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A relative who was a child in the 1930s had one of these Billy Bouncer books, I think not this one, though am not sure. Decades later I read it, and remember a story where Billy and his companions had an adventure that involved a golden box that looked like a jewelled Bath bun. I wondered if...

So we won't see him in Parliament, which would be fun.

Full of surprises. Arthur had no sign of a wound!!

Womans Hour today has an item about the influence of the series on fashion. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09hp2zy

My husband said they looked like boots. They seemed to be black! Partridges do seem likely. Often used to go to Packwood House, well, I went several times in the past. I think I remember a large hall with a sort of split staircase, one branch coming down either side. And of course the topiary.

What was Tommy cooking over the fire? A brace of pigeons?

This photo of Lewis's in 1970 was on Twitter today.

Also used to go there quite a bit in the '70s. My friend Angela was fond of a drink called a vodkatini, which another friend used to say was like herbal shampoo!

I approve of whoever added that tiny detail - the costume designer, I suppose.

Repeats of the previous series starting early tomorrow morning https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fj94w

He's hilarious. Did you spot Tommy almost laughing in the scene between them in the distillery? My husband has just been running it again.

When Jessie took her coat off in the pub (episode 4) I thought I saw a dress shield in her cardigan. If so, it was a tiny authentic detail, but did anyone else see it? I wonder which pub they went to. I don't know if the Richmond was there in the 1920s!

And those large round loaves of soda bread they used to sell (Scofa Scone??). They were sold a quarter at a time.

Yes, that was a good one! Also the Stechford Communist Party. It adds another layer of something to hear all these references to places that we know, and in my case had relatives. I was trying to think where the Stechford branch would have held meetings. I also had relatives in Watery Lane.

From a Rep programme from 1933.

That was a tense episode!

I've read about this; it was orange but turned red when applied, I think.

A bit worrying!

You can still buy Zam-Buk.