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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 216160" data-attributes="member: 23">Series One of Brass has come to an exciting conclusion. With multiple cliffhangers. Currently, the two Fairchild brothers are atop a huge chimney stack which is toppling towards the hospital where the King - visiting along with Bradley and Lady Patience - has just been shocked by the Hardacre daughters arriving naked on horseback in protest. Oh, and the SBD explosive, which becomes unstable when it comes into contact with gold, is just about to meet a gold trowel.Despite it being blooming hilarious, I&#039;m far more invested in the storylines than I ought to be.I&#039;m shocked how little information about the series seems to be on the internet. Each scene has line after line of quotable dialogue, most of which I struggle to remember afterwards owing to the sheer volume of wit. It&#039;s the kind of series that would need multiple watches for someone with my inability to retain dialogue. One line that stuck from last night was Bradley warning Dr McDuff about women in general and his wife in particular: &quot;There&#039;s many an old cow has a fine pair o&#039; calves.&quot;The way the comic scenes move the story forwards is wonderful. One great example was Dr McDuff hypnotising Lady Patience but ending up hypnotised himself. She used this as an opportunity to discard the wheelchair she pretends to need (despite chasing round and deflowering her daughters boyfriend) by convincing the doctor he&#039;s worked a miracle cure on her. And into the bargain persuading him to drop his trews at her command.There&#039;s certainly an edge to it. And an intelligence.Even the occasional bit of casual mild profanity - there&#039;s been an &quot;arse&quot; or two, a few &quot;bastard&quot;s and at least one &quot;pissed&quot; - feels a little more risque thinking of that time.That looks like quite a juicy role.Annette Badland is one of those familiar faces that I don&#039;t associate with any one role but who seems to have been all over the shop (perhaps for that reason I used to get her mixed up with Miriam Margolyes, even though they look nothing alike). I&#039;m sure I remember her from a kids comedy series in the early Eighties in which she didn&#039;t really speak but did some kind of mime while being generally silly. Perhaps in a nurses uniform. But I can&#039;t find anything on IMDb that fits, so perhaps I&#039;m thinking of yet another actress who was all over the place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 216160, member: 23"] Series One of [I]Brass[/I] has come to an exciting conclusion. With multiple cliffhangers. Currently, the two Fairchild brothers are atop a huge chimney stack which is toppling towards the hospital where the King - visiting along with Bradley and Lady Patience - has just been shocked by the Hardacre daughters arriving naked on horseback in protest. Oh, and the SBD explosive, which becomes unstable when it comes into contact with gold, is just about to meet a gold trowel. Despite it being blooming hilarious, I'm far more invested in the storylines than I ought to be. I'm shocked how little information about the series seems to be on the internet. Each scene has line after line of quotable dialogue, most of which I struggle to remember afterwards owing to the sheer volume of wit. It's the kind of series that would need multiple watches for someone with my inability to retain dialogue. One line that stuck from last night was Bradley warning Dr McDuff about women in general and his wife in particular: "There's many an old cow has a fine pair o' calves." The way the comic scenes move the story forwards is wonderful. One great example was Dr McDuff hypnotising Lady Patience but ending up hypnotised himself. She used this as an opportunity to discard the wheelchair she pretends to need (despite chasing round and deflowering her daughters boyfriend) by convincing the doctor he's worked a miracle cure on her. And into the bargain persuading him to drop his trews at her command. There's certainly an edge to it. And an intelligence. Even the occasional bit of casual mild profanity - there's been an "arse" or two, a few "bastard"s and at least one "pissed" - feels a little more risque thinking of that time. That looks like quite a juicy role. Annette Badland is one of those familiar faces that I don't associate with any one role but who seems to have been all over the shop (perhaps for that reason I used to get her mixed up with Miriam Margolyes, even though they look nothing alike). I'm sure I remember her from a kids comedy series in the early Eighties in which she didn't really speak but did some kind of mime while being generally silly. Perhaps in a nurses uniform. But I can't find anything on IMDb that fits, so perhaps I'm thinking of yet [I][U]another[/U][/I] actress who was all over the place. [/QUOTE]

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