When surfing the channels on Saturday mornings I stumbled across a rerun of the series on Sky Arts. After half watching a few of the episodes I slowly got drawn in and I've ended up watching all 112 episodes. I was only a child/teenager when it was originally screened and my memory of it, from those years, was only really of the opening credits as it wasn't something I was particularly drawn to at that age.
However, I've enjoyed watching the series now I'm older. It brings back a lot of nostalgia from the 80's the decor, the fashions, the cars and of course those old phones! There's also a lot of famous and not so famous actors who've appeared in the series and there's some great performances in there.
There are some great episodes, good episodes, average ones and inevitably some poor ones given the longevity of the series. Some people have commented about the poor production values/low budget evident here and that's fair enough although this didn't detract from my enjoyment of the series, I felt in some episodes it gave them a sense of realism as the settings were usually very ordinary.
For what it's worth my top 12 episodes, with the best ranked 1 and so on are as follows:
1. The Flypaper 2. The Man from the South 3. Nothing Short of Highway Robbery 4. The Stinker 5. Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat 6. A Harmless Vanity 7. Parson's Pleasure 8. Taste 9. Clerical Error 10. Number Eight 11. Light Fingers 12. Shatterproof.
However, I've enjoyed watching the series now I'm older. It brings back a lot of nostalgia from the 80's the decor, the fashions, the cars and of course those old phones! There's also a lot of famous and not so famous actors who've appeared in the series and there's some great performances in there.
There are some great episodes, good episodes, average ones and inevitably some poor ones given the longevity of the series. Some people have commented about the poor production values/low budget evident here and that's fair enough although this didn't detract from my enjoyment of the series, I felt in some episodes it gave them a sense of realism as the settings were usually very ordinary.
For what it's worth my top 12 episodes, with the best ranked 1 and so on are as follows:
1. The Flypaper 2. The Man from the South 3. Nothing Short of Highway Robbery 4. The Stinker 5. Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat 6. A Harmless Vanity 7. Parson's Pleasure 8. Taste 9. Clerical Error 10. Number Eight 11. Light Fingers 12. Shatterproof.