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* ActorInspiredElement: The outdoor scenes of the farmhouse and surrounding fields were filmed at the real-life home of John Challis.

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* ActorInspiredElement: The outdoor scenes of the farmhouse and surrounding fields were filmed at the real-life home of John Challis.Creator/JohnChallis.

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* ActorInspiredElement: The outdoor scenes of the farm house and surrounding fields were filmed at the real-life home of John Challis.

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* ActorInspiredElement: The outdoor scenes of the farm house farmhouse and surrounding fields were filmed at the real-life home of John Challis.Challis.
* TheOtherDarrin: Marlene's mother Dora was originally played by Joan Geary in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''. Here, she's played by Creator/JuneWhitfield.



* ScrewedByTheNetwork: While it wasn't anywhere ''near'' as popular as its parent show, it still had its fans, and was one of Creator/TheBBC's more watched sitcoms. None of this had any bearing on the BBC's decision to cancel it however, which happened solely because going into the countryside to film the show got too expensive for the higher-ups' liking. Then again, this probably just caused the series to end a year or so earlier than it would otherwise have done, due to John Sullivan's untimely death in 2011.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: While it wasn't anywhere ''near'' as popular as its parent show, it still had its fans, and was one of Creator/TheBBC's more watched sitcoms. None of this had any bearing on the BBC's decision to cancel it it, however, which happened solely because going into the countryside to film the show got too expensive for the higher-ups' liking. Then again, this probably just caused the series to end a year or so earlier than it would otherwise have done, due to John Sullivan's untimely death in 2011.
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* RealLifeRelative: Jim Sullivan, John Sullivan's son, wrote two episodes for series two and three episodes for series three. He also wrote two episodes for the fourth series.

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* ActorInspiredElement: The outdoor scenes of the farm house and surrounding fields were filmed at the real-life home of John Challis.



* YouKnowThatGuy: The series didn't have a lot of cameos and guest roles, but the most prominent one was ''Creator/GeorgeWendt''.
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* YouKnowThatGuy: The series didn't have a lot of cameos and guest roles, but the most prominent one was ''Creator/GeorgeWendt''.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: While it wasn't anywhere ''near'' as popular as its parent show, it still had its fans, and was one of Creator/TheBBC's more watched sitcoms. None of this had any bearing on the BBC's decision to cancel it however, which happened solely because going into the countryside to film the show got too expensive for the higher-ups' liking. Then again, this probably just caused the series to end a year or so earlier than it would otherwise have done, due to John Sullivan's untimely death in 2011.
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