Wednesday, September 28, 2016

The Brothers McGregor + Constant Hot Water

A couple of rare UK sitcoms from 30 years ago. 

The Brothers McGregor ran for four series (26 episodes) starring Paul Barber (Denzil in Only Fools and Horses) and Philip Whitchurch (Tyler in My Hero) as brothers that operate a questionable second-hand car business in Liverpool.
Below is a scene from the last episode on this disc. Sort of looks like Elswick Street where they shot the sitcom Bread, doesn't it? The night that episode aired on ITV the second ever episode of Bread was airing on BBC. 
Episode 1.4 is missing about the first 6 minutes and Episode 1.6 is missing about the first 2 minutes.

Constant Hot Water starred Prunella Gee and Patricia Phoenix. 
"Attractive widow Miranda Thorpe has moved to the Yorkshire coast to open a boarding house. Not only has she developed an admirer in Frank, the removal man, but her new neighbour is also paying her a lot of attention too. Phyllis Nugent, owner of the Portifino residential private hotel next door, is prim and proper and believes that Miranda will attract the wrong kind of clientèle to the neighbourhood."

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