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| | BBC - Comedy Guide - Barbara |
 | | The opening screening in ITV's 1995 Comedy Firsts season of pilots cast Gwen Taylor as Barbara, a 52-year-old heftily-opinionated, blunt-talking, advice-giving, ranting Yorkshirewoman. |
 | | She despises her son-in-law Martin, a local chef, and when he applies for a job in Swansea she positively seethes, for while she can't wait to see the back of him she realises she'll lose the company of her daughter Linda and grandson George if Martin gets the posting. |
 | | Her husband Ted, a mild-mannered cab driver, isn't much use - they've been married 35 years and, although he throws in the occasional spiked barb, he's obviously learned long ago to play second fiddle - nor is Barbara's nouveau-riche sister Jean much help, the victim of many a withering look and put-down. |
| www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/b/barbara_1299000207.shtml (385 words) |
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