| Distributor:
Second Sight
Certificate:
12 | Region: 2
Extras:
No
cast
Paul Greenwood, Bryan Pringle, David Pinner, Alan Foss
Naive
young copper PC Michael "Rosie" Penrose leaves home to begin
working in the Yorkshire town of Slagcaster where he is soon suffering
at the hands of the somewhat mean Sgt Flagg.
With
writer Roy Clarke having made such a name for himself with legendary
sitcoms Last of the Summer Wine and Open All Hours it is no surprise
that some of his other works may not be as well remembered. The
Growing Pains of PC Penrose (or Rosie as it became known from its second
season on), with its jaunty theme tune sung by star Paul Greenwood, is
easily up there with the best of Clarke's work and has that classic 70's
BBC sitcom vibe;
As
well as Greenwood as the hapless PC Penrose this first series also
features a role for the always brilliant Bryan Pringle as the bullying
Sgt Flagg. Later series would head down that Clarke staple of the male
characters being dominated by the females of the cast especially when
Rosie returns home to look after his invalid Gorgon of a mother. |
