After it went off-air, Adams was seen only infrequently on TV, with small one-off parts in dramas such as Bergerac and Doctors, although he returned when in 2001 ITV decided to revive Crossroads. To his pleasant surprise, the show was given a decent budget for the first time, with an editing suite and even a wardrobe department. Throughout the earlier iteration, he had been required to wear his own clothes.
“with an editing suite”
The Acorn Antiques jokes were because Crossroads was filmed live and with people just switching cameras, so bad takes got included.
Not a member of the more famous (notorious) Adams family then. He’d have had better shmutter.
I never watched Crossroads but loved the Victoria Wood satires of it.
I miss Ms Wood. I suppose I miss real comedians all in all. What do people with comic talents do for a career these days?
Watch what they say very carefully, lest they find themselves cancelled for wrongspeak.
The remake starred Jane Asher, but even she couldnt save it from its terribleness.
It was never the same after Noele left and Sandy died.
The writer of the original was Peter Ling who also wrote some Dr Who episodes. Which of course prompts the old joke about a Chinaman with Sunburn – P.Ling.
Report yourself to the re-education booth immediately, Otto.
https://youtu.be/9In-R2AN_V4?si=ZcXtF4SW8vyjQWNI
At University one of my flat-mates insisted on playing this abomination far too often (a.k.a. More than once).