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The Charlie Drake Show: The Man Who Blew Himself Up (1961)
Due to unforeseen circumstances
My father Sam Kydd was in this, playing Charlie's assistant in an illusionist cabaret act that involved explosions. After the run through, and before the live transmission Charlie decided the explosions needed to be 'beefed up' as he felt they weren't big or loud enough. The consequence was that he and my dad, when the explosions went off, were actually knocked unconscious by the explosions and both taken to hospital and the show had to be abandoned.
Orlando (1965)
Lighthouse Keeper? What rubbish.
Your title for all 76 episodes of this unbelievably popular series -at one stage it was watched by 10 million for a 6 episode strand of the series. All the eps were in 6 episode blocks - is ridiculous and diminishes the series completely. It was a spin off from "Crane" and Orlando was always involved in something nefarious be it smuggling or moving stolen goods. In the second series he was more of a private detective. The first 13 had been so successful Sam Kydd was employed to do a year's worth of episodes and these were also so successful a move to a seven o'clock time slot was mooted.
So please can we get rid of this "lighthouse keeper" label. Not once was the character ever a lighthouse keeper.
Orlando (1965)
Lighthouse Keeper? What rubbish.
Your title for all 76 episodes of this unbelievably popular series -at one stage it was watched by 10 million for a 6 episode strand of the series. All the eps were in 6 episode blocks - is ridiculous and diminishes the series completely. It was a spin off from "Crane" and Orlando was always involved in something nefarious be it smuggling or moving stolen goods. In the second series he was more of a private detective. The first 13 had been so successful Sam Kydd was employed to do a year's worth of episodes and these were also so successful a move to a seven o'clock time slot was mooted.
So please can we get rid of this "lighthouse keeper" label. Not once was the character ever a lighthouse keeper.