The young girl is Val Kilmers former wife. Shows how old this programme is. 1981 doesn't seem that far back. I worked then in drawing office of a forge that year, we had grumpy gaffer that looked like Jeremy Clarkson, busty June the secretary.
Lenny (or Leonard as Bill Maynard's character Fred calls him) was also the young dancer (sic) who appeared in the KP Nuts advert from 1983 which spoofs Lene Lovich's Lucky Number song. I have to say that I think he should have got the part of Tucker Jenkins in Grange Hill instead of Todd Carty.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?
Great episode - hilarous!
The Great Joanne Whalley 🙂
Pure nostalgia
The young girl is Val Kilmers former wife. Shows how old this programme is. 1981 doesn't seem that far back. I worked then in drawing office of a forge that year, we had grumpy gaffer that looked like Jeremy Clarkson, busty June the secretary.
I blinked and saw Joanne Whalley...blinked again and yes, it was her.
I loved her role in _Will You Love Me Tomorrow_
Lenny (or Leonard as Bill Maynard's character Fred calls him) was also the young dancer (sic) who appeared in the KP Nuts advert from 1983 which spoofs Lene Lovich's Lucky Number song. I have to say that I think he should have got the part of Tucker Jenkins in Grange Hill instead of Todd Carty.
He is The Gaffer !
I'm pretty sure the Temp Temp is Alice Marsh from Get Some In.
Love it
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?