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I always watch the first of new series in case they're good, the original F & H being a case in point. Thought it might have been cleverer than it in actual fact was. It's the old routine of knowing when to pack in, when you're on top. They have to do everything to the death these days just to make a buck.

i bet the idea came from star wars, 3 box office smash hits for the 70,s and 80,s films then bingo lets make 3 prelude fims and rake in more money.

It was ok, not particularly funny tho!

The Phantom Plonker

Attack of the Trigger

Revenge of the Lovely-Jubbly

I think what you all have to realise is that Rock and Chips was not a sitcom, it was a period comedy drama and was not intended to be in the same vein as OFAH. It's not about "living up" to the benchmark set by OFAH, it was a different concept altogether, and I do believe had it tried to live up to the original, it would have miserably failed - the Green Green Grass is a perfect example of this.

For what it was, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am someone who has absolutely every single episode of OFAH, including never-aired and pilot episodes, but I wathched this show with an open mind, trying not to expect too much from it.

Imho, they tied in the storyline perfectly with what we know and love, and the actors portrayed the characters perfectly - or at least as perfectly as could ever be done without the aid of a time machine. As soon as you saw each character onscreen, you knew straight away who they were portraying and that was a fantastic achievement.

There were some negative bits, for instance the scenes with the cinema manager were somewhat unnesescary etc, and of course with the story having already been explained in Sleepless in Peckham and The Frogs Legacy, we already sort of knew what was going to happen.

Overall, id say they could have made the episode more fulfilling if they had edited into a 60 minute timeslot instead of a 90. It certainly paves the way for a second episode in the same vein, because there is still some way to go in the story of Freddie the Frog getting himself killed and Del's mum dying etc - as far as a series goes id think its highly unlikely in the current format, but maybe something more along the lines of First Of The Summer Wine, and based more around Del-boy and Rodney in the 70's with Del being a man and Rodders being a teenager. Either way, it would have to centre around Del and his mates with Rodders a sidekick, thanks to the age of Rodders.

Does anyone else think that Grandad, whilst wonderfully portrayed by Phil Daniels, boar an uncanny resembellance to Mickey Pierce??

You should be a tv critic matt!
Proper good summary.

I Enjoyed it (Rock and Chips) was a bit disappointed the way it end..

Can't say i did. Whats it about? any good??.

Excellent!!!

Shameless on in a mo back soon gang!

I thought it was great but I do feel I need to watch it again as all the chopping about kept losing me!

It's on series link as always for me
Love it!!

never took you as someone who watchers shameless!

My neighbour said the same to me - I don't mean to walk round with my nose in the air it just happens that way sometimes

anyone watch shameless last night?