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21 March 1993 (USA) morePlot Keywords:
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1 win moreUser Comments:
A Splendid Trip in French Stereotypes moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 62) | John Thaw | ... | Peter Mayle (12 episodes, 1993) |
| Lindsay Duncan | ... | Annie Mayle (12 episodes, 1993) |
| Jean-Pierre Delage | ... | Colombani (8 episodes, 1993) |
| Jo Doumerg | ... | Amedee Clement (8 episodes, 1993) |
| Marcel Champel | ... | Antoine Riviere (7 episodes, 1993) |
| Annie Sinigalia | ... | Madame Hermonville (5 episodes, 1993) |
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UK:30 min (12 episodes)Country:
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Bouches-du-Rhône, FranceFun Stuff
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The "Fawlty Towers" (1975) episode Peter is watching after his mailbox is stolen is "Fawlty Towers: Gourmet Night (#1.5)" (1975). moreFAQ
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The amount of French language is enormous for an English language production, and that makes it fun to listen and try to understand, because much of the French in conversation is not translated fully. The things that one expects from Provence are all there, and when the expected ending of a story plot does not come and the twist is even more inventive than the simple negation of a stereotype, the narrative really shines. Peter runs the plumber out and you would think that this is the beginning of a rancorous feud, but it's not. Winning at bowling turns out not to be winning after all. The production does its best to include some of the most pointed vignettes of the book. It manages to capture the flavor very well overall. For the strongest sense of the continuity, I recommend that you read the book first; then, when you watch this on VHS/DVD, you can bask in the extra time and story added here to add depth to this stranger and his wife in a foreign land desperately trying to become local and belong.