Am I the only one who's seen this? Incredibly, I can recall seeing it on TV on Xmas night 1966 when I was 15. At 25 minutes playing time it looks like the pilot of an historic TV sitcom series in the vein of A funny thing happened to me on the way to the forum or Up Pompeii. But it's a one-off. Groaning with anachronisms and Flintstonesque technology e.g. an elephant-operated passenger lift! The basic premise is a "Hi honey. I'm home." 'Roman' family. Can't remember the characters' names but Del Moore and Lois Maxwell are Dad and Mom, with an adult son and twin daughters. In addition Peggy Mount plays her usual dragon of a mother-in-law character, but with an American accent? Her presence, plus that of other anglo stalwarts,also spouting phoney yank tones confirm that this is really a British production. However, the best character by far is Braggius, which is Hughie Green playing himself. He's the Club bore, and arch nemesis of Del. When Del seizes a chance to get even, things seem set to go horribly wrong but,this being sitcom land, you know things are going to work out just fine! Not great, but quirkily amusing.
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TondaCoolwal3 February 2017
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cardinalsfolly21 October 2019In response to coolantic, I remember seeing as well, so that's two of us. I remember thinking it was quite funny and Hughie Green as a villain was very amusing. I remember the elephant operated lift as well.