So what did you think of these new episodes made to celebrate 60 years of BBC sitcoms?
I thought both were very worthy attempts.
I could see the effort put both shows.
Are You Being Served? was carefully designed to fit between the original series and the sequel Grace and Favour.
Porridge followed Fletcher's grandson in prison. The most umbelievable factor (of several) was that the chief officer was Scottish and very much the same as the original MacKay.
I was disappointed that Nicholas Lyndhurst didn't reprise his role as Raymond Fletcher, but there you go.
These two programmes have, naturally, been panned by both the critics and the public - but I see these shows as a bit of fun.
I thought both were very worthy attempts.
I could see the effort put both shows.
Are You Being Served? was carefully designed to fit between the original series and the sequel Grace and Favour.
Porridge followed Fletcher's grandson in prison. The most umbelievable factor (of several) was that the chief officer was Scottish and very much the same as the original MacKay.
I was disappointed that Nicholas Lyndhurst didn't reprise his role as Raymond Fletcher, but there you go.
These two programmes have, naturally, been panned by both the critics and the public - but I see these shows as a bit of fun.