"A Sharp Intake of Breath" The Weekend (TV Episode 1981) Poster

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The Weekend
Prismark1019 April 2018
Peter bumps to an all army friend, I presume they did National Service together. Peter was known as Randy in those days anyhow his old army buddy dabbles in the market and has a pad in the country. He invites Peter and Sheila up to their country abode.

It turns out to be a caravan and when his pal said he dabbled in the market, he ran a crockery market at the weekend, not the stock exchange.

The laughs are to do with two couples in a confined space and then when Peter goes down to the farm to get supplies which includes a real life duck.

An amusing episode but it did look rather laboured. My son who was only watching the show for the first time managed to figure out what would happen next before it happened such as Peter crashing down on Sheila on the bunk bed.
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9/10
Country calamities
Sthom-2220 May 2015
Warning: Spoilers
'A Sharp Intake Of Breath' came out recently on D.V.D. and very enjoyable and amusing it is too ( though not quite amusing enough to cheer one up after the depressing fiasco of the General Election, otherwise known as 'Let Scares And Smears Win The Day!' ). 'The Weekend' comes from the final season, and was written by Vince Powell. 'Peter Barnes' ( David Jason ) bumps into an old school friend ( Anthony Dawes ) who invites him and 'Sheila' ( Jacqueline Clarke ) to his place in the country. Peter and Sheila look forward to an 'Upstairs, Downstairs'-type experience, only to find when they arrive that...his friend lives in a tatty caravan. When Peter attempts to climb onto his bunk, he falls through, landing on top of Sheila. But the real horror is yet to come, as Peter has to go to a farm to get some milk...

Two of the cast of 'Love Thy Neighbour' ( a sitcom mainly maligned by those who've never seen it ) pop up here; Kate Williams ( a.k.a. 'Joan Booth' ) as the wife of Peter's school friend and Paul Luty ( a.k.a. 'Nobby' the barman ) as a surly farmer. The caravan is cramped and comfort less and you wonder why the Barnes' don't go home straight away. Eventually, it rolls downhill and goes into a river. 'Father Ted' later did a similar episode.

Funniest moment - leaving the car, Peter steps into cow dung. He starts to say "Shit!" but then changes it to "Sheila!".
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