'Sykes' ground to a halt with this rather sad final episode.
Eric and Hat go to the B.B.C. T.V. Centre ( and how nostalgic one is on seeing the old place again ) to collect a clock as a 'thank you' for notching up twenty years of their sitcom. Nothing much of consequence happens; they run into Les Dawson ( who gives us a chunk of his stage-act before wandering off ), meet Henry McGee as a producer ( called 'Roger Relay' in honour of their real-life producer Roger Race ), and encounter Hugh Burden as a befuddled Head of Light Entertainment ( whom one suspects was based on the late Bill Cotton Jr. ) who mistakes Eric for Eric Morecambe, announces a new idea for a family game-show to be called 'The Generating Game', and recreates I.T.M.A. characters.
This is Eric having a go at the B.B.C. itself and the bitterness of the comedy is not what we're used to from him. Destroying the illusion by stating that he and Hat were acting in a sitcom was not a good way to end the show.
Funniest moment - the clips from earlier episodes, such as 'Stranger' ( there is poignancy to the clip. Peter Sellers passed away soon after this episode was shown ), 'Sykes And A Log Cabin', 'Sykes And A Bath', and 'Holiday In Bogsea'. These show Eric and Hat at their best, which unfortunately they are not in the rest of the programme.
Eric and Hat go to the B.B.C. T.V. Centre ( and how nostalgic one is on seeing the old place again ) to collect a clock as a 'thank you' for notching up twenty years of their sitcom. Nothing much of consequence happens; they run into Les Dawson ( who gives us a chunk of his stage-act before wandering off ), meet Henry McGee as a producer ( called 'Roger Relay' in honour of their real-life producer Roger Race ), and encounter Hugh Burden as a befuddled Head of Light Entertainment ( whom one suspects was based on the late Bill Cotton Jr. ) who mistakes Eric for Eric Morecambe, announces a new idea for a family game-show to be called 'The Generating Game', and recreates I.T.M.A. characters.
This is Eric having a go at the B.B.C. itself and the bitterness of the comedy is not what we're used to from him. Destroying the illusion by stating that he and Hat were acting in a sitcom was not a good way to end the show.
Funniest moment - the clips from earlier episodes, such as 'Stranger' ( there is poignancy to the clip. Peter Sellers passed away soon after this episode was shown ), 'Sykes And A Log Cabin', 'Sykes And A Bath', and 'Holiday In Bogsea'. These show Eric and Hat at their best, which unfortunately they are not in the rest of the programme.
