The romantic Brit-com, "No Honestly!" is (finally) available on DVD. This is a sweet, funny and endearing 12-episode series whose strength is its writers (Brady and Bingham) and its stars. Much has already been said about Alderton and Collins' chemistry with comparisons to Burns and Allen, but I also saw in Pauline Collins someone who could give the late, great Lucille Ball a run for her money in screwball comedy.
This is the sort of program no one makes any more in this age of snarky wisecracks masquerading as jokes. I first saw it in the 1970s as part of our local PBS station's (WQED, Pittsburgh) Brit-com block on the heels of "Monty Python's Flying Circus." While I loved Python as well, this show was a refreshing change. The scene at the end of one episode where CD explains to Clara about a certain phrase in "rhyming slang" and ends up declaring that he loves her is a great "Awwwwww..." moment that can move even the most cynical of people. Another favorite is CD meeting Clara's father to ask for her hand. ('Nuff said.) Highly recommended!
This is the sort of program no one makes any more in this age of snarky wisecracks masquerading as jokes. I first saw it in the 1970s as part of our local PBS station's (WQED, Pittsburgh) Brit-com block on the heels of "Monty Python's Flying Circus." While I loved Python as well, this show was a refreshing change. The scene at the end of one episode where CD explains to Clara about a certain phrase in "rhyming slang" and ends up declaring that he loves her is a great "Awwwwww..." moment that can move even the most cynical of people. Another favorite is CD meeting Clara's father to ask for her hand. ('Nuff said.) Highly recommended!