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Is the writer David Sullivan not Dead.? Who is to write a new OFAH series. ![]() |
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Me too. I half expected to see 'Bob' not too far behind
The one area that could have gone badly wrong with this episode was with who they cast as his son, and how that was written I'd also like to be the first to mention that in the window, it said they sold lottery tickets, but I couldn't see a machine anywhere I did enjoy the show, and would like to see at least one series, but with Roy Clarke being 83 now, will he really want to write a whole series? I'm probably more interested as to what could happen if they made new episodes of OFAH ![]() Arkwright would have been proud ! It was ok, nothing that amazing - just a bit of a stroll down Memory Lane. David Jason hasn't aged that well as he looks the same age as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel ![]() I'm sure her Morris Minor was a two-door though, although I guess maybe it's not even meant to be the same car - I'm probably overthinking things. |
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I think this was a 'one off'.
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It's JOHN Sullivan and rumour has it that his 2 sons are going to resurrect the series using notes their dad made before he died.
But it will be interesting to see if OFAH flies. |
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Yes i think open all hours has more chance of a series as Roy Clarke is here to write in the style of the show.
But it will be interesting to see if OFAH flies. I wish people wouldn't talk in code. |
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What does OFAH mean ?
I wish people wouldn't talk in code.
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What does OFAH mean ?
I wish people wouldn't talk in code. |
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Well it must have been way too gentle for me because I was bored throughout.
It was all over the place. 10 - 30 second scenes then moved on to something completely different. It was good that they did have the anchovy paste plot thoughout though. I instantly spotted those and wondered why that much of that product would be on display. I thought it was strange that he implied 'reduced' was a banned word but all over there were signs for special offer, 1/2 price, free glass etc. I also wouldn't like a shopkeep that handled raw bacon and the went on to collect goods for me. |
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Sorry Only Fools And Horses .
![]() 'Only Fools' should be dead and buried as all the horses involved have been flogged to beyond death, although I appreciate that UK Gold wouldn't have anything to broadcast without it. |
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Everything David Jason touches usually turns to gold. However not this time.
Boring, stupid plot, did not make me smile let alone laugh once. I pray they don't waste money bringing a new series |
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Everything David Jason touches usually turns to gold. However not this time.
Boring, stupid plot, did not make me smile let alone laugh once. I pray they don't waste money bringing a new series I think the same about Miranda Hart et al. Comedy is very subjective. |
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The silly canned laughter throughout was a bit offputting.
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It was ok, but there were too many guest star customers - jokes (& recycled jokes) rushed from one to the next. Longer scenes, more Nurse Gladys maybe could have gone well.
The Featherstone bit annoyed me because she couldn't stand Granville let along sex or filth originally Nice try though. |
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It was ok, but there were too many guest star customers - jokes (& recycled jokes) rushed from one to the next. Longer scenes, more Nurse Gladys maybe could have gone well.
The Featherstone bit annoyed me because she couldn't stand Granville let along sex or filth originally Nice try though. BBC, as the kids say, don't even go there. [ and that goes for OFAH, can't they let things die with dignity ? ] |
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It was okay, but not great, I found it a bit dull. I liked the fact that they had managed to get so many of the originals back though.
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It was ok, but there were too many guest star customers - jokes (& recycled jokes) rushed from one to the next. Longer scenes, more Nurse Gladys maybe could have gone well.
The Featherstone bit annoyed me because she couldn't stand Granville let along sex or filth originally Nice try though. |
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It was okay, but not great, I found it a bit dull. I liked the fact that they had managed to get so many of the originals back though.
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It was ok but just ok, felt a bit strained. Faithful to the original I suppose.
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Granville has turned into Arkwright. How disappointing.
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It was poor and they shouldn't have tried to recreate it. Let's be honest, that type of shop didn't really exist when the show was in its prime and to suggest that it would exist in today's world is madness!
If a trader put a simple "A" board on the pavement in our village, the council storm troopers would descend to have it removed, let alone clogging up the entire pavement with stock! |
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It was poor and they shouldn't have tried to recreate it. Let's be honest, that type of shop didn't really exist when the show was in its prime and to suggest that it would exist in today's world is madness!
If a trader put a simple "A" board on the pavement in our village, the council storm troopers would descend to have it removed, let alone clogging up the entire pavement with stock! ![]()
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It was poor and they shouldn't have tried to recreate it. Let's be honest, that type of shop didn't really exist when the show was in its prime and to suggest that it would exist in today's world is madness!
If a trader put a simple "A" board on the pavement in our village, the council storm troopers would descend to have it removed, let alone clogging up the entire pavement with stock! It's a comedy, to enjoy it you have to allow some funny bones to work. |
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Well it must have been way too gentle for me because I was bored throughout.
It was all over the place. 10 - 30 second scenes then moved on to something completely different. It was good that they did have the anchovy paste plot thoughout though. I instantly spotted those and wondered why that much of that product would be on display. I thought it was strange that he implied 'reduced' was a banned word but all over there were signs for special offer, 1/2 price, free glass etc. I also wouldn't like a shopkeep that handled raw bacon and the went on to collect goods for me. Such shops do still exist in a lot of Northern towns, particularly where supermarkets are 'out of town'. a 'convenience' store is just that! Personally I thoroughly enjoyed it - I did notice the scenes were choppy but that is down to the producer - no doubt convinced that the modern viewer has a 30 second attention span! I think they also wanted to bring as many of the old characters in as they could whilst also introducing new ones. I found David played the grown up Granville just right - morphed into Arkwright (as I would have expected him too) without losing too much of himself. I hope they do at least a few more specials. I think it would then be able to have a slower pace and time to develop characters and jokes more. |
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I loved it and hope it becomes a series.
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Massive rating for this show most watched of a Christmas so far.
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