Thank you Marelli imho it is just basic good manners!
I will now (hopefully) clearly state my case.
I listen to nothing but Radio 4 from 7.30 (ish) to around 19.30 ish. Therefore my first encounter with Count Arthur Strong was on the radio.
BIG CONFESSION HERE!
I have never watched the TV programme (sorry!) because I have this "thing" about not seeing people on TV (or other mediums) because with Radio I have my own vision as to how they look!
My beloved Mr P has been known to go through the Radio Times and stick post it notes over any images of Archer actors 
Perhaps I'm missing out by not watching the TV series (the comments about "walking to the plane makes me think I might be) but I have loved and enjoyed every episode that I have heard on Radio 4.
Yes, at first I thought "what on earth is this old claptrap about?" but I soon came to appreciate, enjoy and love it!
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We're thrilled to announce a special question and answer session with the legend that is Count Arthur Strong for Gransnet!
The Count, for those of you still unfamiliar with him, is a semi-retired variety star who, unrelated to sharing the same shoe size as Barry Cryer, is now starring in his very own situation comedy on BBC2.
In Count Arthur Strong, the ever optimistic Arthur goes through life ready to try anything to make a few quid - and ready to give a performance whenever he feels he has an audience. Unfortunately he's not very good at either and his efforts usually end in chaos.
Arthur has also written his auto-biography Through It All I've Always Laughed which traces his life from humble beginnings as a newborn baby in Doncaster to playing tiny parts in Juliet Bravo and appearing alongside Alec Guinnesses in Bridge Up The River Kwai, he has always laughed through it all, and these memoirs of his will surely jog the memories of all those who have laughed along with him - including Count Arthur himself. He lives a life based on those minor triumphs, plus some other ones he may or may not have been in.
If you have a question for Arthur - whether it's about the many, many famous actors and entertainers he's worked with over the years, or how he feels about modern Britain today as a 70-something part-time thespian, Arthur would be delighted to respond to you all.
Please add your questions before Thursday 29th January.
Count Arthur Strong is on BBC2 22.45 on Tuesdays. You can find out more about the Count on his website.
- and I like the way he walks! A bit like me when I get up off the chair after sitting for far too long!
Dear Arthur,is it the world that is out of sync with you, or the other way round? Have you ever given this thought any consideration?
I watched this weeks episode on iplayer last night and was still chuckling over bits of it hours later. I guess comedy is very subjective [or, as Arthur would say, 'digestive']. I love the way that little inconsequential things that happen throughout the course of the show come together at the end [the bell, for example ]. And that the characters, to me are 'real' [I can't explain that bit but it's true, for me anyway].
The walk to the plane!! Oh yes!!
You have to 'see' Count Arthur Strong. You have to see past the sitcom....not explaining myself very well (a bit like Count Arthur himself, perhaps - though he does try very hard)!
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