Monday, 2 October 2017
803 Hello Mum
First viewed : 23 February 1987
Ah yes, I wouldn't have recalled the title of this but I remember it, a live comedy show adapted from a radio show, starring spook-eyed Helen Lederer, former Jasper Carrott sidekick Nick Wilton, Clive Mantle and Arnold Brown. Most of the show was performed in front of, and sometimes involved, a studio audience but there were some pre-recorded inserts. It was just dire and there was no second series.
Although Lederer escaped more or less unscathed, it seemed to scupper Wilton's career as a comic performer though he's still around as both a writer and an actor. Mantle of course found his metier in a straight role as Dr Mike Barrett in Casualty and Holby City.
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Probably around this time, Mantle was cast in Superman IV, but his scenes were cut. Much to his eternal relief, I imagine.
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