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Mick Fisher · 01-02-2014, 17:56

Well Birds Of A Feather has the luxury of being able to use the same cast. The scripts are good and to me it seems as though they have never been away in spite of the inevitable ageing.

With Still Open All Hours, regrettably the Star of the original show has passed away. David Jason, for all his comic genius, has failed, lamentably, to step into Ronnie Barkers footprints. I would imagine the same would happen to anyone who tried to do the same with David's Delboy character.

I particularly didn't like David Jason's attempt to emulate Arkwright with the silly stuttering and even the tired old dysfunctional till joke.

I never like the original series anyway, I found it depressing for some reason and always groaned inwardly when it came on.

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Mick Fisher Inactive Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northants Age: 81 Services: Sky Unlimited FibrePro Sky Talk Sky+HD Posts: 5,122	Re: Still Open All Hours series confirmed Well Birds Of A Feather has the luxury of being able to use the same cast. The scripts are good and to me it seems as though they have never been away in spite of the inevitable ageing. With Still Open All Hours, regrettably the Star of the original show has passed away. David Jason, for all his comic genius, has failed, lamentably, to step into Ronnie Barkers footprints. I would imagine the same would happen to anyone who tried to do the same with David's Delboy character. I particularly didn't like David Jason's attempt to emulate Arkwright with the silly stuttering and even the tired old dysfunctional till joke. I never like the original series anyway, I found it depressing for some reason and always groaned inwardly when it came on.