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Sykes is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One from 1972 to 1979. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, it was written by Sykes, who had previously starred with Jacques in Sykes and A... (1960–1965) and Sykes and a Big, Big Show (1971). Forty-three of the 1970s colour episodes were remakes of scripts for the 1960s b/w series, such as "Bus" based on 'Sykes and a Following' from 1964 and the episode "Stranger" with guest star Peter Sellers based on 'Sykes and a Stranger' from 1961.
Sykes had the same premise as Sykes and A... with Sykes, Jacques, and Richard Wattis reprising their former identical roles, with Deryck Guyler as a new character PC Corky Turnbull. The series was brought to an end by the death of Hattie Jacques of a heart attack on 6 October 1980.
With the same premise as Sykes and A..., unmarried twins Eric and Harriet (Hat) Sykes are now living at an end of terrace house, number 28, Sebastopol Terrace, East Acton, two doors down from their house in the previous programme. As before, Eric is childish and accident-prone while Hattie is patient. Their neighbour is the snobbish unmarried Charles Fulbright-Brown, and PC Corky Turnbull was introduced as the local policeman in the episode 'Walk'. Corky's wife is the unseen Elsie. (Deryck Guyler also played Corky's brother Wilfred Turnbull, a train attendant on the Glasgow to London sleeper train, in the episode 'Journey'). Following the death of Richard Wattis in 1975, a new neighbour Melanie Rumbelow moves in. The local baker is the widowed Madge Kettlewell (Joan Sims), who appears occasionally, and who fancies Eric, (first seen in the episode 'Football'). Eric and Hattie were also the owners of a Cuckoo Clock, naming the very temperamental bird inside, Peter. Both spoke to it as if it were a real bird, and a great deal of comedy derived from the antagonistic and sarcastic ‘conversations’ between Eric and Peter.
The first series of Sykes was released on DVD in the UK (Region 2) in 2004. Several episodes in this set were reassembled from the original studio sessions rather than the broadcast masters. This not only yielded better quality, but also allowed scenes that had been cut for timing purposes to be restored, and for outtakes to be included as extras. Conversely, since the colour videotape of the episode "Journey" had been wiped this episode was taken from a black and white copy. All of the episodes are digitally remastered, and a brief featurette explains some of the restoration techniques employed.
As of 2011 no further series have yet been released.
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