Programmes that have aged poorly and programmes that have aged well?

Those kind of rumours are only ever about one or two things, usually harassment or underage stuff 😳 I hate to think what though 😞.

Think David Jason but don't know what the rumours pertain to.

Which actor is there rumours about?

Loved fawlty towers and Allo Allo but they couldn’t be made made now.

Cold Feet is still fantastic now

I love Hi-De-Hi but that hasn’t aged well in the slightest

More love for the Thin Blue Line, the elephant impression still makes me roar with laughter, and Father Ted. Seeing Mrs Doyle running a pub in Coronation Street is so wrong 🤣

The Inspector Morse books are unreadable.

The personality of the central character was changed completely for the series. Maybe not enough but it was heavily changed.

The thing is, Olive isn't bad looking at all either. It's just a horrible programme, it was dated when it was made!

It is a brilliant line, but not original to Carry on Cleo. Wikipedia: In 2007, the pun "Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me", spoken by Kenneth Williams, was voted the funniest one-line joke in film history. The line was not written by Rothwell but borrowed with permission from a Take It from Here script written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.

All 4 (Channel 4 equivalent of BBC iPlayer) will take you back to Craggy Island

The Next Generation hung off Patrick Stewart, who is a terrific actor.

1 foot in the grave and outnumbered never fail to make me laugh when I'm feeling down.😂😂😂

Channel 4 streaming.

Gen Z & I love Fawlty Towers. I like Connie Booth having been cowriter, especially.
I also think Basil & Sybil having separate beds makes sense given their prickly relationship.

The reason OFAH isn't shown on "the main" BBC channels any more is because no old sitcoms are shown on "the main" BBC channels any more.

Well, the first few series of The Thick Of It are about New Labour, the final ones are about Cameron's Tories, and Veep is a Democrat VP. Clearly.

Aside from the many, many issues with On The Buses, it was pure nastiness how appallingly Olive was treated throughout - when she was actually one of the nicer characters, yet still shamed for nothing more than her plain looks.

Blakey was a deeply unpleasant chatacter, yet because he was a man, he was always treated by Stan and Jack with a kind of respectful friendly rivalry; yet Olive was shown no mercy at all and horribly abused for being a woman who dared not to be stunningly beautiful. Their mum was also treated dismissively and as nothing more than a 'service person', but because she was old, she at least was never judged for her looks.

I know many of us of a certain age will gushing about how amazing Only Fools and Horses was; but there was a lot about it that was problematic and hasn't aged well at all. I think there's a good reason why it's never really shown on the main BBC channels anymore.

I also wonder if it may end up removed from the streaming services too 'at some point', if any of the rumours about one of the main actors turn out to be proven as true.

Aside from that, it's always annoyed me that OFAH flooded the schedules from the start as UK-wide entertainment, whilst the peerless Still Game was largely dismissed as 'Scottish interest' only. I'm from the English Midlands, so culturally no closer to a Cockney than a Weegie; yet I can still love SG for the unparalleled comedic genius that it was (whilst I've never found OFAH any more than smile-worthy, myself).

For what it's worth, I always thought that Dear John (also written by John Sullivan) was far, far superior to OFAH; but that too is very dated now and would never be made these days.

I quite liked Morse, I always thought we were supposed to think he wasn't great in terms of his romantic ambitions. Though at the time there wasn't the kind of stigma there is now about age gap relationships, if they were both adults.

I rewatched Fame, the tv show, recently, and was surprised at how good it was. I am not sure it would be to everyone's taste, there are some hockey stories from time to time, but in other ways it has a lot going for it. The kids seemed real in a way that is often not the case in shows about teens. (not so much the ages of the actors which varies, but in terms of their experiences and attitudes.)

Cracker is still very good, and Life on Mars remains my all time favourite.

As for not aged well, I agree with Ally McBeal. I saw an episode of LA Law recently and found it way too over the top.

I read the Kenneth Williams Diaries recently and yes, he was a terrible snob at times, but he was consistently and utterly scathing about the scripts and production of the Carry Ons even at the time of filming.

It's a huge shame that he was forced at gunpoint to participate in - and earn money from - all of those films, isn't it?!

I think some actors quite happily take roles that aren't the loftiest or most highbrow - but then slate them whilst happily taking the money and fame that they bring them.

It's not quite the same thing, but I gather Pauline McLynn (with Mrs Doyle) and Tony Robinson (with Baldrick) both hate people mentioning those characters and potentially typecasting them; yet they're still gladly benefiting from the doors that those roles opened for their careers.

i did like the comedy spy with Robert Lindsley

the big bang theory overall seemed ok and fairly modern
supernatural with sam and dean seemed ok
town called eureka was more about science so overall seemed ok

The Thin Blue Line was gloriously absurd farce, and I think its comedy brilliance was often overlooked as many people mistook 'silly' for 'rubbish'.

the show love thy neighbour, couple of main characters and all those phrases would not do well today
rules of engagement one character russel ? dont think it would do well today
x files was more about the conspairicies so not sure how that would be different ?
relic hunter had its moments but main seemed ok
the original tv series of la femme nikita i presume would be ok
the tv show covert affairs would be ok
then secret dairy of a call girl with billie piper, not sure ?

Even the cast playing female characters would be complained about by some now. Steve in particular - amazing writer and actor as he is - really can't be anything other than a grotesque parody of a woman with his looks and physicality. Also Papa Lazarou.

I know it was always meant to be extremely dark, but some of it was (deliberately) utter horrific.

We’ve just watched the re runs of Taggart and they’ve stood the test of time. Obviously the hair and clothes are very dated, and there’s no forensics or mobile phones, but the themes are well handled and pretty much ahead of their time.