Category: Screen Refs

‘My Old Man’s A Tory’ In this episode from 1965, Harold returns from ‘the round’ and is horrified to see ‘Vote Conservative’ posters and slogans displayed around the yard. Banter and insults follow between him and his father. Harold is Chairman of the local Labour Party and aspires to be adopted as a candidate for Continue reading

Episode: ‘Don’t Tell Them That Willie Boy Was Here’ This is the eighth in the series and the second so far to feature ‘Minder’. This Episode was the fourth in Series 2 and was first transmitted on 9th October 1980, Paul Barber plays Willie Reynolds, a boxer known as ‘The Mersey Mouth’ who retired as Continue reading

Episode: ‘Crime Watch’ I didn’t know anything at all about this series until very recently. John Thaw plays Henry Willows, a middle aged divorcee who lives alone with the assistance of a ‘Home Help’. Then one day, much to his amazement, his 18 year old son Matthew turns up after falling out with his mum. Continue reading

There were seven series of ‘On The Buses’ containing 74 episodes which ran from 1969 until 1973 and also three films. The main characters were, ‘Stan’, who was played by East End born Reg Varney. He was the bus driver and still lived at home with his Mum, Sister and Brother-in-law. Doris Hare wasn’t the Continue reading

This episode is from Series 3 and was first transmitted in January, 1995. The main two characters are ‘Richie Richard’, played by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson plays ‘Eddie Hitler’. They live in a squalid flat in Hammersmith and spend much of their time together in it, insulting and fighting each other which often results Continue reading

Brush Strokes – Season 2, Episode 6 The series started in 1986 and ran until 1991. The main character is ‘Jacko’ who is a womanising jack-the-lad played by Karl Howman who was born in Woolwich and supports Charlton Athletic. He started his acting career with the National Youth Theatre and has appeared in a number Continue reading

The Boys From The Bush TV Series (3 Episodes) I taped this legendary television series when they went out on the BBC in 1991 and 1992. They were written by R’s fan, Douglas Livingstone and revolve around, ‘Reg Toomer’ (Tim Healy) and ‘Dennis Tontine’ (Chris Haywood) who are partners in a sort of bungling Detective/Marriage Continue reading

Number two in the series of screen references to the R’s over the years, is from Are You Being Served ?’ The episode, ‘Goodbye Mr Grainger’ was first broadcast on 1st April, 1977. The sitcom was written by the successful team of David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd and ran from 1972 up to 1983 incorporating Continue reading

The first in a series of short screen references to the R’s over the years, is from an early episode of the popular TV series, ‘Minder’ and titled, ‘The Bengal Tiger’ In it, Terry acts as a minder for an Asian Newsagent in West London. A group of Indians are seeking revenge over a proposed Continue reading