Peter Spence
- English
- Writer
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New book to shine a light on creation of 1970s sitcoms
Raising Laughter, a new book due to be published in September, will take a look at the creation of 1970s sitcoms. Writer Robert Sellers has interviewed a number of those involved in the shows.
British Comedy Guide, 17th June 2021To the Manor Born was one of the quintessential cosy 'coms of the '70s and '80s. In a new century, though, with not all that much changed about the show, it seems a very rum thing indeed. Perhaps, as the saying goes, the past is another country.
Graham Kibble-White, Off The Telly, 25th December 2007To the Manor Born (BBC1) is what they used to call a vehicle for Penelope Keith. A somewhat antiquated gig, possibly barouche, conceivably landau, perhaps a growler. What ever that is. Sherlock Holmes leaped into them a lot crying "Paddington."
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 2nd October 1979And a new comedy series, He's A Wonderful Wife (Radio 4, Wednesday) which depends on the unfunny, out-dated and overplayed notion that there is something inherently comic in men staying at home and wives working. It needs remarkably skilful dialogue to absorb such a wet idea - and this series, though it is early days yet, looks like being not so much a sponge, as a lead face flannel.
Val Arnold-Forster, The Guardian, 29th July 1977