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    Comedy TV Shows - 1980s TV Shows - 1990s 2 Mins Read

    You Rang M’Lord

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    This Croft and Perry spoof of Upstairs Downstairs was set in the Edwardian London household of the nice but dim Lord Meldrum. The servants were led by the swindling Alf Stokes (Paul Shane from Hi-De-Hi).

    yourangmlord_3The series was effective enough to last for five years – but then so was the plague.

    It was disconcerting, to say the least, that half the cast seemed to still be in role from previous Croft and Perry sitcoms (Donald Hewlett’s Meldrum was his It Ain’t Half Hot Mum Colonel Reynolds in mufti) and most of the jokes were conspicuous by their absence.

    There was, though, a narrative surprise at the last when the Meldrum family became impoverished – their Union Jack Rubber plantation was eaten by beetles – and were obliged to sell up.

    Alf Stokes
    Paul Shane
    Lord George Meldrum

    Donald Hewlett
    James Twelvetrees

    Jeffrey Holland
    Ivy Teesdale

    Su Pollard
    Hon. Teddy Meldrum

    Michael Knowles
    Mrs Lipton 

    Brenda Cowling
    Poppy Meldrum

    Susie Brann
    Cissy Meldrum

    Catherine Rabett
    Lady Lavender Meldrum

    Mavis Pugh
    PC Wilson

    Bill Pertwee
    Henry

    Perry Benson
    Mabel

    Barbara New
    Sir Ralph Shawcross

    John Horsley
    Lady Agatha Shawcross

    Angela Scoular

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