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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 92195" data-attributes="member: 23">With Series Three of Nearest And Dearest, we&#039;ve entered the realm of colour. This was quite a surprise to me, having read that eighteen episodes were made in black and white. Having looked a bit closer, it seems there most of the Series Five episodes were affected by the Colour Strike of 1970. A few more Corrie faces have appeared. John Savident recurred as a bartender while Maggie Jones played a typically formidable nurse. Jessie Evans who played Corrie&#039;s Granny Hopkins has been on, too (she was also in Pardon The Expression). Bill Podmore is on Carry On-ers Peter Butterworth and Margaret Nolan have shown up. I&#039;m enjoying the familiar Granada style of writing with the earthy, wry wit. There have been a few scenes where Hylda Baker has appeared to corpse, which have been very endearing. There are a couple of little catchphrases which are enjoyable, my favourite being a reference to the lack of an hour hand on Nellie&#039;s watch (&quot;That&#039;ll be &#039;im now. &#039;Ey, they&#039;re soon aren&#039;t they? It&#039;s only quarter to... ooh, I must get a little hand put on this watch.&quot;) There&#039;s even been a variation when it became apparent the wall clock had the same issue. I&#039;ve not long finished watching Super Gran, in which one of the henchmen had a lot of screen time without saying a word. Nearest and Dearest&#039;s Walter is similarly mute, which I find a fascinating choice. It adds to the humour that there are frequent references to Walter&#039;s talkative nature and inability to shut up. The episode in which he remarried Lily was a little exciting as it looked like we were going to have to see him say &quot;I do&quot;. After a bit of teasing we cut away before he spoke, which felt like a bit of a cheat, but at least the illusion wasn&#039;t shattered.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 92195, member: 23"] With Series Three of [I]Nearest And Dearest[/I], we've entered the realm of colour. This was quite a surprise to me, having read that eighteen episodes were made in black and white. Having looked a bit closer, it seems there most of the Series Five episodes were affected by the Colour Strike of 1970. A few more Corrie faces have appeared. John Savident recurred as a bartender while Maggie Jones played a typically formidable nurse. Jessie Evans who played Corrie's Granny Hopkins has been on, too (she was also in [I]Pardon The Expression[/I]). Bill Podmore is on Carry On-ers Peter Butterworth and Margaret Nolan have shown up. I'm enjoying the familiar Granada style of writing with the earthy, wry wit. There have been a few scenes where Hylda Baker has appeared to corpse, which have been very endearing. There are a couple of little catchphrases which are enjoyable, my favourite being a reference to the lack of an hour hand on Nellie's watch ("That'll be 'im now. 'Ey, they're soon aren't they? It's only quarter to... ooh, I must get a little hand put on this watch.") There's even been a variation when it became apparent the wall clock had the same issue. I've not long finished watching [I]Super Gran[/I], in which one of the henchmen had a lot of screen time without saying a word. [I]Nearest and Dearest's[/I] Walter is similarly mute, which I find a fascinating choice. It adds to the humour that there are frequent references to Walter's talkative nature and inability to shut up. The episode in which he remarried Lily was a little exciting as it looked like we were going to have to see him say "I do". After a bit of teasing we cut away before he spoke, which felt like a bit of a cheat, but at least the illusion wasn't shattered. [/QUOTE]

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