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Showing posts with label pardon the expression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pardon the expression. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 August 2009

Blog exclusive: Competition to win Corrie spin-off DVD

Pardon the Expression was a Coronation Street spin-off TV series starring Arthur Lowe which aired in 1966. The complete second series is now available to buy on DVD as a four-disc set.

Thanks to the lovely people at Network DVD, we've got an exclusive, exciting competition. We have two DVD sets to give away, so that's two lucky Corrie fans who can win one of the sets each!

Pardon the Expression follows the mixed fortunes of former Weatherfield boutique owner Leonard Swindley (Arthur Lowe). It features scripts from an award-winning team that included Coronation Street contributors Harry Driver and Vince Powell. Betty Driver - soon to be installed behind the bar of the Rover’s Return - stars as canteen manageress Mrs. Edgeley. Julie Goodyear and Amanda Barrie are also among the famous faces appearing in this second series.

So - to win one of the two DVD sets of the second series of Pardon the Expression, all you have to do is answer the question below and email your answer to me. Closing date for entries is 5pm on Friday August 28th. Only those with a UK mailing address can enter. Good luck!

Competition question: What was the name of the Rosamund Street clothes shop where Leonard Swindley and Emily Nugent worked?

Thursday, 2 July 2009

Corrie archive spin-off now available on DVD

Pardon the Expression was the first ever Coronation Street spin-off and the whole series is now available on DVD. The series follows the mixed fortunes of former Weatherfield boutique owner Leonard Swindley (Arthur Lowe).

Featuring scripts from an award-winning team that included Coronation Street writers Harry Driver, Vince Powell, Geoffrey Lancashire and noted playwright Jack Rosenthal, the spin-off helped to define the type of comic role for which BAFTA winner Arthur Lowe would be most fondly remembered: that of the pompous, quietly floundering buffoon. Betty Driver - soon to be installed behind the bar of the Rover’s Return - also stars as canteen manageress Mrs. Edgeley in this first series of the popular sitcom, originally screened in 1965.

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