Goodnight Sweetheart (DVD)

Nicholas Lyndhurst is a fantastic actor, never better than in Only Fools and Horses, but despite not having a character quite as strong as Rodney in Goodnight Sweetheart, he still plays his role perfectly. While time-travelling is rather ‘cliché’, this comedy boasts originality and connects good laughs with decent story lines. Ron is a fantastic character in the 90’s, also brilliantly acted, but almost everybody is realistically acted. The exception here, is Reg. He lacks realism in an attempt to raise a smile, unlike Gary’s best friend. Never the less, this is a very good programme. ...

What I am reviewing is the first series of Goodnight Sweetheart on region 2 DVD With the BBC needing a new refreshing comedy in 1993 they received a script from Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran about a modern day time traveller. The story was about TV repair man Gary Sparrow who accidentally finds himself back in 1940 after going through a time portal in the east end of London. The BBC liked the idea as it was different. They gave it a six episode first series to see if the audience liked it to see how it fit in with their schedule. The next task was to find the actors for the role… Nicholas Lyndhurst was contacted to play the main character ...

GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART starred Nicholas Lyndhurst as Gary Sparrow, a 1990s TV repair man who finds a method of moving back to the 1940s simply by walking down an alley in the East End of London! Whilst there he starts a romantic relationship with a barmaid Phoebe, despite the fact that he is already married (in the '90s) to Yvonne. Over the course of the six seasons of the series, Gary has to find ways to keep both of his partners from finding out the truth about his relationships. The series started in 1993, and featured the gorgeous Dervla Kirwin (from BALLYKISSANGEL) as Phoebe and Michelle Holmes as Yvonne. However, at the end of the third season, both ...