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13 September 1984 (UK)
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Fantastic Ingrediants, but obviously the cooker wasn't working
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(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 7) | Ronnie Barker | ... | Plantagenet Evans (6 episodes, 1984) |
| Sharon Morgan | ... | Rachel Harris (6 episodes, 1984) |
| Dickie Arnold | ... | Willie (6 episodes, 1984) |
| Myfanwy Talog | ... | Bron (6 episodes, 1984) |
| William Thomas | ... | Probert (6 episodes, 1984) |
| Dyfed Thomas | ... | Olwin O'Toole (3 episodes, 1984) |
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Starring one of Britain's greatest comedians Ronnie Barker who was superb shows such as in Porridge and Open all Hours, written by one of Britains finest scriptwriters Roy Clarke whose writing was great in Last of the Summer Wine and Open all Hours and produced and directed by one of Britains finest, Sidney Lotterby, surely to goodness this show had to be fantastic. Sadly it wasn't. I sat through all the episodes having a good laugh now and then, but I could sit watching it for fifteen minutes without laughing at all. It was basically a remake of Roy Clarke's classic Open all Hours, starring Barker as well, set in Wales but it didn't work.
Plantagenet Evans (Ronnie Barker- a more over the top and no where near as funny version of Arkwright) is living in sin with his secretary Rachel, whose relatives keep pestering her to get married. Evans is a photographer and is a terribly rude man who is very insulting to his customers. His assistant is a stupid old fool called WIllie who Evans treats exactly the way Arkwright treated Granville, but no where near as funny.
Don't get me wrong it had its moments, such as Evans saying to someone he is about to photograph "It's a photograph, not a constipation advert", but all in all it was very mediocre. In Barker's biography he blames the failure of the show on being there was too much put into the scenery and not enough put into the humour. There was little surprise to not see a second series being commissioned and it was probably only released on DVD due to the sad death of Ronnie Barker.
Best Episode: Series 1, episode 2: For the bridegroom falling in the river.