I enjoyed your article on That’s Life! (‘Esther, the singing dog won’t sing!’ Rantzen and team on the joy of That’s Life!, 31 May). I worked on the programme as a film editor. One of the “stunts” we filmed was a chap who put two ferrets down his trousers, held by cycle clips. These pranks were often copied by viewers at home. The production office got a letter from a man who had risked replicating our film item. It was written on hospital notepaper.
Paul Foxall
Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire
• My mother refused to let me join the Brownies (Letters, 30 May). She said she couldn’t afford the uniform. Working in Leeds two decades later, I bought a Brownie uniform at a jumble sale. I wore it with jeans and relished all the wonderful badges. I’m still working on my housekeeping skills.
Vicki Morley
Penzance, Cornwall
