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Cleggscap is quite correct. Michael Bates was in the original January 1973 Comedy Playhouse pilot and Series #1 and #2. He sadly died shortly thereafter.
UKTV Drama along with UKTV Gold have been pretty good about screening the many LOSW episodes. Over last year or so I have seen everything from the 'Of Fish and Funerals' Pilot (1973) right through to the 1998 Series #19 (by which time Truly has entered the fray).
Where they have fallen down slightly is with the Specials. Over last Christmas they did catch up with four (Christmas 1987 to 1990) but apart from that all we seem to get is the Christmas 1984 Special, The Loxley Lozenge repeatedly. So please, can we have a few more of the missing specials and it will be great to move on to Series#20 
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