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Its really anoying when i get home and want to watch some old comodies like dads army and steptoe and son its been ages since we saw falwty towers on uktv gold and all the old comodies have been replaced by dancing with the stars the bill and even caslty. And one more thing iam only 11 and i think the comdies from the 60's 70's 80's and some of the 90's are much better than cathrine tate more like cathraine tat and little briton isnt really that funny. the only comody from the year 2000 onwards i think is my family.

Ben the Hen, I totally agree. What's all the fuss about Little Britain? Purile pap. What is so funny about sending up an incontinent old woman? What is so funny about a ridiculous gay personal secretary to the Prime Minister, who would have been quietly sacked anyway? The overrated Catherine Tate is just a tedious run of tired out characters who may be amusing on the first view, but then become a dull routine to entertain right-on students. Poor sketch writing, but then standards have fallen badly since the Seventies.

Why do UKTV Gold not show The Comedians and Till Death Us Do Part, one of the best sitcoms ever? For American sitcoms, how about The Phil Silvers Show and The Beverly Hillbillies? Unfortunately, whenever Dad's Army is shown, its nearly always, as good as they are, the same old episodes, ie. the captured German submarine crew and Mainwairings drunken cousin.

There are plenty of lesser-known old shows that could be aired, such as My Favourite Martian, Mr Ed, Armchair Theatre, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, etc. Just because a programme is in black and white is no reason to exclude it. People over forty pay for and watch TV too!

Our television executives are like horses with their blinds on. No imagination and no appreciation of what was before they were born.