"Days Like These" (1999) TV series

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Bob Spiers

Writers:

Eric Gilliland (writer)
Mark Hudis (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

12 February 1999 (UK)

Plot Keywords:

Remake

Cast

Paul Mark Elliott	...	Mr. Burget (2 episodes, 1999)
Lucy Punch	...	Helen Foreman (2 episodes, 1999)
June Whitfield	...	Grandma (2 episodes, 1999)

Runtime:

30 min (10 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Carsey-Werner Company

Movie Connections:

Remake of "That '70s Show" (1998)

why oh why????

Could somebody please tell me the point of taking a reasonably good American sitcom and Anglicising it? The scripts have been taken word for word from that '70s show, erasing all Americanisms and making dollars become pounds etc, except the budget for the British version is considerably less, the sets look like primary school children painted them, and they're not quite finished! That '70s show has a great cast, and sharp writing, and this pointless (why else would they run it at 2am?) rip-off has ruined that. The cast in this have no spark or vitality, most of them seem embarrassed to be there, and rightly so, this is television at it's worst, plain ripping off of a decent show, it should never have been made. Thank god they only made 10 episodes.