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Counting down then, eh!!! Going anywhere, Daz?

Going Straight just didn't work at all. Very lame. As soon as they took the concept out of the prison the whole thing fell down. I'm sure I heard Clement and La Frenais say it was a mistake. Can't remember the other one they did which they admit was absolutely terrible. Didn't last long at...

You too, Daz. Don't work too hard! :)

Cheers, BBR. I actually have the Porridge scripts and they are brilliantly conceived and very fresh still. Porridge very nearly didn't get made because of its groundbreaking concept. The thought of the 'heroes' all being villains and locked up behind bars almost resulted in the BBC turning it...

I think Tudgay has become a legend in some people's heads. The more he doesn't get picked the seemingly better player he appears to be.

Why don't we just agree to disagree on everything. Will make life a lot easier from this point forwards.

Could not disagree with you more. Porridge is still as brilliant today as it was then. Fantastic scripts, great acting, fabulous characters. Trust you to pick on probably the only two stereotypes. It was the 70.'s. Fletcher is a beautifully rounded character, as too is Godber and Grouty and...

Call me Ishmael. And I will call you a dick.

Ahh, forgot about Rackham's! There's a Beale's in Bedford that has that old fashioned rickety past glory feel to it.

Yep, agree. It wasn't intended to be laugh out loud funny I don't think and they play very much on the warmth of the characters and their familiarity of the situation. Nearly all Perry and Croft's characters are likeable characters. They are the same week in week out though with very little or...

Well, I can emphasise with that, Daz. I liked it, but never got all the adulation it received. I didn't find it that funny, but I did find it warm and fuzzy. Sort of smiled rather than laughed. Against though, some characters only seem to be there to deliver a catchphrase and nothing else, or...

In the middle of your street?

Yeah, I can bet. Always feel with so much of Perry and Croft though the plotline seems to just encourage the script along in order to get to the next catchphrase.

Where do I send the cheque to?

Yeah, I'd like to bar RFC too.

Yep. Was a big fault with Dad's Army too, but they still managed to pull it off and the playing off of Wilson against Mainwaring worked so well and the nostalgia of it all with the harking back to the war brought into into people's hearts too I think. Never watched any of the early Allo Allo so...

No-one's mentioned Hitler yet. ;)

I thought it, but decided against it. Happy to hand over the mantle. :)

I agree how it captured the department store and the class system, but not sure I agree on the character development. Found many of the characters such as Mrs. Slocombe, Mr. Humphries and Capt. Peacock all very, very one dimensional, personally. Do have to say though, I am not a big fan of...

Didn't we still have it until BHS just closed down?