John Challis

Preview - Benidorm

The sitcom set on the Costa Blanca packs its bags for another season in the last episode of the current run but there's no sedate wind-down for Joyce when Baby Jesus contaminates the pool with weedkiller and all guests have to be evacuated.

Are the Chuckle Brothers about to appear in Benidorm?

The Chuckle Brothers have been spotted on the set of Benidorm, prompting speculation that the duo will be appearing in upcoming episodes.

We Have Been Watching review

So this is a bit of fluff; an attempt by Gold to refresh its catalogue of the same old shows. Sadly it's rather disrespectful of those classics to treat them like this.

Are You Being Served serves more of the same

The old show was never a critics' favourite - despite our howls about these comedy rehashes being sacrilegious grave-robbing. But it had a kind of bravery; the passing of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 decriminalising gay sex was within recent memory, and living together was still 'living in sin' in the provinces. Its knowing primness was clever - a huge wink to the fourth wall of the masses that although the outré characters seemed naughty, and Mr Humphries got into scrapes with a wide array of young men, he was never explicit about them. But the world has moved on - Kim Kardashian's bum failed to break the internet and against shows like Catastrophe, this looks more than passé.

TV preview: Are You Being Served?, BBC1

So let's face it, this does nothing new but does the old thing pretty well.

Are You Being Served? star hits out at nastiness of TV

Only Fools And Horses legend John Challis, who plays Captain Peacock in the new revival, believes people want TV like it "used to be".

The star of resurrected classic Are You Being Served? has slammed the nastiness of modern TV shows, saying viewers want "gentle family entertainment" back.

The BBC were "embarrassed" by the success of OFAH

John Challis, who played Boycie, has revealed that the cast were made to bring their own wine to the series wrap party.