From the same writer as Open All Hours and Last of the Summer Wine, to an extent this feels as though young Granville had got his own show: Froggitt shares Granville's gentle, well-intentioned nature and his tendency to both dreaming and rambling. But he's lacking an appropriate foil (like Arkwright), and the worst thing about is the constant tittering of the studio audience at not very much.
After rediscovering "The Gaffer " on DVD I decided to catch "Oh No" . I caught it 1st time around but never took a lot of notice but after recent watching I never realised how marvellous this was.
For many years, 'Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggit' was thought to have been the work of Roy Clarke, but it was not. Clarke only scripted the pilot show, the series was in fact scripted by Alan Plater.
... as a Statesider who spent a sabbatical year in Sidmouth 1978-79, I must take exception to the lack of respect for the followup show, "Selwyn.
Finally released on DVD is a series I found hilarious as a child. This and 'Some Mothers'and 'The Goodies' were the height of comedy for an 8 year old (I caught the repeats).
'Oh, No! It's Selwyn Froggitt!
