James Bolam took on a succession of straight acting roles following the end of 'The Likely Lads' but what of Rodney Bewes? At the tail end of the '60's he took on a sitcom leading role in 'Dear Mother...Love Albert', as well as co-writing it with director Derrick Goodwin. With those good points, how is it then that 'Dear Mother...Love Albert' turned out to be a load of old tripe?
The first series was made by Thames Television but when Thames ran out of studio space, the show relocated to Yorkshire Television for the subsequent seasons. Bewes was Albert Courtnay, a naive 24 year old who leaves his home in the North of England to live in London. Whenever he writes home to his mother, he has a tendency to bend the truth somewhat in regards to what he has been getting up to.
Over the course of the four season run ( the final one having its title shortened to 'Albert!' ), Albert was seen in various romantic entanglements. At one point , he was even seen to be living with two females.
'Man About The House' could possibly have got the idea from here but Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke's creation was far superior. 'Dear Mother...Love Albert' suffered from Bewes' inability to write good lines. Also not helping was the patently obvious canned laughter. Thankfully, Bewes later reunited with Bolam for the '70's colour revival of 'The Likely Lads'.
The first series was wiped in its entirety, leaving only the subsequent three series to still be in existence. Somehow, it appeared on DVD in 2011. I suppose someone must have liked it if it got to run for four series but in my opinion it just was not funny
The first series was made by Thames Television but when Thames ran out of studio space, the show relocated to Yorkshire Television for the subsequent seasons. Bewes was Albert Courtnay, a naive 24 year old who leaves his home in the North of England to live in London. Whenever he writes home to his mother, he has a tendency to bend the truth somewhat in regards to what he has been getting up to.
Over the course of the four season run ( the final one having its title shortened to 'Albert!' ), Albert was seen in various romantic entanglements. At one point , he was even seen to be living with two females.
'Man About The House' could possibly have got the idea from here but Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke's creation was far superior. 'Dear Mother...Love Albert' suffered from Bewes' inability to write good lines. Also not helping was the patently obvious canned laughter. Thankfully, Bewes later reunited with Bolam for the '70's colour revival of 'The Likely Lads'.
The first series was wiped in its entirety, leaving only the subsequent three series to still be in existence. Somehow, it appeared on DVD in 2011. I suppose someone must have liked it if it got to run for four series but in my opinion it just was not funny