It All Began with an Old Volvo Headlamp
- Episode aired Mar 10, 2002
- 29m
The men try to build a reputation for their new friend, Kevin, as 'The Wise Man Of The Woods'.The men try to build a reputation for their new friend, Kevin, as 'The Wise Man Of The Woods'.The men try to build a reputation for their new friend, Kevin, as 'The Wise Man Of The Woods'.
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- TriviaGordon Wharmby's final episode. He passed away two months later at the age of 68.
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[first lines]
Billy: I used to come out here with an old Volvo headlamp, put it to me ear and listen to the universe.
Clegg: In Swedish?
Billy: Feel at one with nature.
Clegg: You feel at one with the ground being hard.
Truly: There's a hallowed police technique for calming unruly prisoners that used to make you feel quite close to nature.
Clegg: You never mentioned it at flower arranging.
Billy: And what did the universe used to say, tha must be wondering.
Truly: It used to say, "Who's that idiot with the Volvo headlamp?"
Clegg: "Oh, it's only Billy Hardcastle," it used to say, "earwigging again."
Billy: It used to say nowt, actually. Makes you wonder whether there's owt there.
Clegg: The question man has been asking since his time began: is there anything beyond the reach of a Volvo headlamp.
It's a decent episode, it's just spoiled for me by one element. I am a fan of Hywel Bennett, a fine actor, but this show was not the place for him, I thought he was dismal in this, if I didn't know better I would have said he was sending up the Welsh accent. He's too brash among all of these soft characters.
The funniest scene has to be Pearl and Roz spotting the driverless Land Rover, that scene was very funny.
Sadly this is the last episode for Gordon Wharmby, you have to admire the man's spirit. He and his overalls would be much missed.
I wish I could give this one a slightly higher score, some good aspects, but it just doesn't work. 5/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Jul 27, 2021