Hinge and Bracket - Hinge and Bracket in The Comedic Timeline

Hinge and Bracket in The Comedic Timeline

In interview, George Logan has acknowledged that the overall style of Hinge and Bracket harked back to the era of Ealing comedy and owed a great debt to Joyce Grenfell. Borrowings from Hinge and Bracket in modern British comedy are detectable in some comic creations of recent years. Notably in the Florence and Emily ("I'm a Laydee") characters from Little Britain, and also in the eccentric personage of Hyacinth Bucket. Bucket is yet another example of singing household hardware, and in full amateur operatic flow she is reminiscent of Bracket (Braqué?) in both voice and stiff-legged gait. Also, Hyacinth's forbearing, modest but quietly competent spouse Richard bears more than a passing resemblance to Evadne, as a foil. But a comparable mix of wit, warmth and musical talent epitomised by Hinge and Bracket has not been achieved since Fyffe died, and Logan laid aside his half-moon spectacles.