Shows you'd love to be remade.

Id love someone to remake the Sweeney cos that was the ulimate British cop show imo. :jkjgo: :legsout: :wooooooo:

why spoil a greast nostalgic programme with a remake look at the hash they made of Reggie Perrin

thedelboy wrote:why spoil a greast nostalgic programme with a remake look at the hash they made of Reggie Perrin

I quite liked Reggie Perrin delmate, and one show their not exactly remaking but more going back to the roots of is Only Fools which has just been made and will be out next year apparently.

I enjoyed that "Dellboy " is based on "Bowler" an east London chap who started out as a hawker then ended up with one of the biggest cut price warehouses in East London! David Jason is supposedly going to play his own grandad in the remake due out in february

Remakes are almost always a let down. There have been some tremendous TV shows and original is always best

the new knight rider is rubbish the remake of the Italian Job was rubbish they seem to take the original and butcher it

got to be Steptoe for me....sad I know...

Tytonidae wrote:Remakes are almost always a let down. There have been some tremendous TV shows and original is always best

they tried the remake of "Minder" earlier this year, that didnt work

Could they better Steptoe and Son? I doubt it.
Fawlty towers, Fools and horses, Some Mothers do have em, Dads army, ... I would rather watch the original, than a remake.
It doesnt matter how many times I watch Fawlty towers, its STILL funny.

I would love to see how they would attempt to redo "love thy neighbour, and "Till death us do part" nowadays.

Fawlty Towers is pure class S yl and even though I know the script, it amuses me to watch it over and over. There's an escapist comfort to it, as well as it being funny ....I hope it's never, ever remade

No, the last two you mention couldn't be remade, racist, sexist, ageist , all the isms! of their time but "Till death us do part" is quite funny though

Ty,
Yes, I remember laughing at, TDDUP. It was incredibly un PC, but if I remember right, (its been a long time) Alf Garnett was always on the losing end of his incredibly biased behaviour.
I remember Marigold, a big black man, who was gay, or pretending to be, to wind him up,(cant remember which) Anyway, he was hilarious, with all the best gags. So the joke was ALWAYS on the bigot.
Same with "love thy neighbour" I think.
The black couple were far nicer than the white couple.

(digressing....my n's are working fine now, thanks)

Syl wrote:Could they better Steptoe and Son? I doubt it.
Fawlty towers, Fools and horses, Some Mothers do have em, Dads army, ... I would rather watch the original, than a remake.
It doesnt matter how many times I watch Fawlty towers, its STILL funny.

I would love to see how they would attempt to redo "love thy neighbour, and "Till death us do part" nowadays.

oooh yes syl that would be interesting to see.....

Hiya Syl,

It's true, we were supposed to take the irony from these shows but I think they still did stray too close for nowadays' pc taste and did rely on a thinly veiled type of discrimination for their laughs.

nnnnnnnice and you're welcome :wavingsmily:

I'd love to see a remake of 'The Young Ones' but I don't know who would
be good enough to take their parts. I also love 'Fawlty Towers'.
There's lot's I'd like to see, like 'Not the Nine O,Clock news' that was so
funny and 'Monty Python'.

Although, your right, you can't replace the originals.

The US remake of " Life on Mars" starts on TV next week, starring Harvey Keitel as Lieutenant Gene Hunt of the NYPD, ( I dont think there is a curly permed Bimbo in this series ) Could be interesting to see how they have interepreted the format to the 50/60s New York Scene, a bit Mike Hammer/Philip Marlowe/ Dragnet I should think. :coolsmiley:

I was disappointed the film version of Mr Benn couldn't be financed

Lovejoy

Sunday night at the London Palladium.

Brilliant variety entertainment for the whole family.

Bewitched with me as the husband.

Beautiful Elizabeth Montgomery.
She is sadly dececased now.

Snookerballs wrote:The US remake of " Life on Mars" starts on TV next week, starring Harvey Keitel as Lieutenant Gene Hunt of the NYPD, ( I dont think there is a curly permed Bimbo in this series ) Could be interesting to see how they have interepreted the format to the 50/60s New York Scene, a bit Mike Hammer/Philip Marlowe/ Dragnet I should think. :coolsmiley:

Did anyone watch this last night, and what did you think of it. I recorded it and watched it this morning, Yes there is a curly headed blonde bimbo in this as well, The background music/songs are great, Rolling stones, Who etc. :rockparty: