We’ve looked before at the FOX network’s remake of Birds Of A Feather. It was called Stand By Your Man, starred Rosie O’Donnell, and aired in the US in the spring of 1992. Whilst looking at clippings for Keeping Up Appearances, I came across this interesting article …
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It’s from the Mirror on Saturday 27th October 1990, and seems to be referring to a different adaptation than the FOX one. Marks and Gran say they’re working with CBS, and it’s a long time before the FOX show.
I do wonder if the article above is just wrong, because only a few days later, in a clipping we’ve seen before, The Stage seems to suggest that Stand By Your Man is being made by FOX.
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But then, come February of 1991, The Stage says this …
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And now, by June, the full details seem to be in place.
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In fact, this deal appears to have taken years to come to fruition, as witnessed by this article from 1989.
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There’s a brief mention of Stand By Your Man in this article about Lesley Joseph.
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And it’s left to the Aberdeen Press And Journal, of all places, to tell the country that the pilot has been picked up and given a series commitment.
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