the services of an eccentric housekeeper, Maud, played in the radio series by English character actress Daphne Heard. Appearances Hinge and Bracket spent two years in the 1970s performing in London pubs and clubs. This included the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (a popular gay venue), and the Kensington restaurant AD8, owned by Desmond Morgan and April Ashley. After a successful appearance at the 1974 Edinburgh Festival, Hinge and Bracket toured for several years. Among their appearances was a charity gala at the Oxford Playhouse organised by Gyles Brandreth, who later recalled that co-stars of the evening, Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Flora Robson, believed Hinge and Bracket to be two elderly lesbians. In February 1976, Hinge and Bracket guest starred on the BBC's music hall variety series The Good Old Days and the following year starred in a BBC Radio 4 series, The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket, which ran from 1977 to 1979 and included guest stars such as Roy Barraclough, Michael Bates, Daphne Oxenford, Duggie Brown, Joe Gladwin and Roy Plomley. The duo then appeared in a BBC television show entitled Dear Ladies, co-written by Fyffe and Logan with Gyles Brandreth. Set in the fictional village of Stackton Tressel, it was filmed on location in the Cheshire towns of Knutsford, Great Budworth and Nantwich. Dear Ladies ran on BBC2 from 1983 to 1984. Their radio broadcasts continued with The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket, which ran on BBC Radio 2 from 1982 to 1989, and a single radio series in 1990, At Home with Hinge and Bracket, which featured a guest star in each episode to perform with the two ladies, including Rosalind Plowright, Anthony Newley, Jack Brymer, June Whitfield, Benjamin Luxon and Evelyn Laye. In 1983, Hinge and Bracket appeared in a televised Royal Opera House production of the opera Die Fledermaus. The duo also appeared together in a West End adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest and Peter Shaffer's play Lettice and Lovage, both of which also toured the UK. They made many pantomime appearances, and their act featured on two Royal Variety Shows. Their act was reputedly a favourite of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. In the early 1980s, Hinge and Bracket appeared in a television advertising campaign for Emva Cream Sherry. Hinge and Bracket released several LP records. In 1980, they released a studio album, Hinge And Bracket at Abbey