Resurrecting old comedies

• howard mcsweeney1

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  28 August 2016     21:41317248
  #1      
  The BBC are doing this at the moment by using old scripts and using new actors. Just watched "Are you being served" and it was like going back in time the casting was superb. Pure seaside postcard humour but couldn't help but smile all the way through. Mrs Slocombe's pussy, Mr Humphrey's "I'm free" were done to perfection
• Karlos

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  28 August 2016     23:59317251
  #2      
  So why not show the original?
  
  Watching it seems tonight's programme was set in 1988?
  
  
  The best part was the theme time as from the old days.
  
  
  
  Haven't watched Porridge yet. Not expecting it to be anywhere near the classic original.
• Andy B

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  29 August 2016     09:56317256
  #3      
  Are you being served was brilliant the cast were perfect for it hope they make more.
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• Jan Higgins

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  29 August 2016     12:21317258
  #4      
  I watched both of them fully expecting to be disappointed. I loved them and would happily watch more, sitcoms as they used to be, funny.
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