British sitcoms: the deathmatch (19-01)

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TRO Todd and alligator dodger Jan 2019 10:26am, 8 Jan 2019 18,060 posts	0 TRO Todd and alligator dodger R3G3: Felicity Kendall is giving Sir Humphrey Appleby a right seeing to....
Maclennane Jan 2019 10:55am, 8 Jan 2019 20,469 posts	0 Maclennane Oh no, Reginald Iolanthe Perrin is doomed
Akie Jan 2019 11:02am, 8 Jan 2019 385 posts	0 Akie Still annoyed it beat Alan Partridge.
TRO Todd and alligator dodger Jan 2019 11:21am, 8 Jan 2019 18,061 posts	0 TRO Todd and alligator dodger Big positional change R3G3, Sir Humphrey now on top....
Diogenes Jan 2019 11:26am, 8 Jan 2019 33,639 posts	0 Diogenes Mac, that can only be because they’ve never seen Reggie
Wriggling Snake Jan 2019 11:30am, 8 Jan 2019 20,902 posts	0 Wriggling Snake I get the feeling Only Fools does well off the back of one or two good series and a couple of specials, it was pretty poor the last few I watched, the originals not that good.
Wriggling Snake Jan 2019 11:33am, 8 Jan 2019 20,903 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Red Dwarf v Porridge is easier than I thought on the basis of quite a few poor RD series.
GregP Jan 2019 11:35am, 8 Jan 2019 110,090 posts	0 GregP Porridge was filmed at least in part just over the road from T Block, so I have more than a soft spot for it.
Diogenes Jan 2019 11:55am, 8 Jan 2019 33,640 posts	0 Diogenes Porridge is the best, without question. It should have a bye to the final where series 1 would be up against series 2
TRO Todd and alligator dodger Jan 2019 12:16pm, 8 Jan 2019 18,063 posts	0 TRO Todd and alligator dodger Nothing wrong with a sitcom taking a series to hit its straps (see Blackadder), but vastly overstaying the welcome is a different matter. OFAH should never have continued after they got rich as it removed the entire basis of the plot lines and humour. See also ‘Going straight’, the Porridge follow up when he was out of prison.