# Has there ever been a good revival of a TV show (same cast/characters) after years off the air?

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> Wikipedia says there was a 2009 revival of the show with a different cast. If there is a Brit who has seen it, I would be interested in their verdict.

Martin Clunes made a much better job of filling Leonard Rossiter’s shoes than I expected, but to me it still seemed more an homage than a decent show in its own right. Maybe it’s that the original was so dependent on Rossiter or maybe it’s just that the zeitgeist has changed in the interim.

In short: it didn’t suck, but it didn’t inspire me to want to watch it again.

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