| The Halls | |
|---|---|
| Portrayed by | Allan Cuthbertson Ann Way |
| Information | |
| Occupation | JPs |
Colonel Hall (Allan Cuthbertson) and his very 'small' wife (Ann Way) appear in the episode Gourmet Night.
They are respected members of Torquay society and members of the Rotary golf club and are both JPs. They attend a gourmet night at the hotel along with The Twitchens, which was an invention of Basil's to enhance the standard of clientele and its reputation amongst the community.
Colonel Hall has a very prominent nervous twitch, and his wife is almost a midget. Basil and Sybil, no matter how hard they try, can't keep from mentioning these delicate points accidentally in conversation, to the extent that Basil almost faints when introducing the 'Twitchens'.
The night doesn't go well, after several mess-ups whereby the Greek chef gets drunk and spews up over the starter dish, and Manuel steps on the duck (Colonel Hall is not keen on duck anyway). Mrs. Hall's dish is then served raw by mistake. Sybil and Manuel then unconvincingly keeep the guests amused (Sybil then gets drunk), while Basil gets another duck... only to realize that he has picked up the wrong silver platter, and, humiliated, he serves up a huge trifle ... claiming the duck is 'off'.
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