Re: Corrie people on UK TV this weekend

On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Heather Knowles wrote: > One of the ITV companies took out an option on the D&P books years > ago, and kept renewing it without making the programmes - > eventually they decided they'd better do something with them and > cast H&P. The author, Reg Hill, was so incensed about the casting > that he refused to let them renew the option again and sold it > instead to BBC, who make a much better job of them. > > (Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan, BTW ;) ) Good job - I just could not imagine Hale & Pace (who are only moderately 'funny' at times in their 'comedy' sketches) starring in a 'Major Yorkshire TV Series' as D&P - t'would be easier to imagine the two Ronnies (who were - and, the remaining one, is - much more talented, in my view) starring in same - but Clarke and Buchanan are a good choice - I hope we get to see them here ! Maybe we will if the 'Beeb' gets its North American Cable service going ! The Canadian Curmudgeon (in cloudy, 18C, Calgay where it looks like we might get a week of summer)