Posted by Stephen Stewart on 10/07/05 14:05

"Graham" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> X-no-archive: yes
> Stephen Stewart wrote:
>> Unfortunately the work he personally regarded his best was "His Lordship
>> Entertains" which I've never seen and the BBC wiped the recordings.
>
> All the media seem to suggest that he regarded Porridge as his best acting
> work.

He mentioned this in an interview at some stage and it stuck in my head
because described the programme without mentioning the name.

Curiosity got the better of me and I looked it up on the Net. :-)

Fletcher was Ronnie's favourite character but there's a distinction between
favourite character and best performance and maybe Ronnie had this in mind
when he made these comments.

As I said I haven't seen it myself but if this reviewers thoughts are
anything to go by then clearly Ronnie's thoughts weren't far off the mark.

http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/comedy/clarence.htm

It would be amazing if it turned up some day like the lost Steptoes but
somehow I think this one's gone forever mores the pity as at least I'd seen
Clarence before.



Stephen

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