Tag: David Croft

I’m Free! The Complete Are You Being Served?

by Derelict Space Sheep on February 7, 2024 in 42 Word Retrospectives • 0 Comments

I’m Free! The Complete Are You Being Served?

by Richard Webber with David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd (Orion, 1998)

A paean to the long-running sitcom, complete with actor profiles and episode summaries. There is nothing incisive about the text—any criticism of the programme is brushed over; nobody has anything bad to say—but the photos sprinkled throughout conjure gentle nostalgia.

‘Allo ‘Allo! (Series 1 & 2)

by Derelict Space Sheep on June 16, 2015 in 42 Word Reviews • 0 Comments

‘Allo ‘Allo! (Series 1 & 2)

by Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft (BBC 1984-1985)

Repetitive, formulaic (think Get Smart) yet often uproarious, the convoluted tribulations of a café-owner in German-occupied France rose to long-running comedic heights thanks to the incomparable Gordon Kaye (as René Artois) and the premise of rendering all languages as badly accented English.