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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 88018" data-attributes="member: 23">The series ending to Pardon The Expression was spoilt for me a short while ago, so I knew what was coming. Nevertheless, it was both satisfying and tantalising. And certainly a bold move. Were sitcom execs braver in the mid-Sixties than in the decades following? Going by this series it seems so.The final episode I watched was the unaired Christmas special. It was originally intended to be aired between the first and second series, so I watched it out of sequence. It included another treat for those familiar with Corrie. The sacked Santa had a stash of Newton &amp; Ridley bitter bottles around the place, which a brattish child found and enjoyed. This episode also explained why Hunt&#039;s appearance as the new manager wasn&#039;t referenced in the opening episode of series two. The Christmas episode would have been his debut and it&#039;s mentioned in it that he&#039;s the relief manager. I can&#039;t help being intrigued about the reason the episode never aired.Pardon The Expression - itself a spinoff from Corrie - had its own follow-up series: Turn Out The Lights. Sadly, this short series (just six episodes) doesn&#039;t appear to have been made available in any format. Shame it wasn&#039;t included in this set, but maybe the good folks at Network will dust it off one of these years.<img src="http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/coronationstreet/images/4/44/TV_Times_cover_for_Pardon_the_Expression.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081027203705" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/coronationstreet/images/1/18/Turn_out_the_Lights.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090623092415" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 88018, member: 23"] The series ending to [I]Pardon The Expression[/I] was spoilt for me a short while ago, so I knew what was coming. Nevertheless, it was both satisfying and tantalising. And certainly a bold move. Were sitcom execs braver in the mid-Sixties than in the decades following? Going by this series it seems so. The final episode I watched was the unaired Christmas special. It was originally intended to be aired between the first and second series, so I watched it out of sequence. It included another treat for those familiar with Corrie. The sacked Santa had a stash of Newton & Ridley bitter bottles around the place, which a brattish child found and enjoyed. This episode also explained why Hunt's appearance as the new manager wasn't referenced in the opening episode of series two. The Christmas episode would have been his debut and it's mentioned in it that he's the relief manager. I can't help being intrigued about the reason the episode never aired. [I] Pardon The Expression [/I]- itself a spinoff from Corrie - had its own follow-up series:[I] Turn Out The Lights[/I]. Sadly, this short series (just six episodes) doesn't appear to have been made available in any format. Shame it wasn't included in this set, but maybe the good folks at Network will dust it off one of these years. [IMG]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/coronationstreet/images/4/44/TV_Times_cover_for_Pardon_the_Expression.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081027203705[/IMG][IMG]http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/coronationstreet/images/1/18/Turn_out_the_Lights.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090623092415[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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