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Post by Gene Hunt on Dec 10, 2017 23:29:39 GMT
How could we forget Deirdre Birchwood? :D Deidre Birchwood was in fact the name of someone Bewes knew in real life. Also, a character called Deidre Birchwood actually appeared in another series featuring Rod Bewes - Dear Mother, Love Albert.  Gene. |
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Post by Stan on Dec 11, 2017 18:46:50 GMT
How could we forget Deirdre Birchwood? :D Deidre Birchwood was in fact the name of someone Bewes knew in real life. Also, a character called Deidre Birchwood actually appeared in another series featuring Rod Bewes - Dear Mother, Love Albert. Gene. Great fact Gene. Two references to DB in Birthday Boy at 13:00 and 31.46 There were others...... |
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Post by Ministrone on Jan 3, 2018 16:28:39 GMT
While driving recently I was listening to a radio series from the early 80s on BBC 4 Extra called "A Very Private Man", staring Rodney Bewes. The main characters move from London to the countryside and of course hilarity ensues! What made my ears prick up was Deidre Birchwood's being mentioned  |
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Jan 4, 2018 0:17:21 GMT
Sorry to go off topic slightly but there's some of this in AWPet, often by Barry who mentions Helen Ferguson ( his table tennis partner ) & Elaine Surtees ( his ex who worked for a seed merchant just outside Droitwich ). In fact I came across this thread on the auf-pet site- www.auf-pet.com/forumnew/viewtopic.php?t=496 |
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Post by Stan on Jan 5, 2018 20:37:29 GMT
How could we forget Deirdre Birchwood? :D Deidre Birchwood was in fact the name of someone Bewes knew in real life. Also, a character called Deidre Birchwood actually appeared in another series featuring Rod Bewes - Dear Mother, Love Albert. Gene. During Terry's best man speech he says Bob passed me a note earlier asking me not to mention DB. So i wont. Noting Arthur's post re AWP, it confirms a trait of the Clement / La Frenais partnership. Its clever, because we dont ever see these characters, but because of the context and way they are spoken about it we feel we do. Reality is that a lot of normal conversation refers to other people: family, friends, work colleagues. Cannot recall any other writers this so well. |
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