Neither Yootha or I took that too seriously, being old hands and thinking we had heard that sort of thing before in our careers. However, one Sunday when we were about to record Man About the House, a stagehand said to us "It's great you getting a series of your own". We said "it would be nice, but nothing is certain", he replied "What do you mean? We are building the set already!"

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