One of the lines that always got one of the biggest laughs in the Ladykillers belonged to Mrs Wilberforce.  We’d stand behind the set waiting for our cue and the wonderful Marcia Warren, or no less wonderful Angela Thorne would deliver the line: Our tea-time is three; we’re old, we get up at four-thirty.

The last two mornings I’ve found those words going round in my head as I’ve woken up just after four on both days.  I didn’t get up, of course.  No way!  I watched tv and read, but it did set me pondering the question: does this … Read the rest »