As we sadly reach the end of our Dear John journey, John is struggling with his conscience. Kirk on the other hand, is mysteriously missing in action….

In this special BONUS episode, we spend an hour in the company of Belinda Lang, talking about her long and varied career in sitcoms and the theatre, as well as her friendships with Ralph Bates, Peter Blake and Gary Olsen.

Everything’s coming up John for John Lacey: he’s getting the promotion he’s longed for and attracting the attentions of a lovely young lady….but not everything is as it seems…

Has John’s apparent sexual prowess been enough to keep Liz from falling from another man? While John impatiently waits for a make or break call, Kirk gets shitfaced on one shot of tequila and falls apart thinking about Tiger cavorting with the Greeks…

In this special BONUS episode, Eggs is joined by Will Bates: TV and film composer, son of Ralph, and child star of Dear John (in which he played John Lacey’s young son Toby).

Things are finally looking up for John Lacey on the ladies front, while poor Kirk confesses to Kate that he’s going to miss her. Somewhere in between the two, asexual Ralph gives short shrift to femme fatale Wanda’s best moves…

As we learn a little of Sylvia’s #differenttimes backstory, John is having difficulties in his relationship with his son Toby, so decides to book a creepy peado clown from an upstairs bedsit to get back in his good books…

With Tosh from the Bill (Ricky Fortune) still hanging around like a glum, fake scouse, double denim attired bad smell. John offers him hope of redemption in the form of a performance at Mrs Arnott’s leaving do….

We’re into Series 2, and Kirk’s nose is put out of joint when Tosh from the Bill shows up and starts acting Billy Big Bollocks….

When Kirk asks John to put a good word in for him with “Tiger”, John promptly gets blootered and wakes up the next morning in bed with her!

Kirk takes charge of remaking Ralph’s image as Ralph looks to launch his new career as a mobile discotheque DJ….

Mrs Boyd-Peters is hosting a party, but also has an embarrassing problem: what could it be? Will John be able to escape the clutches of his vile ex wife Wendy and make it to the shindig?

Poor John’s in dire need of a date in order to attend his friend’s ‘couples only’ wedding anniversary party. How low will he go?

Terrapin Turmoil. When Ralph is a no show at the 1-2-1 club ‘discotheque’, his new friends rally to his aid — even Kirk has some words of comfort in between critiques of Ralph’s kitchen!

As ex wife Wendy turns the financial screw on destitute divorcee John, Kate makes an awful mistake at the 1-2-1 club – confiding her frigidity to the group, much to Louise’s delight and Kirk’s amusement.

It’s series 3, and we take our first steps into the world of Dear John, meeting early Roy Cropper prototype John Lacey, as well as the assorted waifs and strays of the 1-2-1 club…

It’s Series 3 of the SADDO podcast!
And in this series of The Sitcom Archive Deep Dive Overdrive we’re leaping headlong into the 1980s to visit the 1-2-1 club with the waifs and strays of John Sullivan’s Dear John! Here’s a little of what you can expect….