Terry and June and other sitcoms in similar genre

[Charley1988]

I used to love this program and felt that this was the template for sitcoms if it's time and everything else was a variation on a theme - anyone remember the sitcom with Judi Dench playing opposite her real life husband - i think she sang the theme tune (before this became a joke in Littelt Britain) . Am I BU in being nostalgic for the days of this kind of TV - do you think these kind of progs would seem a bit dated now?

Yes Get some in with Robert Lindsay. Just brilliant with a great feeme toone😊

nothing past present or in the future will ever beat only fools and horses

I think Wolfie Smith has grown up into Jeremy Corbyn! .

The bus episode of SMDAE is superb. Classic slapstick.

ForcesTV shows some really old stuff, they had the WW2 series World at War a few months ago, I recall that as a young teenager.
One of my favourites is Goodnight Sweetheart.

I remember Nearest and Dearest. And a spin off possibly about a pickle factory. I did (apparently) a rather splendid take off of Hilda Baker.

Billy Liar? a comedy version of the more serious stage play, was on a Friday night. Floppy haired bloke so would have been early 70s.

Is anyone else watching In The Long Run on Sky (Series 2 now on)? Its brilliant!! 🤣
Idris Elba and Bill Bailey... Its set in my youth and i 😍 it!!

@Charley1988 - I’ll take a look at In Loving Memory, I don’t know that one

@TheCanterburyWhales
Pledge's Pickle Factory. 😊

Give Me a Break - on circa 1984

I get the nostalgia but these shows were awful! Tepid farty racist/sexist shit reliant on tired stereotypes.

We're living in a golden age of tv now. We don't have to watch some 70s crap about mowing the lawn and falling out with your spouse.

What was the sitcom whose theme tune was Take 5 by the Dave Brubeck quartet?

Not rtft but has anyone mentioned Butterflies I think it was called, with Nicholas Lyndhurst.

Clearly I have a memory for the obscure ...

I Didn't Know You Cared
Rosie
Middlemen
Kinvig

Where does "Spaced" fall ?

Terry & June
Some mothers do 'ave 'em
Only fools & horses.
Keeping up appearances.
Birds of a feather.
Open all hours.

What was the sitcom with the brilliant Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam? It had Faith in the title, as that was her name and Julia Sawahla played her daughter? They show Shelley on Forces TV every night, not funny at all, and barely anything happens.

You’re thinking of Second Thoughts. Faith in the Future was the sequel, without James Bolan.

I liked In Loving Memory with Thora Hird.

And Open All Hours.

Horse4course - You have to remember them in the context of the time though.

I don't think this is the golden age of TV. Too many channels, too many reality programmes. I struggle to find something decent to watch some times.

Flouncy - Yes, loved the carry on films. Tried to get my kids to watch carry on screaming when it was on a few years ago. They just didn't find it funny!

Loved The Goodies as well.

I think so flouncy - just googled it