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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 187762" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Go on then. Let's see if we can stoke those fires with my next boxset:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71NtYsFH+tL._SL1128_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>First impressions - three episodes' worth - are good. It's edgier than I'd thought, with the "kids" feeling mostly authentically rough round the edges (I was half expecting RADA Cockney to be prevalent), some suggestive sauciness (I can't help feeling they'd never get away with a naked self portrait of a schoolgirl nowadays) and the language not as twee as I'd expected (Doris, for example, has been referred to as an old bitch a couple of times). </p><p></p><p>Joan Sanderson was the big draw for me, of course. She gives great dragon lady. </p><p></p><p>John Alderton is another familiar face, but I don't think I've watched him in anything. Apart from the Maxwell House adverts with his wife Pauline Collins (<em>Fireman Sam</em> was after my time, sadly). Deryck Guyler, too, is very familiar and I'm sure I've seen him in many things. I suspect I've watched his brief appearance in <em>Carry On Doctor</em> more than anything else in which he's appeared. David Barry felt instantly familiar, but I'm not sure why. </p><p></p><p>Noel Howlett is new to me, I think. And I like him lots already. </p><p></p><p>Of the kids, Sharon and Maureen are the most familiar. I had my doubts about spending so much time in a classroom with them being unruly, but they're all starting to separate into distinct characters. Naturally, I have to suspend disbelief a little with most being played by people who look to be in their mid to late twenties. But that's all good. </p><p></p><p>40 minute episodes is quite unusual. Wikipedia tells me they were to fit into a 45 minute timeslot, which goes to show how advertising has taken over. Nowadays a one hour episode would end up around the same length. Apparently most were butchered down to 25 minutes for repeats. The mind boggles at the very idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 187762, member: 23"] Go on then. Let's see if we can stoke those fires with my next boxset: [img]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71NtYsFH+tL._SL1128_.jpg[/img] First impressions - three episodes' worth - are good. It's edgier than I'd thought, with the "kids" feeling mostly authentically rough round the edges (I was half expecting RADA Cockney to be prevalent), some suggestive sauciness (I can't help feeling they'd never get away with a naked self portrait of a schoolgirl nowadays) and the language not as twee as I'd expected (Doris, for example, has been referred to as an old bitch a couple of times). Joan Sanderson was the big draw for me, of course. She gives great dragon lady. John Alderton is another familiar face, but I don't think I've watched him in anything. Apart from the Maxwell House adverts with his wife Pauline Collins ([I]Fireman Sam[/I] was after my time, sadly). Deryck Guyler, too, is very familiar and I'm sure I've seen him in many things. I suspect I've watched his brief appearance in [I]Carry On Doctor[/I] more than anything else in which he's appeared. David Barry felt instantly familiar, but I'm not sure why. Noel Howlett is new to me, I think. And I like him lots already. Of the kids, Sharon and Maureen are the most familiar. I had my doubts about spending so much time in a classroom with them being unruly, but they're all starting to separate into distinct characters. Naturally, I have to suspend disbelief a little with most being played by people who look to be in their mid to late twenties. But that's all good. 40 minute episodes is quite unusual. Wikipedia tells me they were to fit into a 45 minute timeslot, which goes to show how advertising has taken over. Nowadays a one hour episode would end up around the same length. Apparently most were butchered down to 25 minutes for repeats. The mind boggles at the very idea. [/QUOTE]
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