John Chapman (I)

Hugh And I, the comedy show starring Hugh Lloyd and Terry Scott, finished its run on BBC last night. Unashamedly and robustly farcical, it has provoked sniffy reactions from some critics, but I must confess to enjoying all the episodes I have seen.

There are comedies that make you nudge your neighbour with a conspiratorial leer. And there are comedies that give you a little pang of guilt as you snigger. But Hugh and I on BBC is in the good old rollicking, belly-laugh tradition that deflates the pompous, and alarms the miserable.