Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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Only Fools And Horses: The Lost Archive (U & Gold)
Rating: Four out of five stars
That David Jason knows how to charm the girls.
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Jason → know → girls
Sitting on the sofa with erstwhile co-star Tessa Peake-Jones, watching archive footage, he teased her, 'You looked like Rachel Reeves.
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You → sit → Reeves
Tessa, who played wife Raquel to his Del Boy in Only Fools And Horses, pretended to be aggrieved but she clearly loved the old rascal's flirting.
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she → play → flirting
She ought to be used to it.
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She → use → it
One ribald outtake, rediscovered on Only Fools And Horses: The Lost Archive, showed the duo in bed together – him in lime-green satin jim-jams, her in a pink nylon nightie.
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him → rediscover → nightie
Sir David's left arm was hidden under the covers... as Tessa yelped, blushed and burst into giggles.
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Tessa → hide → giggles
That bed, incidentally, was everything you'd expect for the boudoir of Derek Trotter Esq: black silk sheets and pillowcases, a brass bedstead with pink velour headboard, and a fake tigerskin throw for added glamour.
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you → expect → glamour
The world of Only Fools has gone, but its comedy genius is timeless: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Only Fools and Horses: The Lost Archive
Only Fools is a comedy miracle, a show that has lost none of its power to make us belly-laugh, though the world it depicts has vanished more completely than anyone could have believed possible.
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anyone → go → power
It seems strange that many of the cast, including Sue Holderness (who played the vacuous Marlene) and Gwyneth Strong (posh Cassandra, wife of the eternal dipstick Rodney), are still instantly recognisable, when the south London streets, pubs and markets of the 1980s have changed beyond imagination.
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streets → seem → imagination
The genius of the show, and its global appeal, lies not just in the performances but in the writing of John Sullivan, who penned every one of the scripts for the 64 episodes.
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who → lie → episodes
Sullivan's superhuman creativity and his endless capacity for character gags gave the directors a problem, because he invariably overwrote.
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he → give → problem
That meant shooting more footage than could be squeezed into half an hour.
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That → mean → hour
And when the BBC stretched the show's slot to 50 minutes, Sullivan responded by writing even more.
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Sullivan → stretch → more
You have to wonder why the Beeb's schedulers, given the exceptional popularity of the series, didn't simply say, 'Over-run all you want.
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you → wonder → all
Take all the time you need.
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you → take → time
If the Christmas special has to be a couple of hours, fine — you'll hear no complaints from us.'
That's the attitude of today's online streamers such as Netflix, and it works for them.
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it → have → them
Instead, each show was ruthlessly edited and pruned.
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show → edit → ?
Archivist Richard Latto has reclaimed everything he can find, including a delightful scene of Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) spinning one of his tall war tales, about how he survived shipwreck, torpedoes and shark attack.
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he → reclaim → shipwreck
The outtakes were spread a little thinly over this hour, perhaps because U&Gold is keen to squeeze all the juice it can from the material.
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it → spread → material
Another serving airs next week, and two more are in the works.
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two → air → works
In a perfect world, we'd see the original episodes with edits reinstated, a sort of 'director's cut'.
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we → see → cut
The Aporia
