1978: Arthur Braithwaite And Sam Pearson - "Oh Aye"...

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, actor and comedian Max Wall took roles in several soap operas. In 1978, he was Harry Payne - a friend of Elsie Tanner's in Coronation Street; in 1982 he was Uncle Wally in Crossroads - Walter Soper - Arthur Brownlow's cousin; and his brief stint in Emmerdale Farm in 1978 saw him cast as Arthur Braithwaite, Sam Pearson's old acquaintance.

In 1982, with Emmerdale Farm's tenth anniversary celebrations making the news, Toke Townley (Sam Pearson) was interviewed about his memories of ten years of working on the show - and his funniest recollection by a country mile was this tale of a scene with himself and Max Wall in 1978, which unexpectedly consisted entirely of "oh ayes". Here's how Toke told the tale back in 1982:

"It was wonderful to act with him [Max Wall] because he's a such a marvellous actor, as well as being a superb comedian.

"But, there was one time we were out filming out in the snow, bitterly cold, and I came up to him and I forgot what I had to say, and he forgot what he'd got to say, and so we filled in. We didn't stop, like all old actors, you know, the rule is 'don't stop, whatever happens', so we just went and said 'oh aye'.

"And then Max said 'oh aye'... then I said 'oh aye'..."

Oh aye...

And so on!