Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ 28th December 2020, 12:26 PMIt was probably a good free audition for the ladies man character they wanted for AYBS. Don't know a thing about this sitcom but I cannot imagine Brian Wilde as a bin man.
Was he the depot manager or similar?
He was the inspector, played a similar role to what he did in Porridge, with the bin men taking advantage of him. Known as Bloody Delilah.
Paula Wilcox makes a couple of appearances in this as Winston's girlfriend, which was good.
Quote: Wheel @ 28th December 2020, 4:08 PMHe was the inspector, played a similar role to what he did in Porridge................
Coincidence, just watched him tonight (chubby faced) in George and the Dragon "Royal Letter", playing a policeman outside Buck Palace.
Quote: Wheel @ 28th December 2020, 4:08 PMPaula Wilcox makes a couple of appearances in this as Winston's girlfriend, which was good.
Which served as a trial run for the writer's much better known The Lovers.
Wilcox, Bannister and Wilde were all very successful sitcom actors, but as noted here with Wilde's similar roles of a uniformed authority figure (or ex uniformed in LOTSW) both the others were also pigeon holed for certain roles, Bannister the cheeky womaniser type, and Wilcox as the object of desire/girlfriend/fiancé she played in several sitcoms. Which tells you why sitcoms were often accused of typecasting actors. These actors didn't seem to mind.
