sguttridge

I remember this show well and could never understand why it died an early death. It was a fun, tongue-in-cheek and thoroughly enjoyable piece of pseudo late Victorian/Edwardian tomfoolery in which countless historical and literary stereotypes were cheerfully sent up.

In our family at least, the show's catch phrase, "I haff a plan of the utmost simplicity", lives on. We use it every time any of us has a brain wave that is foredoomed to failure. In the show it was always used by the resident German pantomime villain shortly before he was foiled by our hero, Captain Virgin of the Secret Service.

Happy days.

Must go, for I haff yet another plan of the utmost simplicity to put into effect.......