I was 15 years old in 1979 and a rabid Anglophile. I loved the
Britcoms on PBS. One night, I happened upon "No, Honestly!" --- the very first
episode. I was struck by how very like Paul McCartney our John Alderton looked
so I watched the show and fell madly for Pauline Collins. Not to take anything
away from John. He's the consumate straightman. But Pauline blew me away. I was
hooked for life. I saw every episode of the series when it ran here back then.
No long after that, "Wodehouse Playhouse" ran here and I became the biggest fan
of Alderton & Collins ever born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Still, (hey there
was no Internet then!) I didn't know about "Upstairs, Downstairs" until it was
replayed in the US in the late Awesome80s and there was Pauline! And later,
John! Needless to say I was in heaven! Today, I received my THOMAS & SARAH
box set and watched the first ep. It made me want to watch the "Wodehouse..."
ep, "Strychnine In The Soup" ---the best ep I have on tape from the early
Awesome80s PBS run of the show. That lead me to search for "No, Honestly!". I've
had the out-of-print book for years but now, I can get videos! What a great day!
Now, if only "Wodehouse...", "Forever Green" and "Mystery: The Black Tower"
would become available on video I could die happy!
--sisterdebmac
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