Thought it was very good. Still can't believe baby Neil is 16 ! Doesn't time fly. Hope that IS the last one ever and they dont keep reeling out "specials" every 5 years. Know when to bail out.
Thought it was brilliant. Was worried they’d go woke but the writers held their nerve.the photo at the end was just epic. Alas, probably the last xmas special of the great British sitcoms.
I loved it, but sad that it's the last one. I feared that something would happen to make it impossible to have another programme, it didn't, so if they want to do another, they could.
It reminded me of the old days with a truly special Christmas special. I fear, as already said, that it may be the last of the last of great British sitcoms. What else comes close? Outnumbered? Not Going Out? They just don’t have the same lovable characters. I thought that the character of Ness really shone. I don’t agree that the middle lagged. Do some say this because the stag and hen nights didn’t work out? I thought that part was very well done, culminating in the conversation between Smithy and Ness at KFC. I couldn’t believe that over an hour and a half flew by so quickly. It was brilliant.
Thought it was pukka from start to finish. Daves coaches was a surprise even though it was obvious gwen was getting it on with some fella. Pete and Dawn top notch as always. Unlike the previous Xmas special, this is one I could watch again and again.
Was a brilliant finale for a series of much loved characters. earlier in the day I watched on channel 5 the rundown of the best Xmas specials over the years and we have been truely blessed it’s sad that I suspect we won’t see anymore in future years. for those interested the vicar of dibley beat only fools to the top spot 😂
As many have said its the end of a Christmas day tradition...can't think of another sitcom that will follow it ..from now on it's reality programmes and a double dose of eastenders. A lovely ending but a bitter/sweet moment
I thought it was fantastic a lot of detail nod to the past and some great acting
One or two went on too long - Only Fools, Royle Family but I don’t think we will be seeing this again it was the perfect ending to arguably the second best sitcom of all time
Sorry, going against most (all?) other opinions here, I thought it was just OK with a predictable ending. Worth watching though.
Yeah, I'm with you. Felt it was a bit dull and predictable really. As ever, Larry lamb, Alison Steadman and Melanie Walters are the actors that keep the whole thing afloat and the irritating Rob Brydon is the one that tries to sink it. Classic jumping of the shark but at least they seem to have realised that.
I loved it, but sad that it's the last one. I feared that something would happen to make it impossible to have another programme, it didn't, so if they want to do another, they could.
It's good to go out on a high anyway, but I also think with Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb in their late 70s there comes a point when you leave it.
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i was a bit worried we might have been getting an ending inspired by Robert Altman’s The Wedding.
where did Neil the baby disappear to, for that final group photo? He was with them in the pub but not in the photo
I don’t agree that the middle lagged. Do some say this because the stag and hen nights didn’t work out? I thought that part was very well done, culminating in the conversation between Smithy and Ness at KFC.
I couldn’t believe that over an hour and a half flew by so quickly. It was brilliant.
earlier in the day I watched on channel 5 the rundown of the best Xmas specials over the years and we have been truely blessed it’s sad that I suspect we won’t see anymore in future years.
for those interested the vicar of dibley beat only fools to the top spot 😂
One or two went on too long - Only Fools, Royle Family but I don’t think we will be seeing this again it was the perfect ending to arguably the second best sitcom of all time
But from the moment Gavin and Stacey walked in on Pete and Dawn, it was really good. Superb ending to a fantastic series.
Thought that and Wallace and Gromit were great Christmas TV.