Michael Crawford, before playing in 'The Phantom of the Opera' and in 'Barnum', he was a well known household name appearing weekly on British Television playing the very funny character, Frank Spencer in the brilliant classic TV show "Some Mothers Do Ave Em" The popular show ran from 1973 to 1978 and is known as one of the most popular shows on BBC of all time. Michael Crawford was well known for doing all his own stunts in the show which were dangerous and entertaining at the same time, this before green screens and computer imagery.

The plot was pretty simple, Frank Spencer, whose trademark outfit of berry and trenchcoat known for being accident prone and bumbling husband to t his long suffering wife Betty. Each episode involved Franks attemps to find and hold down a job which always ended in disaster. One of the most popular episodes is the Roller Skate episode, the stunt is a classic which contributed to this show being voted Britains Best Comedy.

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