Nellie the Elephant

In selecting a portly 60s-something to participate, the producers must have thought they were selecting someone who would fall at the first fence. He was set up to fail. But in the end the laugh is on them.

I used to live in Dartmouth, and Reg Varney owned a pizza restaurant on the harbour front there (I think his daughter still runs it.) I HAVE SAT NEXT TO REG VARNEY WHILE HE WAS EATING PIZZA. I WAS FEET AWAY FROM HIM.

There was never a "golden age" in the UK, nor anywhere else. As previous posters have pointed out, children in Victorian England were beaten, abused and exploited routinely. One reason why we are so shocked by child cruelty now is that is happens so infrequently. Jura should start to worry when child abuse no longer makes headlines.