Though sometimes His motives are far more transparent:
"[David Croft] created a television pilot in 2007, entitled Here Comes The Queen, with Jeremy Lloyd. This pilot starred Wendy Richard and Les Dennis, but because of Wendy Richard's death the show never went to a full series."
Talk about the nick of time, eh? It's just a pity he didn't come to claim Messrs. Perry and Croft before Hi-de-cunting-Hi!
