Still Open All Hours?

I would really like it if Foggy went into the shop and talked about all the prices of things LOL
 
I used to lilke open all hours but i dont like still open all hours still open all hours. as with most things on television these days it has been ruined by socalled political incorrectness and its not even a real portrayal of a corner shop anymore. where are the skinheads outside frighting off the locals? im afraid we will never see its like again. I used to
 
Up to the fifth episode of this fourth series.

It doesn't get better. Same plot EVERY time.

Totally unbelievable, no realism.

The pilot of SOAH was a joy, and a few episodes of the first series were reasonable, but generally SOAH has been very poor and it shouldn't have been.
 
I agree WSTOL it should never have been made, they should have left it with Arkwright . The script leaves a lot to be desired but of all the things that irritate me about the series the greatest is Sir David Jason as Granville . I am not sure if its deliberate or he is having issues but the laconic drawl when he is delivering one of his monologues to entice Eric and Cyril to buy whatever he happens to be flogging is just so annoying and laboured.
 
Sorry if its been discussed before, but I caught the 'modern' 1 episode of Goodnight Sweetheart recently...

I thought it was fairly good! and was worth at least a season to see what happens, but much reading on the webs said no go - anybody know why it didnt get a green light?

As for Still open all hours, there isnt much they can really do different in the shop is there?
I've watched one or 5 episodes on Youtube and DailyM, i thought it was good, but I'll laugh at most British comedies, they are easily the best.
 
BruceC said:
Sorry if its been discussed before, but I caught the 'modern' 1 episode of Goodnight Sweetheart recently...

I thought it was fairly good! and was worth at least a season to see what happens, but much reading on the webs said no go - anybody know why it didnt get a green light?

As for Still open all hours, there isnt much they can really do different in the shop is there?
I've watched one or 5 episodes on Youtube and DailyM, i thought it was good, but I'll laugh at most British comedies, they are easily the best.
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Yes it was odd that Goodnight was acceptable and worth another series,yet they did not, yet the remake of Porridge was terrible and they made a series out of it, I have given up trying to understand the BBC these days
 
Of all the offerings from the remakes I thought Hancock and Till Death do us Part were well made as was Steptoe and Son but they were presented as stage plays and I think that added to shows. However , I could not see them becoming series nor would I want them to be because the originals were iconic and deserve to remain untouched . As Terry says Porridge was just awful and did not deserve a series in any shape or form . I did not see Goodnight and cannot really comment .

I know I extolled the virtues of Inside Number 9 but it is an example of what is good about the BBC , although very dark the scripts are so wonderfully written . The final episode this week was very macabre but so cleverly thought out and constructed with some wonderful twists and comedic gems . As a viewer you have to "work" at watching it and give it some thought , which I prefer than watching some banal , trite dare I say it lazy remake .
 
captain clutterbuck said:
Of all the offerings from the remakes I thought Hancock and Till Death do us Part were well made as was Steptoe and Son but they were presented as stage plays and I think that added to shows. However , I could not see them becoming series nor would I want them to be because the originals were iconic and deserve to remain untouched . As Terry says Porridge was just awful and did not deserve a series in any shape or form . I did not see Goodnight and cannot really comment
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I agree with most remakes being hideous desperate efforts to cash in. I haven't seen the new Porridge and reading this I dont think I'll go looking for it either! - Sometimes its nice to have memories of how things were. Why do they have to go and ruin it!

Goodnight Sweetheart 2016... ->

Gee, the original Steptoe and Son... that brings back memories!!! That theme song and the real audience clapping instead of someone with a CD and play/pause button.. I despise canned laughter and fake clal
 
The original Steptoe's crop up on TV still. UKTV Drama are running some of them at 6pm every evening plus the terrestrial ITV channels often have the two feature films on , which make me laugh out loud with the short sighted greyhound and the bit where the old man is getting bathed in the kitchen sink and using the dish mop to wash under his arms just priceless.
 
SOAH series 4 ended last night with episode 7.

This was an above-average episode - by the far the best in the last two series.

Mostly original ideas, not too predictable - by no means a masterpiece, but an improvement.

Nice to see Scarborough, reminded me of other Roy Clarke programmes - LOTSW 1976 two-parter, and Rosie (which no doubt would help inspire the Cooper and Walsh show that never happened).
 
I went to Scarborough 3 years ago because of the LOTSW 1976 two-parter. It was really good! I went on the Funicular railway and went for a paddle in the sea. I also saw the boarding house where Foggy, Compo and Clegg stayed. Unfortunately, it's just a normal house now.
 
I know the Blue Plaque organisation do sterling things in terms of recognising locations which are iconic in terms an artist or show but I do wish certain local councils would pay more attention to their area where popular shows have been filmed or artists of note lived part of their life . Some are only to pleased to put up plaques but others seem to pretend "it never happened" which is so annoying , these places /people should be rightly revered although I can see the counter argument for the people who may own the property now , if it is a domestic dwelling involved, who may not wish people turning up taking photos etc .
 
Louise Lawrence said:
I went to Scarborough 3 years ago because of the LOTSW 1976 two-parter. It was really good! I went on the Funicular railway and went for a paddle in the sea. I also saw the boarding house where Foggy, Compo and Clegg stayed. Unfortunately, it's just a normal house now.
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I think it was a normal house when they filmed the episode.
 
mashibinbin said:
It never happened but imagine the duel of wits between Arkwright and Auntie Wainwright!
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I can't remember which episode it was but there was one scene where she was talking about a guy 'Who was so tight with money. I thought we might make a go of it'. He bought her an engagement ring which she was annoyed about because she could have got the same ring for 20% off. Maybe she was talking about Arkwright?. :)
 
Well the two shops are only about 42 miles apart [ Marsden and Doncaster for Aunties and Arkwrights respectively] so its hardly long distance Courting however Nurse Gladys might have something to say about it.
 
Adrian Morris said:
I can't remember which episode it was but there was one scene where she was talking about a guy 'Who was so tight with money. I thought we might make a go of it'. He bought her an engagement ring which she was annoyed about because she could have got the same ring for 20% off. Maybe she was talking about Arkwright?. :)
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That episode is "The Mischievous Tinkle in Howard's Eyes."
 
I've never seen an episode of SOAH and i'm not all that bothered about seeing it.
I have a problem with re-makes, sometimes they are best left well alone.
I did try Green green grass but i couldn't really get into it.
I think the best re-make, if you can actually call it that, was "In sickness and in health", which came after "Till Death Us Do Part", although i wasn't too keen on "Till Death" to be honest, probably due to Anthony Booth, i didn't rate his acting at all but "In sickness" was brilliant, a totally different set up, even though Dandy Nichols was still in it for the first series, a brilliant actress.
"In sickness" featured a lot of the old favorite actors and actresses, including Irene Handle and Pat Heyes, who have me in tears of laughter in series 3, episode 4.
 
Anthony Booth was an underrated comedy actor, who could be very funny when the script ever allowed him to be.

Although Warren Mitchell had little time for him, he later insisted he was in the show because it allowed the arguing and hatred in the show to look so geniune, which it probably was!
 
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