Monday, 12 March 2007

I Didn't Know That - # 2

You stumble across all kinds of things you didn't know whilst researching for a blog :

Andrew Sachs, who plays Manuel, the Spanish waiter in Fawlty Towers, was in fact born in Berlin, Germany.

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The name of Albert and Harold's horse in Steptoe & Son was Hercules. He died in a 1970 episode on Goldhawk Road, of a heart attack, whilst out on the round. He was 39 years old.

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That much loved 'modern stone age family' were originally to be called The Flagstones, then very nearly became The Gladstones, before producers Hanna-Barbera finally settled for The Flintstones.

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The character Lenny Godber in Porridge was an Aston Villa fan.

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