Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 1 2009, 9:54 PM BSTIt was. With Pat Coombes.
"With a bunch of paper roses in her big straw hat"
And Heidi I think as well. Maybe Chocky(sp) too, but I think that was later.
*sighs*
The BCG bar. Page 25
I have a tall gangly friend called Hannah who was always falling over when drunk. I used to sing "Rag Dolly Hannah" at her.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 1 2009, 10:04 PM BSTI have a tall gangly friend called Hannah who was always falling over when drunk. I used to sing "Rag Dolly Hannah" at her.
"With a bunch of straight Martinis and she falls down flat"
Quote: Moonstone @ October 1 2009, 10:07 PM BST
"With a bunch of straight Martinis and she falls down flat"
Ah, you know her then. 
Haha!
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 1 2009, 9:16 PM BSTShe was like a punky St Trinian's girl played by Charlotte Coleman (Where Do You Want Me, with Dylan Moran). ITV show in the 80s. One series was about her trying different jobs. She used to call everyone 'cock'.
Charlotte Coleman was great as Sue in Worzel Gummidge, usually smarter than her brother and the eponymous scarecrow, often referring to them as "stupid". And good with the Crowman's dog too. Died way too young.
She was brilliant in the rather weird (as I recall) Educating Marmalade. Used to have the hots for her.
Died after a sudden severe "asthma attack". (I use the quote marks not because the explanation sounded suspicious at the time, just that it never seemed to be made that clear if this was the definite cause. Considering she had been in Four Weddings... and Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit there was surprisingly little said about it when she died.)
She was quite the rebel. Not sure if I recall correctly, but I think she already had her nose pierced and tattoos when she was appearing in Worzel Gummidge as a 10-year-old, so had to have putty or something put in the nose piercings.
And "the rather weird" quality of Educating Marmalade can be attributed to the great Andrew Davies, who wrote it (and so many other great shows).
This is a bar, right? Who wants a drink? I'm starting the weekend early.
Oh, I never knew Andrew Davies wrote that! He did a lot of good things before he started becoming a one-man adaptation machine. Especially the brilliant A Very Peculiar Practice and the one-off BBC TV film Ball Trap On The Cote Sauvage (1989) - very funny, starring Jack Shepherd, Zoe Wanamaker, Miranda Richardson and Michael Kitchen.
Quote: DaButt @ October 2 2009, 1:01 AM BSTThis is a bar, right? Who wants a drink? I'm starting the weekend early.
Virtual alcohol just isn't doing it for me this weekend. But I'll persist.
Quote: DaButt @ October 2 2009, 1:01 AM BSTThis is a bar, right? Who wants a drink? I'm starting the weekend early.
I thought it was a chocolate bar. No wonder I was having trouble with the wrapping.
Quote: Tim Walker @ October 2 2009, 1:02 AM BSTOh, I never knew Andrew Davies wrote that! He did a lot of good things before he started becoming a one-man adaptation machine. Especially the brilliant A Very Peculiar Practice and the one-off BBC TV film Ball Trap On The Cote Sauvage (1989) - very funny, starring Jack Shepherd, Zoe Wanamaker, Miranda Richardson and Michael Kitchen.
Also ace was the House of Cards trilogy. Though the books by Michael Dobbs were excellent to begin with.
Quote: Kenneth @ October 2 2009, 1:03 AM BSTVirtual alcohol just isn't doing it for me this weekend.
I'm on the real deal.
Quote: Kenneth @ October 2 2009, 1:06 AM BSTAlso ace was the House of Cards trilogy. Though the books by Michael Dobbs were excellent to begin with.
I think the TV adaptations were much better. Dobbs has always struck me as a bit of a hack, whereas the TV adaptations - especially the first - added another dimension. And of course that first one was best because it coincided with Thatcher resigning and the Tories having a leadership contest.