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Feb. 21, 2008
Election Special on WILL-TV: Vote for Your Favorite
Britcom!
It’s an election year for British comedies on WILL-TV, the
ninth year in a row viewers have the opportunity to vote for
their favorite among five British comedies the station is
considering airing. During the Great Britcom Vote at
7 p.m. Saturday, March 1, viewers can sample five British
comedies and then call in a vote for one of them. WILL-TV
program director David Thiel plans to purchase the winning
program to air during the next fiscal year.
Some old favorites return this year, along with several
new-to-WILL-TV entries.
First up is Mulberry, last year’s runner-up in the
Great Britcom Vote. Geraldine McEwan stars as the
formidable Miss Farnaby, who is searching for someone to
assist with general domestic tasks. Out of the blue,
Mulberry appears without any qualifications, except the
ability to sweet-talk his way into the job. The old house is
not dull any more, and Miss Farnaby’s life will never be the
same again.
My Hero, at 7:40 p.m., stars Ardal O’Hanlon as the
naïve health-food shop-owner George Sunday, alias the
world’s most famous superhero, Thermoman. Thermoman falls in
love with nurse Janet Dawkins. The couple has to overcome
the conflicts that arise from Thermoman’s double life.
In Open All Hours, at 8:20 p.m., Arkwright’s Emporium
is a truly unique shopping experience in the age of the
supermarket. Arkwright, the brown-coated, stuttering,
Northern shop-keeper is forced to open his corner-shop for
as long as the law will permit. But, he still finds time for
his passions — parting unsuspecting customers from their
hard earned cash, keeping his daydreaming nephew Granville
in line, and his tireless pursuit of nurse Gladys Emmanuel.
Are You Being Served, at 9 p.m., returns as a choice
this year. Camp Mr. Humphries, Mrs. Slocombe’s pussy and the
ridiculous goings-on at Grace Bros. have kept audiences
laughing since 1973. A large, old-fashioned department store
in London, Grace Bros. is still run on strictly hierarchical
lines. Each member of staff knows his or her place — in
theory. In practice, they are all engaged in their own
private wars with management and with each other. John Inman
plays Mr. Humphries, the unforgettable salesperson in
Gentleman’s Ready to Wear.
In To the Manor Born, at 9:40 p.m., Penelope Keith is
the snobbish Lady fforbes-Hamilton. In the face of her late
husband’s creditors, bank, and the government, she has to
auction off her estate. A millionaire bachelor of
Czechoslovakian extraction who runs a multinational grocery
business moves in. Peter Bowles plays Richard DeVere, who
represents everything Lady fforbes-Hamilton regards as bad
taste.
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Contact:
Mary Barrineau
WILL AM-FM-TV
(217) 333-1070
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