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Love Thy Neighbour was a British sitcom that ran from 13 April 1972 to 22 January 1976, made by Thames Television for ITV. It starred Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper and Kate Williams. There was also a movie spin-off and a brief sequel set in Australia. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Rudolph Walker Rudolph Walker (born September 28, 1939) is a British character actor. ...
Jack Smethurst is a British actor. ...
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Kate Williams is a British actress who trained at Londons East 15 Acting School. ...
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A British sitcom is a situation comedy (sitcom) produced in the United Kingdom. ...
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1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
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1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
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The series (and movie) was created and largely written by Vince Powell and Harry Driver, and was based on a suburban white working class couple who unwittingly found themselves living next door to a black couple, and the white couple's attempts to come to terms with this. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Love Thy Neighbour was hugely popular in the 1970s. During that era Britain struggled to come to terms with its recently arrived population of black immigrants, and Love Thy Neighbour exemplified this struggle. It aroused great controversy for many of the same reasons as the earlier (and more subtle) [[Till Death Us Do Part]- which was the model for the American hit comedy series 'All in the Family.']. The views of the white male character (Smethurst) were presented in such a way as to make him appear stupid and bigoted, and were contrasted with the more tolerant attitude of his wife. His use of terms such as "nig-nog" to refer to his black neighbour, despite being intended as ironic by the script-writers, attracted considerable criticism from viewers. The male black character was in contrast educated and sophisticated, although stubborn and also capable of racism.
Those invoved in the making of the programme have said that the humour was based upon the absurdity of the bigotry presented.[citation needed]
Love Thy Neighbour is now seen as a 1970s period piece due to its dated and politically incorrect handling of issues of race. The first series was however released on a Region 2 DVD in October 2003, with series 2 following in May 2004. The film version was also released on DVD in 2004. In the performing arts, a period piece is a work set in a particular era. ...
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Smethurst and Walker appeared as themselves, sitting in the Thames Television bar during the film version of Man About The House. The assumption was given that they were taking a break from filming the TV series. Man About the House was a British sitcom, made by Thames Television for ITV. It ran for six series, between August 1973 and April 1976. ...
Characters Eddie Booth: Eddie (played by Jack Smethurst) is a socialist. His world is turned on it's head when Bill and Barbie Reynolds move in next door. He is even more annoyed when Bill gets a job at the same factory as him, and refers to him as a "nig-nog", "Sambo", or "choc-ice". He also has a tendency to call Pakistani's or Indian's names like "Gunga Din" and "Ali Baba".
Catchphrases: "Bloody Nora!" "Get knotted!" "The subject is closed".
Bill Reynolds: Bill (played by Rudolph Walker) is a West Indian, and a Conservative. Whenever Eddie tries to outdo him, Bill usually ends up having the last laugh. He also has a very screechy laugh. He has refered to Eddie as a "white honky" and "snowflake", and doesn't like catching Eddie staring at his wife.
Barbie Reynolds:: Bill's wife (played by Nina Baden-Semper) gets along very well with her next door neighbour, Joan Booth. Eddie somtimes gets fascinated by her, especially in the pilot episode when she bent over in a short skirt.
Joan Booth: Joan (played by Kate Williams) is Eddie's wife. She does not share her bigoted husbands opinion of their black neighbours, and is great friends with Barbie.
Catchphrases: "Don't be ridiculous!".
Trivia - In the original version of the pilot episode (which has never been screened), the role of Joan was played by Gwendolyn Watts. The original pilot is featured on the Series One DVD (disc four).
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This 1768 parchment (612x502 mm) by Jekuthiel Sofer emulated the 1675 Decalogue at Amsterdam Esnoga synagogue. ...
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