Who thinks they should have left this as a TV series...

Oh, I definitely agree!

(See my review: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740047/usercomments-2 )

Obviously, the film can reach a wider audiences (especially in the US), but the quiet poignancy, which was one of my favourite aspects of the series, was largely cut out of the film.

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The imdb ratings speak for themselves, the mini-series scores a well-deserved 8.5 while this feature film receives a mere 7.2

Without the feature I would have never known this marvelous thing existed. I will definitely try to hunt down the TV series now. I think it was well done and can't wait to see the extra footage.

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I think it should be left as a series,and I think BBC should commission a second one...possibly a tour of Wales,since Rob's from there.

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I had never heard of it until I saw the trailer a few weeks ago. It looked hilarious and understated, so I wasted no time seeing it when it recently opened in theaters. I loved it and so did my date. Now, I can see how it might work well as a TV series, especially with some of the running jokes (i.e. Michael Caine), but I think it worked very well in movie format too.

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I watched the feature on DVD.
It had it's moments, with some very funny dialogue, a few great impersonations, and beautiful views of Britain, but it just went on a bit too long. And a lot of the gags were too repetitive.

Frankly, if the feature is representative of what appeared in the tv series, I don't know how they managed to fill out that many episodes and keep viewers tuning in.