Are you being served.

Oh I do agree !!! a travesty

Oh dear had to turn Porridge off , it is even worse

Porridge was awful and turned off after 5mins but I didn't think Are you Being Served was that bad. We did watch to the end some of the jokes were quite funny, its different and meant to be as its now set in the 80s I thought Sherrie Hewson was much better than I expected. We enjoyed it and did laugh out loud a couple of times.

I expected them both to be dire, and was only half-watching Are You Being Served, but something caught my interest and I actually found myself laughing!

Didn't think Porridge was too bad either, but only as a one-off.

Couldn`t bring myself to watch it, I still have very fond memories of the original.

Travesty is exactly right word ! ( shudder )

Yes, it is never a good idea to 'go back' is it. I thought "Are you being served" was awful, but then I never really liked the original.
Porridge I thought was a good 'take' - the "trickery" was still there. Wonder what the rest will be like, there are some more to come I believe.

Are you being served was horrible and lacked the charm of the old series. The innuendo was unbearably heavy handed, .........couldn't face Porrige.

Not impressed by either.
Sherri Hewson said these new and rehashed comedies that the BBC are showing this week are pilots and may be made into full series if well received. Not last night's offerings please!

Victoria was better
Haven't really made up my mind about it though.

The Porridge one was great. He was perfectly believable as Fletch's grandson, even sounded like him occasionally. I really hope this wasn't a one off.

Are You Being Served was as dire as it always was

Phew, Anya, I thought I was the only one! I thought Porridge was really quite good. Are You Being Served was dire.

Like numberplease I prefer to remember the old series so could not watch the latest apart from the minor fact I forgot about it.

I found Are You Being Served cringeworthy but quite enjoyed Porridge.

I think Kitty we might have similar tastes in humour

I like the way they moved Porridge into the present day and didn't just try to replicate the original.

IMO Porridge was the better of the 2 programmes last night, but then it always was. Last night's Porridge also had the advantage of being written by the original scriptwriters.

Are You Being Served? gave us an excellent portrayal of Mollie Sugden by Sherri Hewson as Mrs Slocombe. The other main characters were also portrayed well. In the original programme the innuendo was always heavy-handed and you could see the punchlines coming from a mile off, so nothing changed there.

I'm looking forward to see whats next

That explains it Swanny - the original scriptwriters.

Sherrie Hewson was quite good as Mrs Slocome, but I hated the rest and turned off after about 5 minutes and couldn't face Porridge either.

Shysal several of us really enjoyed Porridg .

I'd certainly tune in to watch it again. Great script and the young actor who played Fletcher's grandson nailed it IMO.

Only survived 10 minutes of Are you being Served and turned off, couldn't face Porridge either. Enjoyed the originals but would rather remember those.

Truly dreadful . Porridge was marginally better but would not want to watch any more.
Think Patricia Routledge hit the nail on the head when told about the revival of Keeping up appearances, she said ' The BBC must be desperate '

Are You Being Served? was a poor parody of the original with far too much reliance on Mrs Slocum's pussy for laughs. Mr Conway could perhaps have a spin off.
Porridge was a little better. Or do I mean 'little better'?

I'd prefer more episodes of the original Hi De Hi, I really enjoyed the first episode last week, great vintage entertainment!

I loved Porridge. Thought it was great. Good cast and good storyline.

I havent seen Are You Being Served.