oh and it had been rimington who had first laughed about how Malcolm stredwick strongly resembled 'Ronnie corbett' - in the 60s...and yes, he was also rather short in stature....anyway and perhaps more to the point, he had adopted little colin and little lisa as his 'assistants'....for his 'magical tricks' etc etc....the whole red fez number....and MI5 ONLINE, knows what this is all about...in competition with toddy, basically....go figure.