[This page was last updated 28/09/2001. New entries are at the end.]

I get many emails from around the world about Stella Street which are too nice to keep to myself, so I thought I’d share some extracts with everyone. I hope these don’t sound too self-congratulatory (I only do the website in any case, remember that!), but I can’t help what people write, can I?

Please do email me with anything that’s on your mind. If you are outside the UK, I’d especially like to hear from you. I do read all the emails I get, but I cannot always reply to them individually, much as I’d like to, and I’m not sure my insurance would cover them.

The most interesting things will be assembled here for other users to enjoy, criticise, react to, ignore or despise. Oh, and sometimes I’ve corrected some grammatical and spelling errors—that takes a long time!

Here’s what the fans really think:

I just wanted to say I think this web site is brilliant. [I'll start how I mean to go on. Ed] The appearance of "Stella Street" at Christmas 1997 was so unexpected & so welcome, surrounded as it was by the usual Christmas TV dross. I'm amazed how many people I've met, however, who are unaware of this inspired series, or haven't been tempted to watch it. Michael Lee, 31/08/1999.

Mick and Keith are sublime. The interest Mick displays in the finer points of retailing is so wonderfully absurd and Keith’s chaotic minding of the counter sets new standards of service delivery in traditional corner shop marketing. John Dillon

Just had a look through your page. I’m crying with laughter; I forgot how funny Stella Street was. Richard C Heal

Alright! At last a Stella Street website. I watched the first series when it was first shown and was instantly hooked. Most episodes left me crying with Laughter at some points! Leon Kennedy

I find the following of the series of “Stella Street” quite a cult. Not many people that I have spoken to know what I’m going on about, until I show them the video, after [which] they seem to love it as much I do. I’m glad there is a new series on its way. Stuart Auvache

I have been watching Stella Street since putting it on by accident one night, and saw a bizarre Christmas duet with Roger Moore and David Bowie. This was a bit of a shock at the time, but very, very funny. I have not missed an episode since. So congrats on one of the funniest shows in years, particularly [… ] Mick and Keith. Scott Butt

[From Australia.] I come from the UK but have lived over here since I was a little boy. I come home all the time and was back for all of last year; thank god I stumbled across Stella Street, by far the funniest comedy I’ve ever seen. I brought the first series video back [to Australia] with me, and I haven’t seen it since! All my friends are fighting over it. Jason Kingshott

I have watched Stella Street and it varies between very very funny and just plain bizarre! But I have a vested interest in the programme; I live just off Cobbold Road (where the corner shop is) and have had to walk around/through the set many times on my way to the tube! It's more than a little disconcerting to see your street on the telly once a week, I can tell you. And now your web pics too!

Still, I now know a bit more about how a TV programme is made and I have learnt the detours so I don’t get delayed during filming. Fab! Look forward to seeing what happens next series and saying “I saw them film that!” Tee hee! Alison Hamilton

Stella Street must be one of the most original comedy programmes in years. Concept is simple, execution is brilliant. Who would have imagined such a bunch of misfits living in one street. I love the idea that the stars would act like their screen personas in real life. My favorite character is Michael Caine, followed closely by Joe Pesci and Jimmy Hill. Even better is the fact that there are nutters like us that have a universal appreciation of this comedy. Tony Miles

Stella Street just has to be the best comedy programme on TV. But in typical BBC fashion, they haven’t a clue how valuable their commodity is. Sessions as Jack Flatley is inspired, but Dr Joe is the king. Favourite scene is David Bowie as standup comedian. Robert Whitehouse

I just thought I’d write that I know for a fact that when Keith Richards was privately asked about Stella Street at the recent Q awards he said: “Well I suppose in a way we are the grocer shop of rock ’n’ roll.” Magoo/Culture Films Ltd

Stella Street is the funniest show on the BBC since “Bottom”; it has me in stitches every time. I have to say my favourite character is Mick. I recently introduced the show to my friends and they all think its great. Well done to Phil and John. Simon Gomer

[This email gives an insight into Stella Street in Finland:] There are at least two of us here who enjoy SS, which the Finns have translated “Rubber Lips”, by the way. I have talked to a lot of people who have seen the show here and it seems quite popular. The only problem is the Finnish TV channel that was broadcasting it, would skip the order of the shows and the changed airing times. [Sounds familiar. Ed]

The show is subtitled in Finnish which makes it good for non-English speakers; of course, it is best viewed with the original language. Lexington

Stella Street is the funniest ten minutes of the day. Jack S

I think it’s the funniest and most original show on TV. The only complaints I have are that its only 10 minutes long and Jimmy Hill is highly irritating! Mick and Michael are easily the stars of the show! Anon.

Just to let you know, Stella Street is, without doubt, the funniest programme I have ever seen. It’s incredibly well-written, and what an original concept! I’m a big fan of the Rolling Stones, and the portrayals of Mick and Keith are inspiring. Dan Gerry

It was a relief to find a page on the www about the best program in the world after much searching and after being the only person at my school who’s actually seen the damn show. But anyways, I love Stella Street! The impersonations are superb and I especially like it when Phil Cornwell and John Sessions make references to the films the actors they are mimicking have been in: such as in the final episode of series 10 when Al Pacino is trying to bargain with Alan Rickman like in “Dog Day Afternoon”. My top 3 favourite characters have to be Jack Nicholson, Jo Pesci and Al Pacino but all the characters are great and what really makes the show superb is the inconceivable clashes of personality, Jimmy Hill talking to Marlon Brando is a prime example of this.

One last thing, you wouldn’t have any information on when the third series will be broadcast do you? [Spring 2000. Ed] Because now series two has finished I’m starting to suffer with withdrawal symptoms and this may progress into shock. King Lawnmower

It’s an absolute crime that so few people know about [Stella Street] because it’s one of the best comedies ever. You can watch a whole series or just one episode at a time and it never gets boring. Andrew Banks

Your site has to be the best web site on the net. Well done on covering such a fantastic comedy series the way you have. Antonio De Luca

How about a web cam at Stella Street, a bit like NeverEnders if you know what I mean? By the way a great site. Joe Massey

How have I lived so long not knowing about Stella Street? I think it’s the best comedy series I’ve seen for ages. The web site is great, keep up the good work. My favourite bit so far is when Mick gets his lips stuck in the shop door: I cried! I’ve ordered the 2 videos so I can watch them again and again, and convert some of my Stella Street virgin friends. Tracey Helps

From the US: I had been living in the states for the last decade so I didn’t get the opportunity to see your “the Street” before. But I recently caught it on one of those Sky cable channels and found it compulsive viewing. Have you attempted to get it on any of the US channels? I’m sure they’d love it. That Albert Tatlock is a real character.

Cheerio, etc etc.

OK… The truth is I have been in the states for ten years and now that I’m back I can’t believe what I’ve been missing. Stella Street is fucking brilliant. I have to take a leak before it comes on in case I piss myself. For some reason John Sessions as Joe Pesci cracks me up even before he says anything. A link to your site is going on all my emails from this day forward. Good Luck, Mossy O’Brien

You can not believe how chuffed I was to find that some genius [sic] had the sense to get a Stella Street website up and running. One problem… it’s too much of a damn distraction! I can remember turning on the TV one night and there it was, the scene that has become one of my favourite… “What the fuck are you talkin’ about you mulch fuck?”. Joe Pesci is a star.

Altogether I must have converted over 15 people in the last 2 and a half years. It’s surprising how often I use “Stella Talk” throughout the day… “What kind of a prick, fuck question’s that?” etc, etc. I am the proud owner of both series one and two videos and I must have seen them over 50 times a piece. My mates are always wanting to watch their favourite scene. I scored 20/20 on that quiz of yours [You see—it is possible. Ed] and I truly believe I must be one of the top 5 fans in the country… You bet your goddamn ass. Rich, Wales.

Series two of Stella Street is an all-time classic. It is so much better than series one. For example we don't get to see or hear the 'interviewer' just the character talking to camera. Also the characters are always 'ON' and the timing and editing are so much better. I hope that they can keep this up with the new series. At least they are far less likely to have egos getting in the way as Python did. [Did they? Ed]

I was a fan of Gilbert's Fridge in 88. 'How far to Hitchin' about prisoners of war (with John Sparkes?) and the terrific game show, 'giz the dosh' are particular memories. Does any of it exist on tape anywhere?

Phil Cornwell is a comic genius and Sessions is his perfect foil.

Cheers! Mark Birtles, 02/05/2000 [Controversial. Ed]

From Australia: I've just discovered Stella Street, thanks to an Ade Edmondson fan emailing me and telling me of its brilliance! I am a Brit, residing in Australia, and as Stella Street has not hit Australian screens, I decided to purchase a video unseen after trusting the Ade fan’s taste, and also after visiting your site. I have long been a fan of Peter Richardson’s work, so I knew Stella Street had to be good.

I was right! Brilliant! Chrissie Macdonald, The Adrian Edmondson Web Site, 04/06/2000. [Any more blind leaps of faith? There is a link to this Ade Edmonson site on the links page. Ed]

Why did we Australians have to wait until July 2000 to get Stella Street?! Cheers to who noted that this program is the funniest the BBC has broadcast since “Bottom” (Just thinking about that show makes me laugh). Of course, Stella Street is another one of those programs that I keep telling my friends to watch but they always forget. Thank FUCK. They wouldn’t understand it anyway! I was very surprised we got Stella Street in Australia because we have extremely strict censorship over here. My favourite characters are Len and Jack (I love his sun glasses tilted and his “fuckery” line!) even now I’m in hysterics. Once again the Brits outdo themselves in comedy!

Shit I gotta go have a smoke. I can’t stop laughing.

Cheers David Vlaming, Sydney, Australia, 03/07/2000.

I've watched Gormenghast quite a few times, since I taped it when it aired in February. That's when I first noticed John Sessions (his Dr Prunesquallor was so refreshing, the only sane human being in a crazy world).

I got onto the web to find out what else he had done, and found your Stella Street page. I chuckled without even having seen the series, so I ordered the tapes from Amazon. I must be one of very few people in Canada to have copies.

To make a long story short, I played Gormenghast again to verify the [inaccurate] claim that Sessions & Cornwell were never together, and voilà: in the scene where Irma holds a soirée for the professors. Initially, Sessions is in the background, greeting new arrivals, as Cornwell & other actors are in the foreground having a discussion.

Then, when one of the professors falls ill, Prunesquallor ministers to the ailing man while Cornwell's character watches from a very close distance. Sylvie Gauthier, Canada, 07/2000 (3 emails combined to make sense here).

Great show, I love it! I'm an expat living in Australia and so am grateful for any "culture" I can get. I've even got my Aussie mates watching it. Ian Pritchard, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia, 31/07/2000.

To say that this program is brilliant is an understatement. Peter Richardson deserves a great pat on the back for fucking us all up with laughter. And I thought he was hilarious as Harvey the straight-laced, straight-faced undercover cop in The Supergrass. What a work of comic genius his Stella Street is!! It’s only a matter of time until Cobbold Road [Really Hartswood Road. Ed] becomes the much lauded landmark that Abbey Road already is. Cheers! David Christopher, Australia, 02/08/2000. [And hey, they both had the Beatles in ’em! Ed]

As a recent convert to your show I cannot tell you enough how much I enjoy Stella Street. The impressions of many famous actors done by just two actors (read Michael Caine and Jack Nicholson) is absolutely spot-on in my opinion. I particularly enjoy the misadventures of Mrs Huggett and her struggle to keep her plum cleaning position to the stars, she is a dear to watch and the hilarious antics of Mick and Keith have me in stitches. Phil Cornwell, John Sessions and the rest of the crew I salute you to a TV show with such a fresh and original concept and is so cleverly filmed, and I look forward to watching your show every week. Keep up the good work! From an Australian fan. Jessica Keast, 14/08/2000.

I am the only person in Australia (with the exception of my girlfriend) who actually 'gets' Stella Street. I love it so much. Without doubt the finest comedy series since Faulty Towers [sic]! I want to go to Stella Street and check it out, and see all the bits and pieces in the street. Greatest show ever. Dieter, 19/09/2000.

Some shit prick fuck has just put a website dedicated to fucking Stella Street on the net, you know when I find him, I’m gonna wrap his fucking balls round his neck… no but seriously… you're a genius, this site is the most frequently visited site I come on and its the only thing that makes the Internet worth while. The show is such a goddamn scream and Michael is such a pasty, dumb mulch fuck… I'm actually starting to speak to my friends AS WELL AS MY PARENTS like this now and its all thanks to the efforts of the 2 stars that make the show happen… oh… and you! Kris Knight, 29/05/2000.

Y'know, John Sessions must know a few Brooklyn Italians cos the Pesci characterisation is fuckin spot on. I'm working with these nutters every day and they crack me up with all that same bullshit. Is there any way to get tapes over here? I know enough people who would be interested in them. Tarra Mossy, 26/06/2000.

I've just finished watching Joe stomp Vince's face in with the push vacuum. Even though I am a 'pure bred' Aussie, I was brought up on a staple and ritual diet of British comedy, and basically won't watch (more specifically laugh) at anything else. We get two episodes in a row back to back (I think), and it unbelievably brilliant. I hope we have a long long time before we catch up. All the characters are superb. Sheer genius Stella fellas! Jack the Nipper, 07/08/2000.

It's wonderful! and the page is great too - definitely wonderful as info is hard to come by over here. Here in Oz SS is being broadcast once a week in 30 minute bursts - not often enough, and certainly not widely enough advertised <grumble>; however, rest assured a small but dedicated group of us are evangelising like f**k about it <ggg> (having found out the hard way that government employees are well advised not to quote Joe Pesci on the bottoms of their emails… ) Molto kudos to all concerned, 'specially from my hubby who is English and for whom the Jimmy Hill bits in particular have awakened copious amounts of bizarre childhood nostalgia <g> Me? mad about Caine (priceless!) and Mick'n'Keef, of course <g> We're *very* glad to hear there's a Series 3 (here's hoping Auntie SBS has purchased it). Cheers, kel & jon, two trailer park f**ks from Bungendore NSW, 09/08/2000.

This is one, if not the funniest programs on television. The characters are so brilliantly Played and the script as hilarious. Stella Street deserves a slot on BBC1 where I'm sure it would attract even more viewers. Can't wait for the next series. Oh yes, and what a fantastic web site. I couldn't give a favourite episode cos every one is as good as each other. Keep up the great work. Mike Killington, 16/08/2000.

As most loyal Australian Stella Street fans would agree, there's not much worth watching on telly down under. But, since catching Stella Street for the first time on SBS in July, I'm hooked! I hardly watch the box at all, however, Monday nights at 9:00 pm are my Sabbath to Stella Street. Phil Cornwell and John Sessions should be bloody well knighted! Just one question (sounding quite naive, I know), was Jimmy Hill a professional footballer or commentator? Phil's impression of David Bowie just always cracks me up. Anyway people, must go, I've got someone coming to look at my dishwasher. "Ello son, there's a man on the moon and plays the spoons, oh yeah, OH YEAH.' Dave, Gold Coast, Australia. 19/08/2000.

LOVE YOUR WORK! I first saw this in the UK and am loving it in Australia. It's taking quite a bit to get your Aussie in the street on to this, but it's happening. Carolyn Butt, 06/09/2000.

Your website has kept me informed and reassured for… Well, a year since the video release of series II. Quite frankly I'm (glad but) amazed that the BBC would release the second series on video without having any firm commitment on series III. Perhaps we have Greg Dyke to blame, but Stella Street should be headlining the BBC's otherwise crap comedy zone. Even with the public-drawing "Big-Brother" effect, when I see sh*t like the"F*tz" gracing BBC2's Friday night schedule I am literally incensed that they won't put Stella Street on, or even anything vaguely funny… Keep it up and don't let Australia be the only country to experience Stella Street 3! Cheers! Ben Jewitt, 09/09/2000.

Just to let you know Series 3 has been and gone here, and you're in for a fine time. Stella Street is that rare bird, a comedy series which actually gets better the longer it goes. As distinct from a great idea which runs out of legs, if you know what I mean… Got the videos for the first two series, didn't think to tape the third so now I'll have to wait a year or two for it to appear in purchasable form. Regards from your Australian constituency. Oh, and something that astonishes me: I'm 51, my wife is 54 - our kids are aged from 23-30, into pop culture in general but they don't get Stella Street at all. Should this be telling us anything? Rob Smyth, 12/10/2000.

Brilliant program. Based in Australia I have just seen series 2 and 3. Both myself and the wife both were in fits of laughter on Monday night when the show was on. Even when we had people round and they watched it too; they loved it. I have just bought 2 videos from the show and can't wait for the third. I hope that you guys make more loads more episode of this quality program. All the characters are brilliant and so well acted. Will keep looking on the web site for further updates. Many Thanks, Mark Campbell, 13/10/2000.

Hi; I'm from Australia and I have to say Stella Street is one of the most clever and witty shows around. We get a lot of stupid TV sitcoms and shows (mostly American) which are filled with stupid recycled jokes and plotlines, with no acting talent what so ever. Stella Street is not like this at all. Not many people have heard of the show or know about it and in some ways this is good. Although I think that you guys deserve a lot more recognition than what you actually get. Keep up the great work. Stella Street kicks ass. Patrick Hyde, 19/10/2000.

This is a bit extreme but I find "Stella Street" the greatest comedy on TV to date. I have all the shows on tape, I've watched it over and over again for months now. PS good acting Steve, seen u in series 3 a lot; you are the man, I wish I could be in Stella Street with Mike, Joe and of course Mrs Huggett. Bro Man, 25/10/2000.

I was looking in the radio times at the article and Roger Moore had a porno mag and tissues in his hand (this is true, and not a coincidence)! and I was thinking about it this morning and I saw that what makes Stella Street a legendary programme is not just the big things but the attention to detail (as well as the BEAUTIFUL editing). and that is what makes john sessions so good, his attention to the little details; the fact roger didn't drink any fruit punch when him and David Bowie toasted to friends in the Christmas episode, and the expression of Joe Pesci's eyes in the episode where he doesn't wear shades. You watch it tonight, you'd actually believe that john was not only Joe, but a twisted nutter who's genuinely got a problem. And that's what makes it so good. Jenny Owen, 19/11/2000.

Not a very original thought, from me that is , but Stella Street is brilliant . I was under the impression (ha, ha) that the new series was supposed to start back in the spring. But all good things are worth waiting for I guess. I bought the previous 2 series on video and every one of my friends thinks its hilarious and it gets quoted on a regular basis. Thanks to the show I will never be able to take an Al Pacino film seriously again. Not that I actually did before. Hoohar, I've bwoken my fwucking neck. Dfeetemp, 23/11/2000.

Christmas 97! I was having such a shit one. Marriage on the rocks, kids driving me crazy, life was on a downward slide. Confining myself to my bedroom I stumbled across Stella Street. Oh how life seemed great from then on! Favourite bit? Mrs Huggett farting on the pavement. Best characters? Mick,Keith,Al and Dean. Mmmm Dean! Loving every bit of it!!!!!!! Jackie Robinson, 24/11/2000.

Wonderful page you've assembled. I've been a fan since the beginning and your devotion is really inspiring. The show should carry a health warning it's that funny. Incidentally I don't know if you heard but on BBC London Live this morning you were highly praised by Phil Cornwell so I decided to check you out. Very best wishes. Brendan Moran, 02/12/2000.

Great Site!! My brother and I are newcomers to Stella Street, and have seen only the first two episodes of the new series, but are already huge fans, great impressions, and very funny situations. Comedy is fucked. Why show shite like 'Barbara' for half an hour, and only show Stella Street for ten minutes? Stella Street is at the moment, the last of the great comedy, nostalgic of the anarchic eighties sitcoms and films that we treasure!! And I've only seen two episodes!!! Keep up the good work!! Kevin & Mike (The Comic Strip Fan Page [see links page]), 02/12/2000.

A New Zealand fan congratulates you on a spiffing web site - keep it up. D'you know that Stella Street arrived on New Zealand telly fairly recently and I think we got the first two series, judging by your episode synopses. Yeah, anyway the twits put it on Friday nights at midnight and I found it by pure coincidence! I think it's one of the funniest shows I've seen in ages and I'm a huge fan of British comedy, lets face it who isn't? ah, the Americans unless it's Monty python. So what a find and John sessions I used to watch on whose line is it anyway?, some years ago - funny bugger. Nathan Hook, 05/12/2000.

Steve - brilliant site for a brilliant show. I totally agree that the BBC have absolutely no idea what they're doing with it, though. Scheduled at the most staggeringly inappropriate times (right after a Japanese POW documentary - it couldn't have been more pathetic if they tried!) and practically no trailers, inadequate publicity, etc. It also really pisses me off when so-called trendy magazines (e.g. Loaded ) feature articles about it when, really, they don't know shit. I wonder what Chris Morris thinks of the show? The polar opposite of his style, but still laugh-out-loud funny. To sum up, then, you've got great taste - I don't disagree with anything you've listed on your "You may also enjoy" page. However, one thing worries me - I've read in Peter Cook's biography that Ade Edmonson thinks that the Derek and Clive stuff is "offensive" - he should be forced to watch Get The Horn and recover his sense of humour! I suppose he prefers the Antiques Roadshow in his middle-age. Shame, really, cause it also says that Peter Cook thought that Derek & Clive was up there with his funniest work and he was right.

To finish then, we should all write to the head of the BBC to get its act together : something like : Cunt, TV Centre, London ; oh, but of course you don't have to put TV Centre, just put Cunt, London and it'll reach the director-general of the BBC you can be certain of that! [That's a Derek and Clive quote, for those of you uninitiated] Matt, Salisbury, 07/12/2000.

Dear Steve, I am a third year English Literature student with lots on my mind as I'm tying to get as much work done before Christmas. Stressed. Until taking a look at your brilliant page 'Stella Street'. It is an extremely imaginative and funny show and it's good to see something in honour [of] it! I've watched the first series probably too many times. I've only seen a few episodes of the second and none of the third. The second series, what I saw of it, was a disappointment - That 'normal family' that lived in the street- No, also what made the first series funny was the fact that these 'stars' were going about 'normal' life' -shopping in quick save and doing the gardening the second series seemed to go against that?? Well - good site nice one Steve. The best episode of the first series is most definitely 'The Zulu Party' Roy Froome, 21/12/2000.

Having just watched the SS special I have to wonder - why? A bunch of reedited episodes offering a few seconds of new footage to the viewers. It would have been much better to have followed the asteroid theme for series three, then had the special or better still used the Seaforth story for series four. It doesn't seem to make any sense to me. But I have a theory. Imagine that the special was finished. Then they started series three. Oh dear, they aren't going to finish it in time. Why not add on the material from the special to finish it off? Seems plausible? Ah well who said the world was supposed to make any sense. All the best, George Smiley, Paul, 04/01/2001.

I thought Series three was brilliant but not as good as 2 and 3. They did not have any Jack Nicholson and hardly any Mick and Keith. But I thought Al Pacino's court case was a work of art and the relationship between Jimmy Hill and Pam Slurry was disgusting but very funny. Ilpadrino, 13/01/2001.

A note from the real Stella Street, W12: Dear Steve, Just to say what a great website! Thanks! I actually live just off Cobbold Road, W12 and go to 'Mick & Keith's' corner shop every day for ciggies. Unfortunately, there's only Mr & Mrs Patel there when I go in, but I live in hope that Mick or Keith might serve me one day. I also have Cable TV, so I watch Stella Street most evenings on UK Play at the moment, which is quite surreal - spending the day walking in the park (where Jimmy Hill is often filmed), buying fags in the shop and then watching it all again on TV in the evening. A kind of "Twilight Zone" experience!

Anyway, keep up the good work. I've passed your website address on to friends as far apart as Aylmer Rd W12 (also off Cobbold Road) and Auckland in New Zealand! All of whom I am sure will enjoy it a lot!

Anyway, keep-up the good work!! and thanks for such a great website—it's really well-designed and very easy to get around! Well done.

Best regards, Lesley Symons, 18/02/2001.

I meant to write to comment on your review of series 3. I have to go with you on this one, it wasn't a patch on the first two was it? I've always thought that much of Series 1 and 2 was filmed spontaneously, there's no way they could have delivered some of those lines in the way they did unless they'd made them up on the spot. I didn't see any of that in Series 3, with the possible exception of some of Len's stuff. [Be fair though, Martin; series 3 did have its moments, such as Jimmy Hill at the beginning… ] Martin Zatko, 22/02/2001.

I recall some eighteen months ago reading or seeing Michael Caine somewhere saying that Phil Cornwell's impression of him is his favourite. I think it was on a TFI interview. John Sessions was on the Jools Holland show in the audience and remarked that he was studying Van Morrison with a view to doing him in Stella Street. And Glam Metal Detectives is massively underrated. You're dead right about it being caught between the Fast Show and Jam (or whatever you said). Then again, it speaks of the high standard of comedy (principally on BBC2) between 1995 and 2000. Could also mention The Day Today, Alan Partridge's Christmas Special at the end of 1995, Father Ted. Hugh Steadman, 07/12/2000.

Last week, I was flying back to the US on British Airways. BA has these really nifty monitors (embedded in the seat in front of you) that allow you to surf among several channels of films, documentaries and television from the US and UK. There on the lovely little monitor was an episode of Stella Street! I have never laughed so much!!! The funny thing was that I could hear other people laughing their heads off—scattered throughout the aircraft. [I think Stella Street is quite common in-flight entertainment, actually. Ed]

Thank God that I found your site! Many thanks for the links to Amazon UK. I have ordered both sets of tapes and I’ll spend a small fortune converting them from PAL to NTSC—and well worth the price!

Keep the info coming. I think that I'm addicted. Many thanks, Keith Burnett, 11/03/2001.

I’ve got series 1 on tape but I’ve seen the Seaford “special” and I disagree with Steve Day [What? How dare you! Ed]—its hysterical! Anyway here are a few of my faves:

Jimmy Hill and [Pam Slurrey] going upstairs to his room pissed up with Jimmy with his finger to his mouth going “sshhhh… ” This is great cos he’s made out to be the biggest looser on the street but yet he is the only one who gets laid! [V. true. Ed]

Len is great all the way through but his close up (when Caine tells him he can’t go to the beach) and he says “not today” [is] Pure class!

Al Pacino telling us one of his dramatic stories something along the lines of: “My mother passed away as I was born. I held her in my arms as she died.” Classic Stella Street Pacino.

Anyway, I realise that I haven’t written them down exactly as they are said but my mates’ got the tape so I’ve only seen it a few times.

Oh by the way, any other Stella Street vids available in the shops? Its a must program to watch but TV don’t show it enough, well anyway if you can respond I’d must appreciate it. Hoo Hah, Elliot Ross, 16/04/2001.

I am from Seaford (but luckily live there no longer). I just wanted to say, Stella Street totally hit the nail on the head. Seaford is just like that. Only there’s not actually a pier. Hannah Davey, 30/05/2001.

I’m a big fan of the programme (even series 3!) and this site does it proud. Nice one. If I ever see Charlie Craphole or whatever his name is, first of all I'm gonna throw his ass over Beachy Head, then I’m gonna throw it over again. Cheers, you prick fuck. Lee Saunders, 10/05/2001.

Just a note to say EXCELLENT SITE
I've been a huge Stella Street fan since it started and have spent along time preaching to the unconverted to watch it .
I've read some of the tabloid bullshit about the show. I think most people have the intelligence to ignore the critics and check out shows for themselves . Stella Street is totally original and brilliantly carried off by all concerned with the show. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I'm looking forward to series 4 in the autumn. Keep up the good work with the show , I'm off to burn roger moor's house down! Neil Lomax, 16/08/2001.

I linked myself to your sites from the Chris Morris mailing list shenanigan, and was reading about Stella Street (I go to University in Kingston, and live in Surbiton to do so: I frequently walk down some of the roads in the titles)… anyway, I was intrigued by your mention of the Glam Metal Detectives, because I really enjoyed that programme when it was on telly (didn't know Richardson produced it, though). Unfortunately, since I was a lot younger then, all I could remember of it was the fact that Doon MacKichan was in it, and [here I get to my point] the comic book of it that I bought whilst on a seaside holiday in Devon. I'm really sorry, but I have since lost it, but I thought you'd like to know that it DID actually exist, contrary to what it says on your site. I even spent a lot of time looking for the second issue, but, presumably, it was cancelled before that was released.
The comic itself was fairly good, I think (bear in mind I was probably prepubescent at the time), and structured in a conventional (think Judge Dredd etc) way: multipart stories spread over multiple issues (if you see what I mean). Hence I was annoyed by my inability to find the next issue.

I wish I still had it to send to you… Joe.