Certainly is so so funny with some pathos, I watched it way after release date .The earlier ones I think are the best with James Bolam, Dennis Waterman and the brilliant Alun Armstrong . Amanda Redman as their boss is a great foil and really accomplished in her role . As the series goes on one by one they are replaced with others Dennis Lawson, Larry Lamb and even Rodders, Nicholas Lyndehurst, but I think the quality of the scripts drops ever so slightly in my opinion. It was a must for me watched one totally hooked.