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The eight-part series was widely condemned at the time for its amorality and violence, including, most famously, a scene depicting a jar of acid being thrown into a rival's face.

The series was directed by Mike Newell (later of Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Michael Apted. It gave an early role to John Challis, later Boycie of Only Fools And Horses, and an important role for Priscilla Morgan, wife of Dad's Army star Clive Dunn. Peter Egan is also better known these days for sitcoms like Ever Decreasing Circles (1984-89), Joint Account (1989) and Home Again (2006) Mike Newell can refer to: Mike Newell, film director Mike Newell, football player and manager Mike Newell, gentleman, scholar This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. ... Michael Apted (born February 10, 1941 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom) is a British director, producer, writer and actor. ... John Challis (born August 16, 1942 in Bristol, England) is a British actor best known for his role as Aubrey Boycie Boyce in the long-running comedy show Only Fools and Horses, and its 2005 spin-off, The Green Green Grass. ... Only Fools and Horses is a British television sitcom, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC. Seven series were originally broadcast in the UK between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003. ... Dad’s Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard in the Second World War, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television between 1968 and 1977. ... Clive Dunn OBE (born January 9, 1920) is a retired English actor, singer and entertainer best known for his role as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the BBC sitcom, Dads Army. ... Actor best known for playing smooth neighbour Paul Ryman in 1980s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles. He had other starring roles in John Le Carré dramatisation A Perfect Spy and another BBC sitcom Joint Account. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Ever Decreasing Circles was a British sitcom which ran on BBC1 for four series from 1984 to 1987. ... Home Again is a British television sitcom produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC One in 2006. ...

Cast

• Hogarth — Peter Egan
• Edge — Rosemary McHale
• Ryan — Godfrey Quigley
• Spicer — Barry Linehan
• Singleton — Tony Steedman
• Lennox — Timothy West
• Gould — Hamilton Dyce
• Moira — Priscilla Morgan
• Ackerman — Donald Burton
• Greenwood — Brian McDermott
• Izzard — Alan Browning
• Grange — David Leland
• Raymond — James Hunter
• Nicholson — Tenniel Evans
• Walker — Arthur Pentelow
• Parker — John Horsley
• Rasbery — Peter Thomas
• Operative — John Challis