[SOC] Talking Brit

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On 11 Aug 2002 at 11:41, Jan wrote:

> Chris - I was eagerly awaiting a response to that one and I commend you for
> your self-control (Jerry Springer IS a low blow, however... although he IS
> ours.... blush). I'm trying to remember the name of the little guy whose
> show I've seen a couple of times who wears women's clothes and obsesses 
> about sex a lot (it'll come to me just after I send this) who disabused
> me of the notion that British television was consistently staid and
> dignified (the very measure of what documentary television often is over
> here... which is to say, boring). 

Benny Hill. But I LIKE British TV. Inspectors Frost and Morse, and Dr. Who, and Fawlty Towers.  The latest "Murder Rooms, the Dark Origins of Sherlock Holmes" is great. 
Sure beats most of our so-called "sit-coms."

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