TV
'Dad's Army' star slates modern writers
Published Thursday, Oct 19 2006, 13:51 BST | By Ben Rawson-Jones
Veteran Dad's Army actor Bill Pertwee has blasted the quality of writing on modern day sitcoms.
80-year-old Pertwee, who played Hodges in the much-loved show, told the Daily Mail that today's comedy writers "try to make their point by being too aggressive. If they can't fit a joke in a line they put a four-letter word there."
Speaking at the launch of his autobiography, he added: "I just wonder why they don't concentrate more on characters and situations. Steptoe and Son, Dad's Army and Till Death Do Us Part had marvellous situations, the jokes got there themselves."
80-year-old Pertwee, who played Hodges in the much-loved show, told the Daily Mail that today's comedy writers "try to make their point by being too aggressive. If they can't fit a joke in a line they put a four-letter word there."
Speaking at the launch of his autobiography, he added: "I just wonder why they don't concentrate more on characters and situations. Steptoe and Son, Dad's Army and Till Death Do Us Part had marvellous situations, the jokes got there themselves."
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