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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 383626" data-attributes="member: 23">The TV series actually had more location work than I&#039;d have expected going in. More than most of its sitcom contemporaries, I&#039;d say. It wasn&#039;t as expansive as the film, and there was certainly a lot of time spent on the two main sets, but it was a nice surprise. Speaking of sets, the new sets for the film worked fine for me. I was expecting them to be vastly different and quite possibly using real interiors but the Butlers&#039; messy kitchen/diner in particular was almost identical in layout and size, which added to the cosy familiarity. And the more substantial and impressive bus depot interior only made the film more pleasant to watch than the dull interiors in the series (particularly later episodes after they moved to a smaller studio that couldn&#039;t even accommodate a real double decker bus, with the resulting fakery being all-too obvious). Same here. Much like many film spinoffs from sitcoms, a number of the beats were lifted from various episodes of the TV series, but it was done well and there was enough original stuff to satisfy. I wholeheartedly agree. Yes - it was a bit of a shocker to learn this had topped even Bond. Diamonds Are Forever may not be Bond&#039;s finest outing, but it&#039;s still quite an achievement. Sadly, without subscribing to the Telegraph I can&#039;t view the article in your second link beyond the first line or two, but I get the gist enough to be even more impressed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 383626, member: 23"] The TV series actually had more location work than I'd have expected going in. More than most of its sitcom contemporaries, I'd say. It wasn't as expansive as the film, and there was certainly a lot of time spent on the two main sets, but it was a nice surprise. Speaking of sets, the new sets for the film worked fine for me. I was expecting them to be vastly different and quite possibly using real interiors but the Butlers' messy kitchen/diner in particular was almost identical in layout and size, which added to the cosy familiarity. And the more substantial and impressive bus depot interior only made the film more pleasant to watch than the dull interiors in the series (particularly later episodes after they moved to a smaller studio that couldn't even accommodate a real double decker bus, with the resulting fakery being all-too obvious). Same here. Much like many film spinoffs from sitcoms, a number of the beats were lifted from various episodes of the TV series, but it was done well and there was enough original stuff to satisfy. I wholeheartedly agree. Yes - it was a bit of a shocker to learn this had topped even Bond. [I]Diamonds Are Forever[/I] may not be Bond's finest outing, but it's still quite an achievement. Sadly, without subscribing to the Telegraph I can't view the article in your second link beyond the first line or two, but I get the gist enough to be even more impressed. [/QUOTE]

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