1 | * ActingForTwo: |
2 | ** In "Mine's a Double", Gary splits into three versions of himself. Needless to say, Creator/NicholasLyndhurst plays them all. |
3 | ** Victor [=McGuire=], Elizabeth Carling, Emma Amos, and Christopher Etteridge all play the various ancestors and descendants of their characters that Gary encounters over the series. |
4 | * AlanSmithee: Victor [=McGuire=] plays both Ron and his grandfather, Albert, in "The Leaving of Liverpool". For the latter role he was credited separately as "Vic Noir". |
5 | * TheCastShowoff: |
6 | ** Phoebe took singing lessons in Series 5 and became a nightclub singer in Series 6, both were to show off Elizabeth Carling's musical talents. |
7 | ** "The 'Ouses in Between" [[ActingForTwo also cast]] Emma Amos as Victorian music hall star Marie Lloyd to show off her own talents. |
8 | * CastTheRunnerUp: Emma Amos auditioned for Phoebe before Dervla Kirwan was cast. When Michelle Holmes left the series after Series 3, Amos took over her role of Yvonne. |
9 | * CreatorBacklash: Michelle Holmes wasn't a fan of how underutilised Yvonne was and her lack of character development, so she left the series between Series 3 and 4. |
10 | * CreatorCouple: Sid and Nancy Potter from "How I Won the War" were played by Paul Grunert and Creator/BonnieLangford, who were married in real life. |
11 | * FakeBrit: Irish actress Dervla Kirwan as Phoebe. |
12 | * TheOtherDarrin: |
13 | ** ''Both'' of the actresses playing Gary's two wives were replaced from Series 4 onwards: |
14 | *** Michelle Holmes left and was replaced with Emma Amos when she decided Yvonne was underused and had no scope for character development. |
15 | *** Dervla Kirwan left to concentrate on ''Series/{{Ballykissangel}}'', her friend Elizabeth Carling was her own recommendation as a replacement Phoebe. |
16 | ** When Phoebe's husband Donald made his brief appearance in "Fools Rush In", he was played by Ben Lobb. When Donald returned for ADayInTheLimelight three series later in "There's Something About a Soldier", he was now played by Creator/RalphIneson. |
17 | * RealLifeRelative: |
18 | ** Reg's son Frank in "One O'Clock Jump" was played by Alfie Ettridge Rogers, the son of Reg's actor, Christopher Ettridge. |
19 | ** Ellie Sparrow (Gary and Yvonne's daughter from the 2016 "Many Happy Returns" special) was played by Esme Coy, the daughter of her on-screen mother, Emma Amos. |
20 | * RealSongThemeTune: "Goodnight Sweetheart" was a popular 1930s song by Ray Noble. |
21 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
22 | ** Originally Phoebe was to be blonde, and Yvonne was to be a brunette. Emma Amos (later the second Yvonne) had auditioned for Phoebe before the two's hair colours were switched. |
23 | ** Dervla Kirwan confirmed in an interview on the DVD that she would like to play Phoebe in a revival but also that it wouldn't be right to take the role back from Elizabeth Carling. Carling would stay as Phoebe in the 2016 revival, "Many Happy Returns". |
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