"As Time Goes By" (1992) TV series 1992-2005

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Release Date:

12 January 1992 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Lionel and Jean were lovers many years ago at the time of the Korean War. They are separated by a misunderstanding...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Secretary | Housekeeper | Writer | Paint

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 11	8:30 PM	PBS
Sat. July 18	8:30 PM	PBS

Cast

Judi Dench	...	Jean / ... (67 episodes, 1992-2005)
Geoffrey Palmer	...	Lionel / ... (67 episodes, 1992-2005)
Moira Brooker	...	Judith / ... (62 episodes, 1992-2005)
Philip Bretherton	...	Alistair / ... (59 episodes, 1992-2005)
Jenny Funnell	...	Sandy (58 episodes, 1992-2005)

Runtime:

30 min (64 episodes) | UK:60 min (1 episode) | UK:45 min (1 episode) | UK:50 min (1 episode)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG | Australia:G (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG

Company:

D.L. Taffner

Trivia:

Moira Brooker, who plays Judith, Jean's grown up daughter, admits to occasionally being so mesmerized by Judi Dench's talents while filming that she would forget to act and not say her line.

Goofs:

Continuity: Between Season 4 Episode 10 and Season 5 Episode 1, the layout of the interior of the house changes. Formerly, standing inside the living room, there was a wall outside the living room door, which the door opened from the right. Now, the door opens from the left, the wall is gone and you are able to see the front door of the house from the living room. In Season 9, the door opens from the right again.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Rocky Hardcastle: Rock on!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Rock Around the Clock

Gentle, very realistic, with likable characters

This show grows on you. It's not as purely funny as many top comedies (e.g., Frasier, Friends, Mad About You, Seinfeld), it's not as imaginative in plot or continuing story as others. There's no truly over the top character whose wildness captures the public's imagination.

Yet the writing and acting work gently - slowly but not too slowly - to make this a very pleasant world to be in.

And so you DO look forward to visiting with these people, do care about their smallish problems, do chuckle at the gentle humor.

The characters just seem so very real that it does feel like you're dropping in on visiting people who are warm, real, caring, likable.

It's a very likable show.