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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 94937" data-attributes="member: 23">Next up is another from the Seventies and another that&#039;s brand new to me...<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/15/78/f3/1578f3450aff2cbb927b3f43f3234c84--radio-wrestling.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71q5uY85duL._SL1341_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Written by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer, Father Dear Father has that same jaunty, trendy, swinging theme tune as their later series such as Man About The House.&nbsp; The two daughters too, who look constantly unimpressed at their square of a father, would fit into that series. In deciding whether to buy this series or not, I watched one episode on YouTube - a Series Three episode called This Is Your Wife - and I was sold. Three episodes in and everyone&#039;s been likeable so far. The writing is mildly amusing and the situations familiar sitcom territory. Already we&#039;ve had the one with the ex-wife&#039;s new husband thinking fires are being rekindled; the one where a misheard conversation leads the adults to believe one of the daughters is pregnant; and the one where the daughters write a book based on real people (all very Please Turn Over). It&#039;s all quite safe, but good fun. It feels terribly British and very much of its time - two selling points as far as I&#039;m concerned. The St. Bernard playing H.G. Wells is stealing the show. Whenever he appears in a scene I can&#039;t take my eyes off him. He&#039;s adorable and has a wonderfully jaded expression on his face constantly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 94937, member: 23"] Next up is another from the Seventies and another that's brand new to me... [img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/15/78/f3/1578f3450aff2cbb927b3f43f3234c84--radio-wrestling.jpg[/img] [img]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71q5uY85duL._SL1341_.jpg[/img] Written by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer,[I] Father Dear Father [/I]has that same jaunty, trendy, swinging theme tune as their later series such as [I]Man About The House[/I]. The two daughters too, who look constantly unimpressed at their square of a father, would fit into that series. In deciding whether to buy this series or not, I watched one episode on YouTube - a Series Three episode called [I]This Is Your Wife [/I]- and I was sold. Three episodes in and everyone's been likeable so far. The writing is mildly amusing and the situations familiar sitcom territory. Already we've had the one with the ex-wife's new husband thinking fires are being rekindled; the one where a misheard conversation leads the adults to believe one of the daughters is pregnant; and the one where the daughters write a book based on real people (all very [I]Please Turn Over[/I]). It's all quite safe, but good fun. It feels terribly British and very much of its time - two selling points as far as I'm concerned. The St. Bernard playing H.G. Wells is stealing the show. Whenever he appears in a scene I can't take my eyes off him. He's adorable and has a wonderfully jaded expression on his face constantly. [/QUOTE]

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