I've just read in Broadcast magazine that the BBC has declined to revive one of my favourite sitcoms of all time, Don't Wait Up.
Original writer George Layton had gathered together all the original cast, including Nigel Havers and hopefully the woman who played Felicity Spicer-Gibbs for an updated version to be called Second Opinions. But after a read through, the Beeb baulked.
Shame on them! That said however, sitcom updates are usually appalling, so perhaps it's just as well. But I'd have given it a chance.
I often see Tony Britten at the garage near my house. He looks terribly old, fumbling for change and getting in a spin about his pin number. I'm sure he would welcome the distraction. And what's Dinah Sheridan or Jane How doing now? And what about Simon Williams? I know Havers has been guesting in dullard foodie US soap Brothers & Sisters, but he'd like the exposure too.
But it's not to be. Oh well, time to start my Nelson's Column revival letter-writing campaign. And isn't it about time they revived Upstairs Downstairs?
Were you a fan?
