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    Comedy TV Shows - 1990s 2 Mins Read

    If You See God, Tell Him

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    Godfrey Spry (Richard Briers) receives brain damage when a barrow load of bricks is dropped on his head from a great height. As a result, his attention span is reduced to 30 seconds and he believes everything he’s told – which makes him the perfect target for television advertisements.

    Taking every commercial literally, Godfrey fills his house with crates of washing-up liquid and toilet paper.

    As a finishing touch, he then becomes paraplegic whilst test driving a brand new Cabriolet fuel injection hatchback along the top of a cliff at sunset to see if it really will go from 0 to 60 in three seconds.

    Along the way, he takes his wife on holiday to Hamburg where she is stoned to death by football hooligans to no apparent dramatic purpose whatsoever except that it neatly landed him as a permanent fixture in the house of his long-lost nephew, Gordon (Ade Edmondson).

    The four episodes were funny but perhaps a little too ambitious. We had to deal with the themes of high-pressure advertising, the problems of senility and the difficulties of caring for the elderly. It nearly worked but every so often the storyline wasn’t strong enough.

    The cast, though, was faultless. Richard Briers was excellent as Godfrey, the disabled pensioner with a permanent gormless grin, and Imelda Staunton and Ade Edmondson were brilliantly uncomfortable as the reluctant couple who look after him.

    Classic moments included Godfrey telling his stockbroker neighbours, “I’ve bought a large steak in Sainsbury’s”.

    Godfrey Spry
    Richard Briers
    Gordon Spry
    Adrian Edmondson
    Muriel Spry
    Imelda Staunton
    Josie Spry
    Barbara Grant

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