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Anyone else think repeating Colin's Sandwich would be the best tribute to Mel Smith?
cathrin
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...Of course all his more well-known stuff is great, (esp Alas Smith & Jones and Not the 9 O'Clock News), and I hope they'll re-show lots of that to mark Mel's passing. But I always thought Colin's Sandwich was his finest hour. It was warm and funny and quirky, even quite touching at times, and it showed just how good an actor Mel was. It's one of his less well known TV shows, but I'd love to see one of the channels repeat this sitcom as a tribute...anyone else agree?
ETA: I've just realised there's already another thread about Mel: (off to read it now); apologies if this point has already been covered!
ETA: I've just realised there's already another thread about Mel: (off to read it now); apologies if this point has already been covered!
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No the best thing they could do and should do is release a complete Smith & Jones DVD boxset!
Fans have demanded it for years yet the BBC doesnt give us what the public wants.
60 is no age at which to die these days but reading about his health problems/addictions puts it into a sad context.:(
Often when the BBC get blamed for not releasing something on DVD it is actually a rights issue.
I'm sure Colin's Sandwich nearly happened a few years ago. Then dropped off the release schedule.
Maybe rights issues and Chris Langham being in the first series of Not, makes a complete Not awkward.
Damn rights why cant things be easier.
Talking of Langham, can I assume the first series of 'The Thick Of It' is a no no for retransmission?
I was debating tracking the DVDs down, as I've only ever seen 'In The Loop' & wondered how similar 'Thick' was.
He did have a big part in BBC's "Dancing On The Edge"..probably his last TV part before he died.
It only gets a mention when long forgotten sit-coms are debated.
Who uncannily resembled Jim Moir who was Head of LE at the time...
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a499791/chris-langham-former-hollyoaks-star-lee-otway-for-new-miniseries.html
I recently watched several original NTNOCN episodes on YouTube and it was clear to see why none of them have ever been broadcast or released in their complete form since their original transmission.
For instance, one episode finished with a parody country song about a guy called Roland Davies, who I'd never heard of and couldn't find any information about on the internet either - until a search of the Guardian archive revealed that he was a train driver who defied his union to take a train out during the rail strike of early 1982.
What would that mean to people if they saw it 31 years on?
(The episodes also featured loads of references to the Polish Solidarity movement as well.)
I remember that episode, mainly because I had no idea what it was about at the time. The Internet really is great. It's like our brains got a million times bigger. Back then I didn't understand a sketch on TV and had pretty much zero chance of researching what it was about, now I have access to a tool that pretty much grants me magical powers compared to fifty years ago.
After all this time I still havent got round to watching it yet. Grabbed it off UKNova ages ago . Is it any good?
I thought Mel was brilliant as Colin...at the time I thought there was a kind of modern 'Hancock' vibe to him, which is high praise indeed from me.
Whether or not it's dated, it's a great little song, and features a very very young John Alford of London's Burning, Grange Hill, and newspaper drugs sting fame.
I would love to find out though!