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I thought it was great too and my whole family loved it. Lovely bit of nostalgia and great casting with the son. Hoping for a full series.
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That surprised me but I liked that he had turned in arkwright
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Is the writer John Sullivan not Dead.? Who is to write a new OFAH series. ![]() |
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I found it quite boring. Was looking forward to seeing it.
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Was this a cynical ploy to test the water to see if there are enough legs in it to make a series ?
Yes in my opinion. Saying that I thought it was much better than I expected it to be, remember we are British & a large percentage of us love a slice of nostalgia, could a series of this still be a success, I do believe it could. |
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Here's the pilot episode for Open All Hours, from 1973, if you're interested in comparison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi3_SS8zgRo |
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Most watched program of the season and 28,000 people applied for 300 tickets for the recording.
Personally I thought it was harmless enough , a nice nod to the original series. |
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I thought it was great too and my whole family loved it. Lovely bit of nostalgia and great casting with the son. Hoping for a full series.
The scenes were a little rushed and felt more like a collection of sketches rather than a flowing storyline. They seemed to be using it as a showcase to reintroduce the old characters and bring in the newer ones. A full series may give them time develop each episode at a steadier pace. It'd be helpful if they could slow down the end credits as well! |
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We thoroughly enjoyed it - 10/10.
Great casting - the programme flowed as it should do, with many different sketches. |
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Sadly, I switched off after 20 minutes.
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I enjoyed it...
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I wasn't watching, but I've seen still photos with David Jason wearing Arkwright's old brown coat. Has any shopkeeper actually worn one of them in years?
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I gave up on it after 10 minutes. I'd prefer to see all of the original episodes repeated than make a new series.
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Roy Clarke's 'humour' makes me feel ill or bores me rigid most of the time. It's as though he has a checklist of randy old women after young men, randy old men after a bit of the other, cringeworthy bosoms and bottoms gags, rambling scenes with no funny punchlines etc. This just felt like his awful Last of the Summer Wine but featuring David Jason.
Clarke was very lucky with his main cast members in both Open All Hours and Keeping Up Appearances. Ronnie Barker and Patricia Routeledge were legendary in their roles and the reason those shows were any good. |
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Who narrated the documentary today? Anne Reid?
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We thoroughly enjoyed it - 10/10.
Great casting - the programme flowed as it should do, with many different sketches. ![]() ![]() 9 million odd people watching cannot all be wrong. ![]()
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Who narrated the documentary today? Anne Reid?
Though I recognised her voice. |
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...rambling scenes with no funny punchlines...
With Clarke's 'humour', and in SOAH particularly, most of the time it was hard to really tell what was supposed to be funny, so it avoided being noticeably bad by keeping keeping expectations low. Indeed, you've only got to look at most of the positive comments here, that tend to focus on how it was nice and affectionate and nostalgic... but there seem to be very few references to it actually being funny. |
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It was a return to a different comedy era and a nice trip down memory lane. Like meeting a friend you haven't seen in many a year, you pick up where you left off.
I would have been more put off if the writer's had 'updated' it for 2013 where the sense of community is very different and we are more independent wrapped up in our own existence. |
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Hubby and I were big fans of the original and have the complete series on DVD.
I thought this new one was a bit lame to be honest and was disappointed. Especially when they recycled some of the old scenes (eg the Chuckle-Brother on the end of a dog's lead. Hilarious in the original episode) I suppose they are testing the water to see if they can get a series out of it. Yes, I think they can to a whole new generation who will find it novel and maybe we old stagers will get to love it. Who knows? |
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watching now and loosing the will to live
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Are there any corner shops still left? particularly non Asian ones.?
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I thought it was pretty bad to be honest. I loved the original series as a kid but I barely raised a smile with this new one.
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Lame christmas fodder,as I expected.Let it lie,BBC!
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My freesat recorder fail to record this, does anyone know if it is being repeated.
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