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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 94698" data-attributes="member: 23">The third series of Not On Your Nellie has seen some drastic changes. None for the better. Gone are Nellie&#039;s father Jed; George (the vocal one of the gay couple); underground worker Ali and Wendy Richard as Doris the barmaid. In come Jack Douglas as Nellie&#039;s cousin and Sue Nicholls as new barmaid Big Bertha. All of it feels a bit pointless and ad hoc. Worst of all, none of the changes have been explained. Dialogue has mentioned that Walter lives alone but nobody&#039;s mentioned George. Watching Walter without George feels like just what it is: one half of a double act floating aimlessly round trying unsuccessfully to fit in. Without a domineering partner speaking for him, his silence makes no sense at all now.&nbsp; Jack Douglas&#039;s Stanley is already ensconced in the Brown Cow and playing the same role Jed did. Remember, too, that Jed was simply a substitute for N&amp;D&#039;s Eli and it&#039;s even more bizarre. I&#039;m not a fan of Jack Douglas&#039;s style of comedy and this character sums up why. A daft haircut and glasses do not a comic icon make. Bertha is the most acceptable of the arrivals. In fact I kind of like the idea that each series would have a new barmaid. The show has continued to recycle lines, plots and entire scripts from Nearest And Dearest, which adds to the futility. It&#039;s not a terrible, unwatchable show. But it all feels a little pointless. Series Three has only four episodes, of which I&#039;ve watched two. From what I understand, things are about to get even more curious with Hylda Baker&#039;s on-set injury affecting the last two shows with Nellie appearing in a wheelchair in the next episode and not appearing at all in the final episode, having walked out and started legal action against LWT. It will be interesting to watch the series ending for that reason alone, but I&#039;m not expecting it to be very good. While I was aware of it, Brass passed me by when it first aired. Maybe I could look into watching it. I have enjoyed the Corrie-esque style of Pardon The Expression and Nearest And Dearest, both of which shared production staff (and cast) with Corrie, so I have a feeling I&#039;d enjoy it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 94698, member: 23"] The third series of[I] Not On Your Nellie[/I] has seen some drastic changes. None for the better. Gone are Nellie's father Jed; George (the vocal one of the gay couple); underground worker Ali and Wendy Richard as Doris the barmaid. In come Jack Douglas as Nellie's cousin and Sue Nicholls as new barmaid Big Bertha. All of it feels a bit pointless and ad hoc. Worst of all, none of the changes have been explained. Dialogue has mentioned that Walter lives alone but nobody's mentioned George. Watching Walter without George feels like just what it is: one half of a double act floating aimlessly round trying unsuccessfully to fit in. Without a domineering partner speaking for him, his silence makes no sense at all now. Jack Douglas's Stanley is already ensconced in the Brown Cow and playing the same role Jed did. Remember, too, that Jed was simply a substitute for N&D's Eli and it's even more bizarre. I'm not a fan of Jack Douglas's style of comedy and this character sums up why. A daft haircut and glasses do not a comic icon make. Bertha is the most acceptable of the arrivals. In fact I kind of like the idea that each series would have a new barmaid. The show has continued to recycle lines, plots and entire scripts from [I]Nearest And Dearest[/I], which adds to the futility. It's not a terrible, unwatchable show. But it all feels a little pointless. Series Three has only four episodes, of which I've watched two. From what I understand, things are about to get even more curious with Hylda Baker's on-set injury affecting the last two shows with Nellie appearing in a wheelchair in the next episode and not appearing at all in the final episode, having walked out and started legal action against LWT. It will be interesting to watch the series ending for that reason alone, but I'm not expecting it to be very good. While I was aware of it, [I]Brass[/I] passed me by when it first aired. Maybe I could look into watching it. I have enjoyed the Corrie-esque style of[I] Pardon The Expression [/I]and [I]Nearest And Dearest,[/I] both of which shared production staff (and cast) with Corrie, so I have a feeling I'd enjoy it. [/QUOTE]

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