I really enjoy this show.  I caught the last series by accident when I over-taped the Bill one evening and have been hooked since.  I remember James Bolam in When the Boat comes in and Dennis Waterman in Minder.

Yes , it is a GREAT show !!

Terrific cast and well written with that touch of humour British shows do so well

I remember James Bolam in The Likely Lads ( mid-1960's TV comedy set in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne ) and the
1997 series  The Missing Postman ( a real jem ! )

He was born in Sunderland and there is still a trace of his "mackem" accent , especially when he says
words like school ( skoo - al )

The rest of the cast are also from shows I enjoyed :

Dennis Waterman : as you said , Paula , from Minder
Amanda Redman  : At Home With The Braithwaites
Alun Armstrong :   Bedtime

Not much more to add cept say its one of the best shows on TV at this moment. It really puts all the yank crap to shame..............

I fourth it! love this show.

yes I love this show, its funny sad, and an all round good watch

The cats were framed in this episode!  

It was good to see Eric Sykes back on screen and what a suitable part he played!  Imagine saving all that cat poo for 10 years.  

Quoted from Paula

It was good to see Eric Sykes back on screen and what a suitable part he played!

Yes !!!  

He always strikes me as a genuinely nice person who enjoyed his craft and two quotes from his IMDb profile reflect that :

"I'm proud of being a vaudevillian, the last of my line. A lot of people think my entertainment is candy-floss. Well, entertainment is too aggressive these days, all 'in your face'."

"If comedians want to make a social comment they can go to the House of Commons. I don't swear or do anything suggestive, and I've held onto that belief because when you're on stage you're a role model."

another very good epp on Saturday night , lol I did very funny,

This show is so under-rated.  It's better than the Bill. (I am a big fan of the latter, so that's really saying something!)

I was at the comment they made about being the "old bill".

I'm a big fan of the Bill as well Paula, I do love my UK TV , much better than american crap, and now that I think about it I don't watch any American shows, its all Aussie or UK . I did give a few a go, like Heros, and dhw, lost, and a few more but they just didn't grab me.

It's back again!  Repeats, but who cares.

So they are repeats ...no I don't care
I've not seen most of them any way.

I watched last nights episode....SPARE PARTS on  iView...twice...and still didn't get who murdered the 'wealthy businessman who left a three-million-pound fortune to a prostitute'

was it the criminal who was given the boat by the lawyer fellow...the businessman's 'friend'????

Quoted from Candy

So they are repeats ...no I don't care
I've not seen most of them any way.

I watched last nights episode....SPARE PARTS on  iView...twice...and still didn't get who murdered the 'wealthy businessman who left a three-million-pound fortune to a prostitute'

was it the criminal who was given the boat by the lawyer fellow...the businessman's 'friend'????

I can't remember!  

I do love this show. Alun Armstrong is brilliant!