British Comedy Guide

A Class By Himself

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Eccentric peer Lord Bleasham (John Le Mesurier) resides at the family seat in Somerset but has fallen upon hard times.

This sounds like a really interesting series. Has it been released on DVD and are there any plans to if it hasn't?

They'd struggle - only the first episode exists.

(Not sure about the pilot, but unlikely.)

Pity though, I've always thought it sounds well worth seeing.

Really? That's such a same. It does sound like my sort of thing. I'm a big John Le Mesurier fan so I would have loved to have seen it.

Terrible title though.

I'd have called it Back to Class by himself

:D

Quote: Tim Walker @ October 6 2010, 8:04 PM BST

Terrible title though.

Really? It's not that bad.

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ October 6 2010, 8:05 PM BST

I'd have called it Back to Class by himself

Well you're not very orginal then, are you? :P

Quote: James Cotter @ October 6 2010, 8:10 PM BST

Really? It's not that bad.

If you're going to have a title which is meant to sound like a phrase in common usage, then probably best to choose a phrase which is in common usage.

Quote: Tim Walker @ October 6 2010, 8:13 PM BST

If you're going to have a title which is meant to sound like a phrase in common usage, then probably best to choose a phrase which is in common usage.

True and I take your point. Something like In a Class of His Own would have been better if it wasn't already a title.

James, you can still see John Le Mesurier in Barry McKenzie Holds His Own: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PfDro1UGUo

Quote: Kenneth @ October 7 2010, 10:45 AM BST

James, you can still see John Le Mesurier in Barry McKenzie Holds His Own: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PfDro1UGUo

:) Thanks I've seen it before. Wasn't it one of John Le Mesurier last films? His last was The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu I do believe.

No, not really "one of his last films" as it was made in 1974 - quite a few years before he died (and had appeared in more films).

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