In the second part of my mini-series about the BBC sitcom pilot ‘The Jewel in the Crown, Southall, Middx’, we look at how this new pilot introduced Spike and Eric, the bogus restaurant premise, and showed how the audience reacted to seeing a relic of an outdated comedy style.
The BBC didn’t want you to see it. However, I have seen a copy of a studio tape so let’s see what actually happens.