We’re on a roll with the 70s sitcom spin-offs. Hot on the heels of George and Mildred and Mutiny On The Buses comes 1971’s Please Sir! This is, in no small part, down to our guest this week, Jason Hazeley, being the world’s loudest cheerleader for this film and its preceding sitcom. We didn’t even need to show him the list; he was straight in there for a personal favourite since his youth.

But never two to hold back, would Rob and Guy’s thoughts on Please Sir! align with Jason’s? Certainly, the ingredients were there for that not to be the case. Some dated attitudes, men and women in their 20s playing teenagers, a rushed release capitalising on the success of its TV predecessor, and our old favourite, a flimsy pretext to get the cast to a holiday camp.

Having said that, both Rob and Guy come to this fresh. Neither had ever seen as much as an episode of this once-beloved sitcom, but both were aware of the all-round entertainment chops of the cast. Not least Deryck Guyler, in whose washboarding hands anyone could feel at ease.

Join us as we delve into one of the last ITV sitcom spin-offs left to cover, which could well prove the best of the lot.

Please Sir! SE1 Ep1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8PVA-TDeYw
Deryck Guyler on the Washboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWKHTcC-I8k&list=RDGWKHTcC-I8k&start_radio=1
Derrick Geyler Scotch Tape Ads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL3mpzAvHFA
Michael Winner Esure Ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efl5pFTFnBU
Victor Lewis Smith pranks Michael Winner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTGc1PKVrH0
Please Sir! (1971) Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhhiqg0aKOM
Please Sir! Full Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa0CL4bhlH8

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S06 E04 - Please Sir! (w/ Jason Hazeley)