Citizen James

Sid, a man about town, is always mixed up in some sort of scheme, Charlie, his partner in crime very much has an eye for the ladies, the pair always seem to be in trouble.

It's a classic comedy, a very funny, sadly forgotten comedy series, it was a great vehicle for Sid's comedy brilliance, and for me, it's way better than Hancock's half hour.

Fortunately series one exists in its entirety, and it is well worth watching, excellent from start to finish, the remaining episodes from series two and three are also very good, but Sid's character is very different, now a man for justice, not quite The Del Boy figure.

Sid is wonderful, such a talent, you even get to see him dancing. Tafler is great, as is Liz Fraser, a shame she didn't seem to feature much past series one.

My favourites were Crusty Bread and The Elixir, but every episode offered something.

How sad that the bulk of it is lost, it seems so unlikely that more will pop up, but then you never know.

The most recently rediscovered episode, The Day out, was shown a few years back on The BBC over Christmas, sadly it's nowhere to be found nowadays, hopefully one day it'll get a commercial release.

Don't pass it by.

8/10.