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** Creator/JulieChristianYoung had been up for parts in the series but turned them down as she preferred drama.
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** Creator/TrevorBannister hated performing before a studio audience, and by the end of his run grew tired of performing the same old reused jokes.
** By 1980, David Croft was also thinking the series was getting too far-fetched and rehashing too many older episodes.
** By 1980, David Croft was also thinking the series was getting too far-fetched and rehashing too many older episodes.
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** Creator/TrevorBannister hated performing before a studio audience, and by the end of his run grew tired of performing the same old reused jokes.
**jokes. By 1980, David Croft was also thinking the series was getting too far-fetched and rehashing too many older episodes.episodes.
** Creator/PennyIrving didn't approve of the show getting smuttier as it went on. In a 2019 interview, she said:
--->As the series progressed, they tried to get a bit more risqué. In one script it had me sat in a bikini on Mr. Grace's knee. I didn't want that, and I called David Croft and told him I was drawing the line. He was livid! I was in my thirties by then and just didn't want to do it. He was quite horrible about it. So, I thought about it... and still didn't do it!
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** Creator/PennyIrving didn't approve of the show getting smuttier as it went on. In a 2019 interview, she said:
--->As the series progressed, they tried to get a bit more risqué. In one script it had me sat in a bikini on Mr. Grace's knee. I didn't want that, and I called David Croft and told him I was drawing the line. He was livid! I was in my thirties by then and just didn't want to do it. He was quite horrible about it. So, I thought about it... and still didn't do it!
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* HostilityOnTheSet: While they stayed good friends and always kept things professional, Creator/MollieSugden and Creator/JohnInman would clash over who got top billing as the series went on, as both believes themselves to be the star of the show.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: While they stayed good friends and always kept things professional, Creator/MollieSugden and Creator/JohnInman would clash over who got top billing as the series went on, as both believes believed themselves to be the star of the show.
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** Mrs. Peacock, who makes appearances in a few episodes, was played by two actresses named Diana; Diana King played her in most of her appearances, and Diana Lambert ([[YouLookFamiliar who had previously played]] a customer named in the credits as "the Six-Pound Fox Customer" in the Season One episode "Fifty Years On") played her in the character's final two appearances in the series.
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** Mrs. Peacock, who makes appearances in a few episodes, was played by two actresses named Diana; Diana King played her in most of her first three appearances, and Diana Lambert ([[YouLookFamiliar who had previously played]] a customer named in the credits as "the Six-Pound Fox Customer" in the Season One episode "Fifty Years On") played her in the character's her final two appearances in the series.two.
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* RecastAsARegular: Diana Lambert first appeared in the Series 4 episode "Fifty Years On" as a customer who buys a £6 fox Mrs. Slocombe had been hoping to get for her birthday, and then [[TheOtherDarrin took over the role]] of Mrs. Peacock from Diana King in Series 10.
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** The one-off 2016 revival featured the original characters played by a brand-new cast of actors.
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** The one-off 2016 revival {{Revival}} featured the original characters played by a brand-new cast of actors.actors, as all the originals had sadly died. These replacements are:
*** Jason Watkins playing Mr. Humphries instead of Creator/JohnInman (died 2007).
*** Creator/SherrieHewson playing Mrs. Slocombe instead of Creator/MollieSugden (died 2009).
*** Creator/JohnChallis playing Captain Peacock instead of Creator/FrankThornton (died 2013).
*** Niky Wardley playing Miss Brahms instead of Creator/WendyRichard (died 2009).
*** Roy Barraclough playing Mr. Grainger instead of Creator/ArthurBrough (died 1978).
*** Justin Edwards playing Mr. Rumbold instead of Creator/NicholasSmith (died 2015).
*** Arthur Smith playing Mr. Harman instead of Creator/ArthurEnglish (died 1995).
*** Jason Watkins playing Mr. Humphries instead of Creator/JohnInman (died 2007).
*** Creator/SherrieHewson playing Mrs. Slocombe instead of Creator/MollieSugden (died 2009).
*** Creator/JohnChallis playing Captain Peacock instead of Creator/FrankThornton (died 2013).
*** Niky Wardley playing Miss Brahms instead of Creator/WendyRichard (died 2009).
*** Roy Barraclough playing Mr. Grainger instead of Creator/ArthurBrough (died 1978).
*** Justin Edwards playing Mr. Rumbold instead of Creator/NicholasSmith (died 2015).
*** Arthur Smith playing Mr. Harman instead of Creator/ArthurEnglish (died 1995).
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* TransCharacterCisActor: Mr. Humphries' three transgender friends are all played by cisgender actresses - Marianne Broome, Nicki Howorth, and Creator/RikkiHoward.
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* OldShame:
** The 1981 Christmas Special "Roots?" (named after the seminal US miniseries ''Series/Roots1977'') has the main cast [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7we3SzMr0I&t=8m30s performing a routine in blackface]] obviously inspired by the old {{Minstrel Show|s}} type routines. If this episode is aired, the final scene is usually cut.
** "Top Hat and Tails", the second episode of Season 4, was a "Young Shame". The episode aired infrequently due to a ballroom dancing scene depicting Mr. Humphries and Captain Peacock dancing together. Though almost universally absent in syndication, it saw the light of day more frequently from the late 90s on. Some sources describe it as a lost episode, so this may be an aversion.
** The 1981 Christmas Special "Roots?" (named after the seminal US miniseries ''Series/Roots1977'') has the main cast [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7we3SzMr0I&t=8m30s performing a routine in blackface]] obviously inspired by the old {{Minstrel Show|s}} type routines. If this episode is aired, the final scene is usually cut.
** "Top Hat and Tails", the second episode of Season 4, was a "Young Shame". The episode aired infrequently due to a ballroom dancing scene depicting Mr. Humphries and Captain Peacock dancing together. Though almost universally absent in syndication, it saw the light of day more frequently from the late 90s on. Some sources describe it as a lost episode, so this may be an aversion.
