink of Iniquity; Holding the Baby; The Root of All Evil and A Place in the Sun.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. 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. It's the day of Terry's cousin Ivy's wedding, and he has been volunteered by her mother Mavis to host the wedding reception, without letting him know in advance. It's their annual holiday and Hugh was looking forwards to Mrs Crabthorne's guest house at Brighton as usual but Terry has booked them grouse hunting in Scotland.