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Goodnight Sweetheart. Gary Sparrow (Nicholas Lyndhurst)
Nicholas Lyndhurst

Nicholas Lyndhurst

  • 64 years old
  • English
  • Actor

Nicholas Lyndhurst features

Going Straight. Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Rewind: Going Straight (Fletch lives!)

Sunday 30th March 2025

We look back at Going Straight, the sequel to Porridge which is well worth spending a few hours inside for.

Butterflies. Image shows from L to R: Adam Parkinson (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Ben Parkinson (Geoffrey Palmer), Russell Parkinson (Andrew Hall), Ria Parkinson (Wendy Craig). Copyright: BBC Features

Comedy Rewind: Soft and gentle as a sigh - revisiting Butterflies

Sunday 6th June 2021

Tim Dawson looks back at Butterflies, Carla Lane's sitcom masterpiece. The four series see Wendy Craig and Geoffrey Palmer portray a marriage where not everything is as rosy as it could be.

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