<P> Perry and Croft continued their collaboration with It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974--81). Inspired by Perry's wartime experience in the Royal Artillery Concert Party, "it was David's and my favourite", he told Clark who regrets that it "appears to have fallen victim to political correctness". It is not repeated on the terrestrial channels, but was shown on UK Gold . For Hi - de-Hi! (1980--88), Perry used his time working as a Butlin's Redcoat as an inspiration . </P> <P> A solo effort, Room Service, written without Croft for Thames Television in 1979, and High Street Blues (1989), co-written with Robin Carr, according to John Oliver writing for the BFI Screenonline website, "remain contenders for the title of worst British sitcom". </P> <P> At the end of the 1970s, Perry became involved as presenter in a BBC series called Turns, dedicated to films of nearly forgotten music hall acts of the 1930s and 1940s . In the sixth episode of the first series of Dad's Army, "Shooting Pains", Perry makes a cameo appearance as the entertainer Charlie Cheeseman . </P> <P> You Rang, M'Lord? (1988--93) was his last collaboration with David Croft . Perry's grandfather had worked as a butler, and he heard many anecdotes about life "below stairs". In 1994, he worked on a sitcom about the early years of the BBC in the 1920s, 2LO Calling, which was broadcast on radio for four episodes . </P>

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