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Sykes

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Sykes	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A BBC sitcom that ran from 1972 to 1979 and which was preceded by the now largely lost due to "junking" Sykes and a.... (1960 - 1965) and Sykes and A Big, Big Show. Each features the eponymous Eric Sykes, played by Eric Sykes and Hattie "Hat" Sykes played by Hattie Jacques.Sykes and Jacques play a pair of twins who insist they are identical twins despite not only being the opposite sex, but also looking nothing alike (Eric is tall, thin and rakish, Hat is short pleasantly large and baby faced) who live together in a modest house, on modest Sebastopol Terrace, in modest Middle England. Eric is reluctant to find any form of work, something Hat bemoans at times as she is the sensible one... but he'd rather try his hand at Get Rich Quick Schemes like buying a local truckers' greasy spoon and run it cheap like the truckers like and cream off the profits.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })They live next door to the snobby Charles Fulbright-Brown (Richard Wattis), a name-dropper and social climber who considers himself superior to the more working class Sykes twins despite being more or less in the same social stratum. They pretty much get along despite both the twins and Mr. Brown taking pot shots at each other.The other main reoccurring character is local bobby-on-the-beat, Police Constable Corky Turnbull (Deryck Guyler). He seems to be more tolerated by Hat than by Eric, and is more of an innocent than the rest of the cast, although this doesn't stop him from picking up on and trying to put a stop to the more illegal variations on Eric's hairbrained schemes.One more recurring "character" in the show is Hat's beloved cuckoo clock "Peter". The clock seems to have a mind of its own and cuckoos whenever it feels like it, often apparently in response to one of Eric's sillier utterances. Eric frequently aims snarky comments at the clock, which causes Hat to console it and berate Eric for being so cruel to it.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })The first season was released on DVD in 2004, with a complete box set finally appearing in 2017.
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Sykes / int_116a648e	comment	Half-Identical Twins: Subverted in the sense that, whilst Sykes and Jacques would insist that they were identical twins, they looked completely different to each other — Sykes was very thin, while Jacques was a somewhat large lady — in addition to being the opposite sex.
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Sykes / int_232e4ee0	comment	Holding Both Sides of the Conversation: One episode exists where the eponymous Eric pretends to be his own sister to try and fool a criminal uninvited guest (played by Peter Sellers) who claims she once promised to marry him. There are a couple of scenes where Eric has to hold rapid-fire conversations with himself while changing clothes out of sight.
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Sykes / int_477bcc9f	comment	Greasy Spoon: The show has the roadside café version, where Eric and Hat buy one and try and convert it into something a little posher. It doesn't work as all they do is alienate the truckies. Then they convert it back and rake in the cash but can't keep up the gritty act as part of working there. Then their snobby neighbour Mr. Brown buys it.
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Sykes / int_6e4fa397	comment	Alleged Lookalikes: Eric and Hattie insisted they were identical, despite not only being the opposite sex but also being completely different body types (Eric being taller, thin, and rakish and Hattie being shorter, heavier set and baby faced).
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Sykes / int_8bb316cf	comment	Video Inside, Film Outside: Although this is occasionally inverted, with some street scenes being shot in the studio and some indoor scenes shot on film to facilitate special effects or rapid-fire editing that could not be accomplished on tape.
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