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A classic British sitcom. In typical UK fashion they only made 13 episodes which aired from 1985-1986. It was about 4 women sharing a flat and starred:
The characters were all stereotypes and they HATED each other with a passion. I loved this show and I thought their flat was the coolest and wanted to live there and have roommates like them. The cast sang the theme song which went something like:
"We're the girls on top
of the Kensington sky
it's always going on
so thanks for dropping by
my Wham record is scratched
I want my curling tongs back
and someone owes me 5 pounds
we're the girls on top"
01: Four-Play
Amanda finally gets flat in Chelsea but her money hardship forces her to share with dim-witted school chum Jennifer and super-rich Shelley and for some reason they allow the evicted former flat-owner Candice to stay on. Their eccentric landlady is Lady Carlton, a romance novelist whose only companion is Josephine, her dead dog whom she has had stuffed. Guest starring Alan Rickman (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Die Hard) as one of Candice's slimy boyfriends who steals Amanda's car.
02: Staying Alive
Candice won't do any work due to her 'disease' that prevents her from having a proper osmosis so Shelley threatens eviction. Also Shelley learns Candice only owns 2 pairs of panties and has been regularly borrowing her's and returning them unwashed. But while nightclubbing Candice meets a film director and brings him home. So the gang prepare for an epic staging of 'Gone with the wind' in the front room however it turns out to be a porno flick when 'Rhett' strips naked and Candice cries "At last I'd have something to stir it with!" leading the enraged Shelley to have a clothes ripping catfight with Candice which the perverts film with gusto.
03: C.O.D.
Candice takes Jennifer clubbing but Jennifer gets kidnapped by two inept kidnappers (including Robbie Coltrane - 'Cracker', 'Nuns on the Run') They want £10, 000 or else. Shelley doesn't care until she remembers Jennifer is wearing her beloved silverfox fur coat. Eventually though the kidnappers give Jennifer back as she is driving them crazy.
04: Cancel Toast
Shelley auditions for RADA but cannot properly imitate a fried egg. So she tries to commit suicide by ODing on chocolate. To cheer her up Amanda lets her do a song and dance act at her feminist support group. Shelley causes a mass walkout but gains her confidence back. Candice uses Shelley's horrible singing as a chance to rob the support group's petty cash.
05: Ident: Candy Time
Rent is due. Candice cannot pay and sinks to an all-new low to avoid her dues. She invents a romance with Prince Andrew.
06: Skankin'
A street festival is being organised and Amanda tries to participate with disastrous consequences and maximum humiliation.
07: Hark
Lady Carlton's beloved stuffed dog has gone missing. To end Lady C's lamenting the gang convince her that her dog has gone to a better place then the horrified flatmates find out just what happened to the dog. Hint: Candice has a new belt.....
01: Mr Fluffy Knows Too Much
Amanda, Shelley and Jennifer are shocked to learn Candice has died in hospital. They struggle to determine which of their vindictive practical jokes may have been to blame for her untimely demise. They are consumed by extreme paranoia and mass hysteria and decide to make Jennifer the fallguy. They bury the autopsy report and decide to take out the coroner too. Hilarious and a great farewell to Candice.
02: Big Snogs
Amanda becomes smitten with Tom (Hugh Laurie) and lures him home to fix her fuse box. Then she announces she is pregnant which leads to a sick but funny sight gag and then a even funnier one as Shelley teaches Amanda the facts of life using "Mr Train" "Mrs Tunnel" and "Arrive, depart, arrive, depart" as a teaching aid.
03: Who's Ya Uncle Shelley?
Jennifer takes a cleaning job at the stock exchange but proves to be a financial genius at playing the stock market. Despite the fact she thinks she is playing shadow puppets, she is entrusted with Shelley and Amanda's life savings.
04: Bring Me More Flamingoes
Shelley plans a celebrity party causing Jennifer and Amanda to leave the flat and be arrested for vagrancy.
05: Mr. Yummy Brownie
Shelley's mom arrives thinking Shelley is playing Ophelia in Hamlet upon learning of Shelley's total failure as an actress she orders her home to Beverly Hills. A desperate Shelley crashes a RSC production....
06: Lower the Donkey
Lady Carlton wins a new luxury kitchen. Amanda somehow mistakes the handymen installing it for gigolos. Then Lady C's ignorance of microwaves result in a blackout. Mistaking the explosion for nuclear disaster, Amanda and Shelley hole themselves up in a homemade cardboard fallout shelter in their front room and send Jennifer foraging for food. Jennifer goes wild spending Shelley's money, Amanda swallows a goldfish and then she and Shelley have a fight and their shelter breaks and the enraged twosome attack Jennifer and then there is another big bang and it's seemingly curtains for them all...
Great fun!
P-Con VI March 27th/28th/29th 2009
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