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The owner smokes and is not impressed with the young man's ability to quote Hazlitt. It's 2:00pm and Francis is not back from lunch as he's reading a Russian book in a second-hand bookshop. Yet another obvious part of the "sneaky listening in theme" that I missed.īack in the office there's "A bit of a flap on." I love that the only person who knows what's going on is the sole American, Lt Colonel Trekker, whereas the Brits have no clue.
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Aunt Vicky is listening in through her door as they go upstairs. She plays along but it's obvious she is playing him. He is all old-style charm and wordy strangeness as he offers her a lift to the cinema: he is the organ player at the cinema where she is a usherette. She sends him away but he returns and gets Sylvia this time.
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Harold finally gets up courage to leave his car and knock on the shared front door, disturbing Aunt Vicky. Aunt Vicky enjoys a well-earned and a secretive fag after a busy morning shopping. Organ music re-introduces us to Roy Hudd talking to himself, and he calls himself Harold as he again sits in his car outside Sylvia's house. Hopper has a "frothy coffee" in a new style coffee bar.
Sylvia again sneaks downstairs and steals a few coppers from Aunt Vicky's jar. Unfortunately, Berry is making stool and hears them (again, this is the first time I have noticed the theme of listening in and sneaking about and such. Hopper and Francis retire to the gents where Francis confides what he knows about Berry. The lady from the first episode makes another nearly nude entrance in this dream sequence too.Ĭut to Sylvia putting her face on.
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Potter really knew how to choose great songs for these scenes, not just here but in BRH and TSD as well. This one is Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino and what a great voice he had. In the office, my favourite character Major Wallace is again wearing red braces and causing poor Colonel Bernwood much heartache.įinally, a musical piece. This part made me realise that a big part of this show is voyeurism and spying.
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As I said in the episode one recap, I don't mind one big coincidence in a book, film or TV programme. Thomas hears Berry leaving and spies on him as he leaves the house and realises his upstairs neighbour is the man from his office. It seems Uncle Fred is a religious man and a pacifist as a result of falling down drunk in front of the Salvation Army, who turned him round. The early scenes juxtapose these two couples as they get ready for their day, with Thomas looking on downstairs bemusedly. I do love this couple and it's one of Bernard Hill's best ever roles, up there with Yosser Hughes. Uncle Fred and Aunt Vicky are preparing for his day's work. Was this normal in the fifties? Sylvia wears a pale pink baby doll nightie, I presume because Dennis Potter wrote the script and he was a big ol' perv. I am surprised how thin the walls and ceilings are in this house. Cpl Berry shaves upstairs while Private Thomas does the same downstairs. Domestic life at the Berry household is our introduction to this episode.