Blackbriar 8,569 Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 ......has just started on BBC4. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted September 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 .......and it's an original 1967 script ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted September 1, 2016 Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 Didn't rate that at all. Simon Day was a good choice, but it didn't work for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted September 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 I only watched it for 15 minutes or so, and I, too, was disappointed. Although Simon Day is a fine comedy actor, he didn't quite capture the seething, petty resentments of Warren Mitchell's original character. He came across, to me, as unhappy, rather than angry. This was not helped by the fact that the lady playing his wife was a pale imitation of the wonderful Dandy Nichols...... Best to let sleeping dogs lie...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 30,255 Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 They did porridge and are you being served,,,not watched either ,,,as bb said ,,leave those old great comedies alone,,,, The worst they could do,,,is try and re doo,,,only fools and horses,,,that would be criminal.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peterhunter86 8,627 Posted September 2, 2016 Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 They done open all hours aswell even though they had most of the old actors it was no were near as good as the old one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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