New Porridge - bbc1

The Go-Between New series.

Prison-based comedy from writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who penned the initial series aired in the 1970s. Cyber criminal Fletch has taken to helping his fellow inmates with appeals and letters home to loved ones, but finds things become complicated when cellmate Barry's girlfriend pays a visit. Kevin Bishop stars as Nigel ?Fletch' Fletcher, grandson of original offender Norman Stanley

No way could I watch this,just not right !

You're right Vlad.  WALOFS this is.

Unwatchable.

Yes......better to have done something original.

Some things are best left alone.

not the best

Couldn't be less good.
How can anyone emulate Ronnie Barker?

Major fail.
BBC used to be funny before diversity became the only important aspect of its existence.

Thought I was blocked spotty?

^ My comment was To Tril and Mad....oc....as I can't see the blocked Akafuma

Yer fooling no one spotty.

5/10 from me. I've seen a lot worse.

The old one would have the new one for breakfast.

Spooty rumbled telling porkies

He gives himself away regularly trilby but that last post of his was a classic.

Is he doing a impression of bradley walsh trying to do an impression of ronnie barker?

What's next to be ruined?

I won't watch any remakes on principal. Bet it was rubbish though.

week 2 better than week1, but i'm still struggling with the ronnie barker impression

Who plays Godber ... Noel gallagher

Oct 13, 2017 -- 11:01PM, Mc Moonbeam wrote:

Who plays Godber ... Noel gallagher

Just don't get this trying to re-make perfection, remember minder with Shane Ritchie, awful

I’m with Barton Bank on this - I won’t watch it. Would have thought the Beeb would have learnt their lesson after the disastrous remake of “Are You Being Served?”. Don’t they realise that some things are just best left untouched? What next? Fawlty Towers?

bring back on the buses !

remake love thy neighbour and bring back alf garnett , maybe merge the two.

I watched it out of curiosity and I wasn't expecting too much. I lasted

I watched it out of curiosity and I wasn't expecting too much. I lasted

...2 minutes, it's absolutely dire.

jesus- how bad is this rubbish

Just started now

Worth watching for Ricky Grover - the nutty hardman

Phil Cornwell on as jailed rock star

Quite good tonight, not great but quite good.

i get the impression the writers of these new series are told how , and what to write by the BBC  .. they (comedies)  all appear  too 'controlled'

it's an awful watch

the only re-make i enjoyed was Goodnight sweetheart ... and even that was lacking

Porridge (TV Guide) :

The Listener : An intriguing new inmate arrives at Wakeley, in the form of depressed rock star Rob Strange. Fletch is tasked with keeping an eye on him, but events take an unexpected turn. Phil Cornwell guest stars alongside Kevin Bishop in Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement's re-working of their 1970s prison-set sitcom

Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement's re-working
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that's exactly who i meant Leopard ...as well as the original or new writers of all the other re-works .  They don't put there own input directly in any more  ...their work is fed into a BBC machine  .

AWP was also given the 'treatment'

Sanitise me

their

The writers of the new series are Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement....not sure they would allow their material to be fed into any machine ?

i think differently  - they must know the viewers are looking for comedy similar to the original series - yet almost all attempts seem to fail .

as others have said - leave the original series alone ,or atleast create a new sanitised comedy set in a prison and give it a different name with different characters

maybe they could call it 'Muesli'

Ian (81) and Dick (80) probably not as good as they used to be.

A really dreadful series, which is a shame because the initial 'pilot' from a year or so ago promised much. Bishop is wasting his talent in dross like this and the Farage nonsense. 

But guess what ????  The prison was a nicely integrated place, where prisoners of all colours and faiths all got on harmoniously. Just like everywhere in BBC Telly Drama land.