>Is anyone prepared to stick their head above the parapet and admit that they quite like something she's written?
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>For instance, I quite enjoyed the Liver Birds as a small child (and will no doubt be horrified when I'm compelled to watch an old episode next week on BBC2). Does anyone else wish to make such a cathartic admission?
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>I hate everything else she ever wrote though. Especially Bread, obviously.

>Sorry Justin, but I just can't bring myself to admit that I've ever liked anything she did - well may be the occasional and I did say "occasional" laugh from the new Liver Birds (wait until you see the old ones - oh dear) Carla Lane actually lives very near me, so perhaps I should pop over and ask her what she's playing at, writing such dross !!!

Did carla lane write butterflies? If so, then yes, I like something she has written. Fantastic vehicle for wendy craig, and great show to pretend to like, to be ironic and appear interesting. Hmmm

Joe obvoiusly has a brain problem. I'll have to fix it for him.

I enjoyed the BBC cut versions of Bread - but for an completely different reason obviously.

You speak like you know these people. Anway, it's not me with the 'poorly brain', we all know who that is. (Well, PJ does anyway)

Now now, we'll have no more of this poorly brain talk. So what if both my Brocke and Wernicker area's of the frontal lobes are not working to thier full capacity - this is a serious problem, OK?

I was talking about craig - but your technical metalanguage has put me in my place, so i'll stop now.

Craig eh? that's all right then. Forget everything i said.

No - just watched The Liver Birds, and it was terrible. And it was made in 1973! Imagine being crap for that long. I was always under the impression that the Polly James era was better than the Elizabeth Estensen one. But on this evidence, it wasn't.

I feel a bit guilty about starting this thread now. What a waste.

but if butterflies is half decent, then the antithesis the so called "anti-scouse" must be Luv (spelt like that if i do recall)
the (not so) torrid encouters of a man who's trying to sound like Ringo Starr and also attemting to get off with the lady from a frozen peas advert (Julie Peasgood)
oh and it also had a "hilarious" animal rights protestor slacker son it it
mmm

I liked bread. at the time.
there i've said it.
was it a bad show? what was wrong with it?