I watched this first time around it is excellent but you would expect that as its written by John Sullivan who everyone will now as the writer of Only Fools and Horses amongst other shows. The tenuous link might be that the star of the show is Ralph Bates who shares a surname with Michael Bates Blamire in our great show . One definite link is Jean Mockford who was in one episode of Dear John and was of course the blue rinsed Florrie.
Boy is that rare these days...I've seen this, it is funny. I like the fact it doesn't rely on swearing or crudness to get a laugh.