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The Other One (1977)
The Other One
I agree with the other positive reviews of this little-remembered 40-year-old BBC sitcom.
I was thirteen when the first of the two series aired and our family loved it.
My younger sister and I used to endlessly re-enact one of the scenes where Briars and Gambon have a chance meeting with an elderly farmer - an old acquaintance of Briars - whilst taking a short break in the English countryside: "It's Ralphie Tanner. You remember me?" The farmer ponders, thinking aloud in a West Country accent: "Tanner, Ralphie Tanner... Ralphie Tanner..." The (stereotypical) farmer suddenly remembers and the now enraged character bellows: "RALPHIE TANNER!! WHERE'S MY SHOTGUN!!"
OK, so not very funny when written down, but I can remember my sister laughing so hard, that her supper-time hot cocoa nearly drowned her as it ejected from of both nostrils and into her cupped hands.
Happy times. Thank you.