Still Open All Hours

As a lifelong fan of the original series I was delighted when they announced this was being made. I can't lie and say I find it scream out loud humour, but it is funny enough, it's the kind of show that fills the void left by Last of the Summer Wine. A nice floaty light, humorous show to have chicken sandwiches and cheesecake while watching. It has glimpses of the original magic, there are times when it's quite funny, the true laughs come from the original cast members, Lynda Baron and Stephanie Cole are still great. Maggie Ollerenshaw still manages to inject a bit of magic as Mavis.

I think the first episode remains the funniest, since then we've had a few duffs, and a few good ones, it's one of those shows I'm glad is still on.

It's watchable enough, but it's massively missing Ronnie Barker. 6/10

I am from Oz and have been a fan of Ronnie Barker and David Jason in man if not most of their respective series. I find British humor the best the yanks would not know how to make comedy, yes some is just passable but most is great, Open all hours was a very matter of fact comedy and I have seen every episode, I love it as do many Australians (who have a sense of humor). The rehash is great, I do not agree with the previous comments, written by a cretin obviously, this is funny and especially if you can relate to the old characters, I found it so very entertaining I could watch as many episodes as they make, keep it going, Jason is great as are the old characters they brought back, I will be disappointed if no more are made as you have definitely whet my appetite, go British comedy never let it die, and David Jason well done, from 'Only fools and horses' to 'Frost', you were great and still are.....

Terrific revival of the classic sitcom, with much the same cast, a plausible follow up scenario and the same gentle but genuinely funny sense of humour. Roy Clarke has lost none of his genius for turning a good line in to a killer joke, simply by tailoring his humour to the character and actor's strengths. Sir David Jason, ages the character of Granville to perfection and in doing so gives us a whole new insight in to why his Uncle was the way he was, by putting the pathos at a perfect pitch, never straying in to sentimentality. The new character of Leroy, is a modern equivalent of the Granville of old who much to his father's chagrin has everything he would have wished for in his youth. The father's half hearted attempts to "slow the lad down" only really serve to show how much he loves his boy as there is none of the genuine meanness of Arkwright senior behind the plans. All in all this demonstrates admirably how modern comedy has lost it's way, by showing HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY.

Roy Clarke had a chance here to write another winner, unfortunately he chose to simply re-hash the original. What was needed was a completely new approach. How about Granville inheriting a fortune from his mysterious father who actually was a Hungarian count, and starting a string of supermarkets and finding himself up against Arkwrights son by Nurse Gladys , who has inherited the corner shop. This series is a very pale copy of the brilliant original.

Why did the writers make Granville exactly like Arkwright, Granville wouldnt be like that he was carefree, he was the complete oppersite to his uncle, they even made him look like him just without a stutter, it might as well just have been called Open all hours again, just a shame they didnt write for Granville instead of Arkwright