The Larkins (TV Series) Little Big Brother (1960) User Reviews

Hetty's brother comes for a visit, one nobody will forget.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 7/10 · 12 August 2023]

Hetty can hardly hide her excitement at the thought of her brother Sidney coming to stay, the excitement doesn't stop her borrowing a few essentials. Sidney proves a hit with Ada, as he manages to get the men of the house working.

I thought there were quite a few funny moments here, including the demolition of the living room, some more neighbourly problems, and of course Sidney was a fine character.

Finally, a man that meets Ada's approval, he's dashing, positive and has the ability to get jobs done, albeit with other people's hands, able to charm even Ada.

Always good to see Sydney Tafler, a really fine actor, I've not seen him in comedy roles too often, but he's good. Sidney turned out to be quite a decent guy.

7/10.

Little Big Brother

[Prismark10 · 4/10 · 11 August 2023]

Hetty Prout is more than a bit excited as her brother Sydney is about to come and stay with her.

Apparently he is good at everything including fixing and repairing. Hetty is ever so proud of him.

Meanwhile the Larkin men are struggling to do DIY tasks around the house.

Sydney meets Ada at a local shop and immediately turns on the charm offensive. When he pops down to the Larkins, he offers to finish the jobs.

Little the Larkin men know that it would be them doing the DIY. Sydney will just give orders, sit down and have a cup of tea.

Alf, Eddie and Jeff pan their revenge. Trying to get Sydney drunk is an immediate one but it fails.

Meanwhile Hetty is upset that she has not seen her brother much. He is always around at the Larkins.

An intermittently amusing episode. I expected Sydney to be a bit more of a con man, but he did get the Larkins to do some work around the house.