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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 72027" data-attributes="member: 23">Now that I&#039;m midway through the fourth and final series, the end is approaching for You&#039;re Only Young Twice (damn - I still find myself writing &quot;You Only Live Twice&quot; and needing to correct it).With each passing series it goes up and up in my estimation. Apart from a little lull towards the end of Series Three it feels like it gets better and better. But I&#039;m half convinced it&#039;s just that the more immersed I get in its little world the more enjoyable it is. I suspect I could watch the episodes in reverse order and be loving those early episodes more than ever.The characters are strong; the situations memorable; the setting appealing and the writing (despite my vacillation) is funny. It&#039;s up there with a great deal of sitcoms of the era. Which is why I&#039;m rather perplexed this show has passed me by until now. I have no memory of it airing when I was young, nor do I recall ever seeing repeats on UK Gold and the like.I must give mention to a couple of characters I haven&#039;t really discussed before...Handyman Roger has been a reassuring presence throughout. Johnny (or sometimes Johnnie) Wade has that reliable cheeky chappy character actor air. His IMDb page is proof of that. The many different characters he&#039;s played in sitcoms and dramas include: &quot;Barman&quot;, &quot;Taxi driver&quot;, &quot;Milkman&quot;, &quot;Barber&quot;, &quot;Card Dealer&quot;, &quot;Delivery Man&quot;, &quot;Butcher&quot;, &quot;Security Man&quot;, &quot;Ambulance Man&quot;, &quot;Garage Man&quot;, &quot;Scrounger&quot;, &quot;1st Removal Man&quot;. No wonder he seems familiar. I must&#039;ve seen a couple of dozen shows that he&#039;s had small roles in, giving series regulars some grief. YOYT seems to be his best-known role. I feel glad to know that he had several years of steady work out of this as he&#039;s a very enjoyable part of the show.Georgina Moon as Finchy is another that feels very much of her time. A pretty young woman who knows her lines but sometimes delivers them as though her script had no punctuation. Her IMDb credits are also quite telling, including small roles in the two outdoorsy Carry Ons (Camping and Behind) and an ongoing stint as Erotica in Frankie Howerd&#039;s Up Pompeii! series. She may be one of the weaker links of the team, but as part of the whole she&#039;s perfectly fine. Georgina&#039;s most recent credit is a 1983 is an episode of That&#039;s My Boy, after which she presumably became obsolete. Strange to think she&#039;s now older than the core cast of YOYT were at the time. I like to think she&#039;s residing in a home for former Seventies starlets, getting into hilarious escapades and sparring with the likes of Penny Irving and Margaret Nolan.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 72027, member: 23"] Now that I'm midway through the fourth and final series, the end is approaching for [I]You're Only Young Twice [/I](damn - I [I][U]still[/U][/I] find myself writing "You Only Live Twice" and needing to correct it). With each passing series it goes up and up in my estimation. Apart from a little lull towards the end of Series Three it feels like it gets better and better. But I'm half convinced it's just that the more immersed I get in its little world the more enjoyable it is. I suspect I could watch the episodes in reverse order and be loving those early episodes more than ever. The characters are strong; the situations memorable; the setting appealing and the writing (despite my vacillation) [I]is[/I] funny. It's up there with a great deal of sitcoms of the era. Which is why I'm rather perplexed this show has passed me by until now. I have no memory of it airing when I was young, nor do I recall ever seeing repeats on UK Gold and the like. I must give mention to a couple of characters I haven't really discussed before... Handyman Roger has been a reassuring presence throughout. Johnny (or sometimes Johnnie) Wade has that reliable cheeky chappy character actor air. His IMDb page is proof of that. The many different characters he's played in sitcoms and dramas include: "Barman", "Taxi driver", "Milkman", "Barber", "Card Dealer", "Delivery Man", "Butcher", "Security Man", "Ambulance Man", "Garage Man", "Scrounger", "1st Removal Man". No wonder he seems familiar. I must've seen a couple of dozen shows that he's had small roles in, giving series regulars some grief. YOYT seems to be his best-known role. I feel glad to know that he had several years of steady work out of this as he's a very enjoyable part of the show. Georgina Moon as Finchy is another that feels very much of her time. A pretty young woman who knows her lines but sometimes delivers them as though her script had no punctuation. Her IMDb credits are also quite telling, including small roles in the two outdoorsy Carry Ons ([I]Camping[/I] and [I]Behind[/I]) and an ongoing stint as Erotica in Frankie Howerd's [I]Up Pompeii! [/I]series. She may be one of the weaker links of the team, but as part of the whole she's perfectly fine. Georgina's most recent credit is a 1983 is an episode of [I]That's My Boy[/I], after which she presumably became obsolete. Strange to think she's now older than the core cast of YOYT were at the time. I like to think she's residing in a home for former Seventies starlets, getting into hilarious escapades and sparring with the likes of Penny Irving and Margaret Nolan. [/QUOTE]

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