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4.22 - What the Butler Saw
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:33 am
by peabody
Discuss, review and rate What the Butler Saw, produced late December 1965 to early January 1966.
Teleplay by Brian Clemens
Directed by Bill Bain
Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 11:46 am
by Rhonda
I gave 7
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 11:45 am
by NickP
8 from me, really enjoyed this one.
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 1:57 am
by The Honorable Flegghorn
8 - probably should have rated it a 9, but the wacky old General is a bit overdone for my tastes.
Immensely entertaining. Love Steed with the big mustache having a conversation in acronyms. And Mrs. Peel discovering that the ladies' man would prefer a quiet night of board gaming.
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:18 pm
by Allard
Steeds three "incarnations" of the armed forces stereotypes is one of the best Steed bits from the entire series. (A lot more entertaining than his butler.)
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:38 am
by Frankymole
The Honorable Flegghorn wrote:
Immensely entertaining. Love Steed with the big mustache having a conversation in acronyms.
In that regard, nothing has changed in the services since! Still alphabet soup.
Re: 4.22 - What the Butler Saw
Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 11:28 pm
by Frankymole
Vice Admiral Willows is played by Humphrey Lestocq.
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This seems to have been his final TV role. However, intriguingly he played "Ex-Flight Lieutenant Peter Potts" in several different BBC series in the 1950s:
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There was a real life Peter Potts, a Flying Officer with the Royal Australian Air Force:
https://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw.go ... ial-tablet
It's not clear if the apparently adventure-oriented series bore any relation to the real-life person. The series are all sadly lost, it seems.
Does anyone know any more about these intriguing series, or indeed about Lestocq, who died in 1984, but stopped acting on TV in 1966 (in his late forties)?