As we sadly reach the end of our Dear John journey, John is struggling with his conscience. Kirk on the other hand, is mysteriously missing in action. Meanwhile at SADDO HQ, Eggs continues to speak like a tabloid journalist headline writer, and

S03E13.5 - Belinda Lang Interview (BONUS EPISODE)

Apr 27th, 2022 1h 5m

In this special BONUS episode, we spend an hour in the company of Belinda Lang, talking about her long and varied career in sitcoms and the theatre, as well as her friendships with Ralph Bates, Peter Blake and Gary Olsen.Belinda also tells us a

S03E13 - Karen the Kitten (Dear John S02E06)

Apr 20th, 2022 56m 23s

Everything's coming up John for John Lacey: he's getting the promotion he's longed for and attracting the attentions of a lovely young lady....but not everything is as it seems...Meanwhile, we explore the fascinating lexicon of safari metaphors

S03E12 - Be Gentle With Me Kirky (Dear John S02E05)

Apr 13th, 2022 49m 4s

Has John's apparent sexual prowess been enough to keep Liz from falling from another man?While John impatiently waits for a make or break call, Kirk gets shitfaced on one shot of tequila and falls apart thinking about Tiger cavorting with the G

S03E11.5 - Will Bates Interview

Apr 8th, 2022 58m 48s

In this special BONUS episode, Eggs is joined by Will Bates: TV and film composer, son of Ralph, and child star of Dear John (in which he played John Lacey's young son Toby).As well as discussing what it was like to act alongside his Dad and hi

S03E11 - Pocket Crucifix (Dear John S02E04)

Apr 6th, 2022 55m 23s

Things are finally looking up for John Lacey on the ladies front, while poor Kirk confesses to Kate that he's going to miss her.Somewhere in between the two, asexual Ralph gives short shrift to femme fatale Wanda's best moves.Check out our epis

S03E10 - Dick Turpin Trainers (Dear John S02E03)

Mar 30th, 2022 59m 51s

As we learn a little of Sylvia's #differenttimes backstory, John is having difficulties in his relationship with his son Toby, so decides to book a creepy peado clown from an upstairs bedsit to get back in his good books...Meanwhile, we make a

S03E09 - Are You a Dick? (Dear John S02E02)

Mar 23rd, 2022 48m 6s

Tosh from the Bill (Ricky Fortune) is still hanging around like a glum, fake scouse, double denim attired bad smell. John offers him hope of redemption in the form of a performance at Mrs Arnott's leaving do, so Ricky rushes off to the Nonce Wa

S03E08 - Not On My Birthday (Dear John S02E01)

Mar 16th, 2022 57m 8s

We're into Series 2, and John Sullivan clearly thinks an extensive recap (in the form of John's inner monologue) is needed to remind us all what we're watching!Meanwhile, Kirk's nose is put out of joint when Tosh from the Bill shows up and star

S03E07 - Big Ears (Dear John S01E07)

Mar 2nd, 2022 57m 54s

When Kirk asks John to put a good word in for him with "Tiger", John promptly gets blootered and wakes up the next morning in bed with her!Deciding to pop round to Chez Kirk and face the music, the Kirk St Moritz house of cards suddenly comes t

S03E06 - Boogaloo! (Dear John S01E06)

Feb 23rd, 2022 57m 41s

When John's friend Ken saunters into the 1-2-1 Club looking for a bit of extra marital action, John is aghast, especially when he makes an immediate move on Kate.Meanwhile, Kirk takes charge of remaking Ralph's image as Ralph looks to launch hi

S03E05 - You Have That One On Me! (Dear John S01E05)

Feb 17th, 2022 1h 1m

Mrs Boyd-Peters is hosting a party, but also has an embarrassing problem: what could it be? Will John be able to escape the clutches of his vile ex wife Wendy and make it to the shindig?Meanwhile, we discuss the dearth of British sitcom nemesis

S03E04 - Telford Fried Chicken (Dear John S01E04)

Feb 9th, 2022 51m 37s

Poor John's in dire need of a date in order to attend his friend's 'couples only' wedding anniversary party. How low will he go?Meanwhile, we discuss terrible fast food joint names, Al becomes fixated on space trivia from 1986, and we discover

S03E03 - Terrapin Turmoil (Dear John S01E03)

Feb 2nd, 2022 51m 43s

When Ralph is a no show at the 1-2-1 club 'discotheque', his new friends rally to his aid — even Kirk has some words of comfort in between critiques of Ralph's kitchen!Meanwhile, Bruce Forsyth makes a return to the podcast, along with his best

S03E02 - The Dear John Curse (Dear John S01E02)

Jan 26th, 2022 52m 24s

As ex wife Wendy turns the financial screw on destitute divorcee John, Kate makes an awful mistake at the 1-2-1 club - confiding her frigidity to the group, much to Louise's delight and Kirk's amusement.Meanwhile, Eggs posits the notion of a 'D

S03E01 - The Judgemental 80s (Dear John S01E01)

Jan 19th, 2022 51m 44s

It's series 3, and we take our first steps into the world of Dear John, meeting early Roy Cropper prototype John Lacey, as well as the assorted waifs and strays of the 1-2-1 club.Meanwhile we worry about marriage consummation laws, take the pis

Trailer

Series 3 Trailer (Dear John)

Jan 17th, 2022 1m 4s

It's Series 3 of the SADDO podcast!And in this series of The Sitcom Archive Deep Dive Overdrive we're leaping headlong into the 1980s to visit the 1-2-1 club with the waifs and strays of John Sullivan's Dear John!Here's a little of what you can

S02E13.5 - Snaveley Manor (Fawlty Towers US Style)

Jan 12th, 2022 1h 39m

In this belated New Year's bonus episode, we're joined by Gareth and Allen from the British Sitcom History Podcast to discuss the first US attempt at remaking Fawlty Towers way back in 1978 (before the 2nd series of Fawlty Towers had even been

S02E13 - Asking For a Bunch of Fives

Nov 3rd, 2021 1h 10m

When a visit from a public health official threatens to shut down Filthy Towers for good, the team must work together to get everything ship-shape. This means there's no room for vermin (or even Siberian Filigree Hamsters) on site!Meanwhile, Th

S02E12 - Paella Wars

Oct 20th, 2021 1h 1m

It's the Fawltys 15th wedding anniversary and Basil's forgotten (or has he?) When Sybil flounces off just before the surprise dinner party Basil has planned, how will 'Baz' break the news to his guests?Meanwhile, Manuel and Jacko the Chef clash

S02E11 - Dr Sausages

Oct 13th, 2021 1h 3m

Dead guests, blow up sex dolls, a kipper in a tank top, a doctor with a one-track-mind....it's the most hectic of the twelve Fawlty Towers episodes this week as we deep dive 'The Kipper & The Corpse'.This weeks tangents take in gym meat, Rick W

S02E10 - Hotdog

Oct 6th, 2021 53m 13s

When a bolshy transatlantic visitor pays Basil £20 to keep the chef on after hours, Jacko has other ideas, leaving Basil to play out a pantomime of voices in the kitchen.Will he manage to put together a Waldorf Salad for his American guest? At

S02E09 - Pretentious Moi?

Sep 29th, 2021 54m 45s

When a psychiatrist checks in at Fawlty Titties, sexually repressed Basil immediately assumes that he is being psychoanalysed, while all the guests over 70 assume he is there to wheel off the Major to the looney bin (including the Major himself

S02E08 - Flying Tart

Sep 21st, 2021 57m 16s

When Basil has some luck on the gee-gees, he's desperate to prevent the dragon from finding out, so what does he do? Trusts the Major to look after the Brewsters of course....Meanwhile, Mrs Richards gets Alison's back up at every turn, and we b

S02E07.5 - Stephen Hall (Basil Mark II)

Sep 18th, 2021 51m 58s

Eggs is joined by Australian actor, comic, writer and quiz guru Stephen Hall. Stephen was hand-picked by John Cleese himself to step into his sizeable shoes and play Basil Fawlty in the stage show written by John himself, which toured Australia