I haven't seen anyone mention the British sitcoms written by Carla Lane (Butterflies starring Wendy Craig, etc.). I'm not very familiar with them but weren't they rather more sentimental. By the way, the Home Guard sit com was Dad's Army. Still shown frequently on British tv. Brigid Cherry University of Stirling ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]