I am not sure I entirely follow this. It is the "from beginning to end" which is throwing me. Is there not a fundamental difference between LOTSW and "As Time Goes By" particularly. The latter is very much a serial. It has a continuous story-line. Ideally, it needs to be watched in sequence. The same does not apply to LOTSW. Apart from a few linked episodes, each can be watched in isolation and in any order. In some ways, it is only we addicts who have a clue of any order for the episodes. By and large KUA fits into the same classification though there are far fewer episodes so regular repeats do get tedious. Same applies to "Open All Hours" - can be watched in any order. In contrast with "The Old Guys" there is an element of the serial about it.