Count arthur strong who is he

He was always my second take on situations. Because I could generate an income as a carpenter, it meant that I could subsidise myself whilst I was developing Arthur and I could do so at my own pace which was very important to me. I eventually began to perform in some carefully chosen comedy clubs at the beginning of I developed material over the next few months, putting a show together to take to the Edinburgh Festival, the first of, I think, nine visits to Edinburgh.

Although audiences were thin at that first Edinburgh, my show generated a fair bit of interest and I ended up a few months later making a series of short films for the Paramount Comedy Channel. Mia Soteriou Maria as Maria. Theo Barklem-Biggs Antony as Antony. Barry Cryer Self as Self. Steve Delaney. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Did you know Edit. Trivia Even before the first series aired the BBC commissioned a second series straight away. User reviews 28 Review. Top review. Classic Comedy Gold.

I've come to this late, and not heard of the radio series. For the first minute I thought this looks dated and this Count Arthur Strong actor is overacting a bit.

Then I realised I was watching hilarious comedy gold. I've just watched the 4th episode. Maybe they've gone a bit heavy-handed on the tragedy - I think it works but I think it just lingers a bit too long, like on Eggy's face during his sorry tale, and in the taxi ride back from the hospital.

Perhaps this is a slight editing problem, where just a 5 or 10 second cut would have got the balance right. The problem is that the tragedy is very real and sad, which is an achievement in itself that we care so much about the characters so quickly, but it's just a bit too real and sad, for 10 seconds too long : I think people must be drawing parallels between The Count and John Shuttleworth, another hilarious older-than-the-actor Yorkshire buffoon in his own internally logical world.

This is the loudest and longest I've laughed watching anything since Curb Your Enthusiasm, it's a work of absolute genius in both Steve Delaney's masterful performance and the Father Ted-like farcical comedy plotting. The count never had the opportunity to develop a regular following — and the show was never repeated. Like so many classic sitcoms, its ensemble cast of adorable eccentrics performed its verbal, visual and situational gags before a live studio audience to provide fun and laughter and the occasional moment of emotional resonance for all the family.

It was just very funny. Count Arthur Strong was, similarly, too traditional for perceived tastes. Edgy seems better than funny, marginal is sexier than mainstream. At the time of writing it had gathered more than 4, signatures in just a few days. It was very Channel 4.