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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 198439" data-attributes="member: 23">How about Edgar&#039;s twin brother?! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />It definitely adds a special something. Part of that crossing the &quot;t&quot;s and dotting the &quot;i&quot;s of which Caroline would no doubt approve. I often find studio-bound shows charming (Are You Being Served? springs to mind. It wouldn&#039;t have been any funnier if they&#039;d thrown in a location shoot every once in a while). But there is a feeling of fakery to them, and a sense of absence. Those scenes in the Rover were very satisfying, even if just unconsciously. On a kind of related note, I noticed the Fairchilds&#039; Rover changed for each series. The second had an almost identical SD1, though with even more sumptuous-looking red velvet upholstery. The third series featured what must be one of the first 800 Fastbacks which, since it was produced through the late Nineties, makes the car-bound scene feel a little more contemporary to me. Did he have any dialogue at all? I just remember some a lot of whispered &quot;psssst&quot;s into Edgar&#039;s ear. In a later episode I noticed he did a very nice facial contortion to look as though he was speaking out of the side of his mouth, which felt very right for him. I also enjoyed the very subtle Anglo-American tug of war with the pronunciation of Anthony&#039;s name. It was never alluded to in dialogue, but Edgar always used a theta for the &quot;th&quot; sound, while on the rare occasions his name was uttered by Caroline or other Brits, the &quot;th&quot; became a hard &quot;t&quot; , as is usual in the British pronunciation of the name.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 198439, member: 23"] How about Edgar's twin brother?! :eek: It definitely adds a special something. Part of that crossing the "t"s and dotting the "i"s of which Caroline would no doubt approve. I often find studio-bound shows charming ([I]Are You Being Served?[/I] springs to mind. It wouldn't have been any funnier if they'd thrown in a location shoot every once in a while). But there is a feeling of fakery to them, and a sense of absence. Those scenes in the Rover were very satisfying, even if just unconsciously. On a kind of related note, I noticed the Fairchilds' Rover changed for each series. The second had an almost identical SD1, though with even more sumptuous-looking red velvet upholstery. The third series featured what must be one of the first 800 Fastbacks which, since it was produced through the late Nineties, makes the car-bound scene feel a little more contemporary to me. Did he have any dialogue at all? I just remember some a lot of whispered "psssst"s into Edgar's ear. In a later episode I noticed he did a very nice facial contortion to look as though he was speaking out of the side of his mouth, which felt very right for him. I also enjoyed the very subtle Anglo-American tug of war with the pronunciation of Anthony's name. It was never alluded to in dialogue, but Edgar always used a theta for the "th" sound, while on the rare occasions his name was uttered by Caroline or other Brits, the "th" became a hard "t" , as is usual in the British pronunciation of the name. [/QUOTE]

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