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The Goodnight Sweetheart re-boot was fantastic. All the characters were exactly as they had been in the original series, and switching the setting to the 60s was inspired.
It was left very open ended, definitely allowing for a whole series to be made - and Twitter is full of praise for the show. I'd certainly be up for a new run.
How was the Porridge re-boot?
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No warren, no magic. It will be poor. Can guarantee it.
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Here's my two penn'orth:
ARE YOU BEING SERVED? had all the qualities of the original, and I thought all the cast made a good stab at it. The black guy of course is a replacement and it's unfair to have a go at him when he's the only original. The Young Mr Grace being actually a young Mr Grace I thought was ok. And most of it was funny. I did think Mr Humphries was ott. though.
PORRIDGE I thought was fine. Everything was funny and evoking the original whilst moving it on in a way I didn't compare anyone to the original. Except the guy playing the Scottish warder was very good.
GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART I thought was a perfectly carry on from the original and I didn't realise this was a one-off. I thought that out of everything this was a series.
TILL DEATH: Great script and supporting cast. But the guy doing Alf was TOTALLY devoid of expression. Only minutes after the broadcast the tiny documentary showed Warren Mitchell being VERY expressive. The actor is great in his own stuff, so no major problem with him except: MISCAST.
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To me, the BBC and I think the UK in general is far too regressive (Brexit?) in this, it's the equivalent of all those Hollywood remakes. Life's somehow too short to care about any of this. Self generated nostalgia.
What I'd ask is, did 'Dad's Army' ever get any exposure in the US, since it was far superior to the later Croft/Perry material, but it's never featured here? It'd be sad to think AYBS was the only one known trans-pondo. Dad's Army was their masterpiece.
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R.I.P. James Perry:
Dad's Army creator Jimmy Perry dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37743674
Interestingly, this BBC article doesn't mention AYBS, because it was considered greatly inferior in some circles to the other series he wrote, and 'stereotyping', even if popular. I'm not clear on how many of his other series went international. They all had a specifically British setting and nostalgic feel.
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Actually, I see Jimmy Perry didn't work on AYBS, because his partner Croft did, but used different writers.
Still, it's relevant here as being from the same stable.
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