I was very surprised and somewhat shocked when I heard that there was to be a follow-up to Only fools and horses, and the last characters that I imagined would have one was the Boyce's.
I watched the first episode not expecting anything at all from it, but it wasn't that bad so I decided to give it a fair trial, and saw a few more. I can only say that I was pleasantly surprised by it, as it rather started to grow on me.
I think it is a funny program in its own right, not a match for its predecessor but few programs are, its characters are humorous and larger than life, its plots reasonable and well realised. All in all I like it far better than I ever imagined that I might, it really is a good laugh and thoroughly enjoyable.
I can understand the idea of making a fresh start with a new program, but it would have been a nice idea to have had some cross over from the two programs. Only Denzil and the Driscoll's made any appearances at all, with Denzil merely a cameo, and others only received a passing mention.
I think that the Boyce family became nicely fleshed out, with their characters developing over the successive episodes. I found him easier to handle in this programme, not exactly likeable I would not go that far, but a more rounded human being. It certainly helped to have Marlene's character made more of, and being able to see them more as a couple instead of waring adversaries.
In all honesty I found Boycie a somewhat irritating character in Fools and horses. Certainly on first viewing he appeared something of a nasty piece of work. Definitely not someone who I would ever have seen as a childhood friend. He had a terrible reputation over his business dealings, with forged car log books, and for flogging dodgy motors. Second hand motors from Boyce's show rooms, were likely at the least to have been clapped out old bangers. At worst insurance write offs, that had been 'cut and shut' a phrase from the action of dodgy car dealers. This refers to the practice of making one whole car from two damaged ones, not necessarily in the safest possible manner. When the Trotters finally became millionaires Boycie would have been the absolutely last car dealer, that I could ever have touched with a preverbial barg pole.
I watched the first episode not expecting anything at all from it, but it wasn't that bad so I decided to give it a fair trial, and saw a few more. I can only say that I was pleasantly surprised by it, as it rather started to grow on me.
I think it is a funny program in its own right, not a match for its predecessor but few programs are, its characters are humorous and larger than life, its plots reasonable and well realised. All in all I like it far better than I ever imagined that I might, it really is a good laugh and thoroughly enjoyable.
I can understand the idea of making a fresh start with a new program, but it would have been a nice idea to have had some cross over from the two programs. Only Denzil and the Driscoll's made any appearances at all, with Denzil merely a cameo, and others only received a passing mention.
I think that the Boyce family became nicely fleshed out, with their characters developing over the successive episodes. I found him easier to handle in this programme, not exactly likeable I would not go that far, but a more rounded human being. It certainly helped to have Marlene's character made more of, and being able to see them more as a couple instead of waring adversaries.
In all honesty I found Boycie a somewhat irritating character in Fools and horses. Certainly on first viewing he appeared something of a nasty piece of work. Definitely not someone who I would ever have seen as a childhood friend. He had a terrible reputation over his business dealings, with forged car log books, and for flogging dodgy motors. Second hand motors from Boyce's show rooms, were likely at the least to have been clapped out old bangers. At worst insurance write offs, that had been 'cut and shut' a phrase from the action of dodgy car dealers. This refers to the practice of making one whole car from two damaged ones, not necessarily in the safest possible manner. When the Trotters finally became millionaires Boycie would have been the absolutely last car dealer, that I could ever have touched with a preverbial barg pole.