The Liver Birds sequence for series one also exists but in poor quality. The first series was stopped after four episodes because Polly James' hectic schedule—working every evening on "Anne of Green Gables" in the West End, then rehearsing all day for the TV show—was proving too much. By the time James was available again, Pauline Collins had moved to LWT's "Upstairs, Downstairs". The producer Sydney Lotterby remembered having worked with Nerys Hughes on "The Likely Lads" and, wrongly believing the Welsh actress was from Liverpool, asked her to read for a part in "The Liver Birds". (Neither actress really had a Liverpool
The Speech of Polly Baker argues, the piece shows more complexity that is initially apparent. Another critic (Aldridge) argues that if taken out of the context of American literature, "The Speech of Polly Baker" can be considered as a "universal myth along the lines of Don Juan and Faust." "The Speech of Polly Baker" was first published in April or May 1747 in "The Gentleman's Magazine". Initially the piece was published anonymously, but in 1905 it was included in "The Writings of Benjamin Franklin", although the editor had yet to prove Franklin's authorship. Max Hall, in "Benjamin Franklin and Polly Baker: The History of a