Review of Series One and Two:
A generally likeable albeit low budget follow up to the Leonard Rossiter-starring TRIPPER'S DAY. After Rossiter's death, Bruce Forsyth was drafted in to replace him in his only long-running TV acting role. And he's very good too, always willing to look ridiculous and laugh at himself, which makes him a treat playing the harassed supermarket manager. One of the episodes closes with a seemingly ad libbed food fight with the staff running around chucking things at each other, Forsyth included, and it's one of the funniest things I've seen.
The supporting cast have been replaced but the newcomers are generally up to the job, with David Kelly standing out as always. The episodic nature and small scale plotting of each episode becomes repetitive after a while (particularly with two series) but it's generally well meant and amusing enough, and another fitting time capsule of normal life in the 1980s.
A generally likeable albeit low budget follow up to the Leonard Rossiter-starring TRIPPER'S DAY. After Rossiter's death, Bruce Forsyth was drafted in to replace him in his only long-running TV acting role. And he's very good too, always willing to look ridiculous and laugh at himself, which makes him a treat playing the harassed supermarket manager. One of the episodes closes with a seemingly ad libbed food fight with the staff running around chucking things at each other, Forsyth included, and it's one of the funniest things I've seen.
The supporting cast have been replaced but the newcomers are generally up to the job, with David Kelly standing out as always. The episodic nature and small scale plotting of each episode becomes repetitive after a while (particularly with two series) but it's generally well meant and amusing enough, and another fitting time capsule of normal life in the 1980s.