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Charley's Aunt (1977)

  • TV comedy
  • ITV1
  • 1977
  • 1 episode

When a chaperon fails to arrive, Jack and Charley have to find a substitute in a hurry. Stars Eric Sykes, Alun Lewis, Osmund Bullock, Graham Faulkner, Gerald Flood and more.

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Press clippings

I suspect that, here and there, Sykes and Edwards may have added certain impromptu comments to the script. Something about Sykes's irritated "Go oil your bat" and Edwards's comments on a recalcitrant buttonhole, "I thought there was a hole in there. I'll cram it in somewhere," sounded funnier not to say filthier than the original.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 30th December 1977

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