The Other One

I agree with everything that sthom-1 says. Absolutely brilliant!!!!!! I've been looking at cable listings in TV papers for years in the vain hope that this forgotten masterpiece will be shown on TV. Why is it that we get endless repeats of 'Dad's Army' (very good though it is) 'Are You Being Served' (in my opinion a load of rubbish) and yet this wonderful programme is never re-shown? There must be someone somewhere in television land who rates this programme. Only a few people I know remember this series and everyone of them rates it very highly indeed and can't understand why it is never shown on TV.

Why oh why won't someone get this released on DVD????????????

I was beginning to despair that there was anybody who remembered this series, let alone loved it! With the acting talent of both Richard Briers and Michael Gambon, and written by the brilliant Esmonde and Larbey - how could it have never re-surfaced? I have been hoping it would come out on DVD, as sadly I really can't remember it that well now. I just remember it being one of the very best sitcoms I ever saw. It was intelligent and witty - probably too much so for the audience at the time. I just hope they didn't wipe all the tapes, so there is still a chance we might see it again. I am amazed how well sthom-1 remembers the plot lines! Please, BBC, release the DVD, and make some people very happy. You might even find a new appreciative audience now.

I too have always remembered this series, but can only recall the details of one of the episodes - where Ralph takes Brian to what he describes as a Spanish "gut" restaurant. In other words authentic rather than tourist-made. Turns out it is someone's house!! I have often wondered why it was never repeated, but one answer may lie in the following.......... Two or three years ago Richard Briers was being interviewed on Radio 5 Live and listeners were asked to phone in with questions. I asked about this programme and what had happened to it. Richard Briers said that, although it was nice of someone to remember it, it wasn't one that he cared to recall. I think he actually described it as a failure. I have often wondered whether part of Martin Byce's character (Ever Decreasing Circles) was drawn from Ralph Tanner.