It seems that this production was not a happy one. As reported in Victoria's biography "Let's do it", Joan Sims was apaprently so unsettled by working with Victoria (and her aggressive perfectionism) that she couldn't remember her lines and had to rely on giant boards around the set to remind her. Celia Imre said she often felt quite bullied by Victoria and this episode was littered with recurring little digs Victoria used to make at her, such as the size of her breasts or how she wasn't especially well read. It seems that Victoria was a very difficult person to work with at times. The cast of Dinner Ladies found her exhausting. Dawn French also talked about how unpleasant it was when they worked together on a comic relief sketch, and how morose Victoria could be in general. Both Julie Walters and Celia Imre had said that they had come to the point where they wouldn't tell her anything private because Victoria would then exploit it in a sketch.
It appears that no one turned Victoria's production down in anything she did, as they knew the result would be fantastic. They are all very good professionals and they could have said no. Many others springboarded their career from her. Militant Victoria was or not, we will never get performances like this anymore. National treasure boxed up.
I have a feeling that at 1:40 Joan Sims gets her lines the wrong way round. After saying "Is that dear Eddie Elgar", she then says she must "fly fly", and only *then* follows it up with "I have no ear for music whatsoever".
The great Joan Sims
What a marvellous actress Joan Sims was
Just Brilliant..Thankyou 👍
The guestwoman looks like Margaret Rutherford.
Thanks for posting this - much appreciated.
Can't get over how much Celia Imrie looks like Cillian Murphy, with that hairstyle!
Oh no they gave a free lecture for nothing. Not even a meal and a bed!
They did get tea, biscuits and cake when they arrived!
@@linzieloo1 Yep, fair enough.
@@bellaboop1 Enough to satisfy their English needs
Class❤️
It seems that this production was not a happy one. As reported in Victoria's biography "Let's do it", Joan Sims was apaprently so unsettled by working with Victoria (and her aggressive perfectionism) that she couldn't remember her lines and had to rely on giant boards around the set to remind her. Celia Imre said she often felt quite bullied by Victoria and this episode was littered with recurring little digs Victoria used to make at her, such as the size of her breasts or how she wasn't especially well read. It seems that Victoria was a very difficult person to work with at times. The cast of Dinner Ladies found her exhausting. Dawn French also talked about how unpleasant it was when they worked together on a comic relief sketch, and how morose Victoria could be in general. Both Julie Walters and Celia Imre had said that they had come to the point where they wouldn't tell her anything private because Victoria would then exploit it in a sketch.
It appears that no one turned Victoria's production down in anything she did, as they knew the result would be fantastic. They are all very good professionals and they could have said no. Many others springboarded their career from her. Militant Victoria was or not, we will never get performances like this anymore.
National treasure boxed up.
I have a feeling that at 1:40 Joan Sims gets her lines the wrong way round. After saying "Is that dear Eddie Elgar", she then says she must "fly fly", and only *then* follows it up with "I have no ear for music whatsoever".