| Glad You're Not Here |
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| Made: 1995, released 1996 |
| Duration: 27 mins 54 secs |
| Written by: Stephen Duerden & Ian Taylor |
| Directed by: Ian Taylor |
| Cameramen: John Hatfield, Eric Davies |
| Artistes: Tina Forbes, Ian Taylor, Hylton Collins, Eric Davies, John Field, Chris Rowan, Sarah Enright, John Hatfield, Dawn Hepworth, Graham Forbes, Pauline Field |
| Archive Anecdote: This is the only episode that exists from a series that ran for 10 years, all the rest were sold to Khalistan, and Adlib wiped their copies. The last episode was kept as an example of shining television of the Nineties. (remove tongue from cheek, now) |
| Roots: Wish you were Here, Jasper Carrot, Laurel and Hardy, personal experiences |
| Locations: Hornsea, Gomersal, Birstall, Heckmondwike, Birkenshaw, Halifax, Hightown, Mytholmroyd, |
| Factoids: Eric refused point blank to be kissed by Colin, so the scene was changed to tickling. Elvis' name was Tommy until the day of filming, which caused some hilarious retakes. Colins bra was purchased the morning of filming from a Catalogue Bargain shop. It is a 44 DD, and just fit. The Hornsea sequence was filmed in February and it was freezing. The seagull was a fresh chicken. Colin insisted on 2 chocolate ice creams for the bus shelter sequence. |
| F.X.: Amiga animation was used for the titles, the tent at night, and the buzzing horseflies |
| Dialogue Triumphs: "Where is the most unusual place you've made love? - It was up my bottom" " Oh, is he Spanish? -No love, Rod as in Rodney, Reges." "And the prize is, all the prawns you can eat...in an hour." "It's so nice working with such a stale wart as yourself." |
| Music by: Graham Forbes |
| I love Colin Hilton because: Well, he may be loud and rude, but the characters he has created for us over the years, have been nothing short of excellent. Sheryl, is the highlight of his tenure with the group, and though a major star in his own right, still comes back and supports his friends. |
| The best bit: Very many. I know a geezer, not involved in this project who watches it again and again, for there are so many best bits. I think the entire family holiday is a best bit. A team that just gel together and bounce off each other. Superb! |
| Personal Glimpse by: Ian Taylor I love comedy. Its easy to make, its fun to make, its a joy to watch. To make people smile is a great gift, and, one day, I'd like to achieve it. However I do try, and this was my best effort. But it was a team who brought this together. I'd created what I hoped were amusing characters, the actors brought them to live wonderfully. The family holiday is the crowning achievement. Truly proud of that, but it took a lot of work to put it together. The camping sequence is fine, but I wish I'd changed a number of things with it. The studio stuff is the weakest, due to the restrictive enviroment, but its all we had. Still, Tina manages a stirling performance to make it worth watching. For those interested, there is a sequel written, if ever anyone ever fancies filming again before we get too old and decrepid. Definately need a larger indoors localle. Any offers? |
| The bottom line: Slightly overlong, but highly amusing comedy. The segmented nature helps it enormously, but could have had more. All the leads shine, save Ian Taylor, who isn't covincing enough in his part. Some subtle use of effects, nice music, good slapstick, make this one of the better later productions. Worth a fiver for the tape, which has a B feature and outtakes also. |
| Well, they're not Angela's... |
| Les Dawson inspired? |
| Sucker or a licker? |
| Graham camping it up. |
| Colin on his 2nd Ice-cream in February! |
| Pull the other one. Ouch! |
| Grandad gets tossed |
| Yet another bed sequence for Graham |
| The family from hell |
| He'll never play the piano again. |
| Is that a mike, or are you just... |
| Cliffhanger |
| Being in this movie made me very happy indeed. |
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