Play for Today “Never Too Late” 9pm Channel 5

Did anyone else watch the next ‘Play For Today?’

I only caught up with it yesterday, about a pensioner couple winning the lottery.

Starring Sue Johnston and the chap who played Daisy’s father-in-law in ‘Downton’, can’t remember his name, he’s in lots of stuff.

Well, if anything, I thought it was worse than the first one, and it was dire.

As she’s got older, Sue J always seems the same, playing an elderly, smartish lady with a constantly bewildered air about her.

They aren’t a patch on the originals, these plays.

Couldn't stand it. Switched over

The play felt like a rerun selected from the archives of long ago, not funny.

I was so looking forward to this so I was surprised when I found it was so disappointing.
Like someone said, Nigel Havers looked greasy and unwashed. He looked nothing like the handsome man I remember. Even allowing for the fact that people normally can’t hold onto the looks they had when young, he really did look awful. Anita Dobson was indeed ‘scrawny’. (A brilliant way to describe her, she was far too thin and her neck was turkey-like).
Such a shame that this play didn’t come up to expectations for me. I think that with a better cast it might have been different. Havers and Dobson were not right for this and you’d never guess to look at them, how good they had once been.

Grandma70s

Just boy-meets-girl stuff, but set in an old people’s home/retirement village. Unsympathetic characters.

I love the idea of a play for today, but I didn’t like this one.

Me neither. The site of Anita Dobson's scrawny flesh put me right off her acting. Nigel Havers was a real mess with greasy uncut hair, and yes, probably part of the persona, but not for me either

Anita is frighteningly slim

She didn’t look slim, she just looked terribly scraggy, and the clothes she wore didn’t help.

Was she so thin when she was in Eastenders?

Bit of a letdown after the brilliant original series.

Enjoyable nonsense.
Anita looks very frail though.

I've just watched it. It was a nice enjoyable watch for a miserable Suday afternoon. I watched their interview on Lorraine and they seemed like good friends making a fun short play. Anita is frighteningly slim.

I liked it but I’m easy pleased and like Nigel Havers posh voice! I’m a Geordie!will look forward to the next one.

I enjoyed it. It was quite silly and a bit of fun, a change from the "gritty" and "edgy" drama which I can do without.

Cringe factor ! Had to hide behind the sofa !

Just watched the last half hour.

Hope the rest of the series are better than this twaddle.

I nearly turned it off after ten minutes but then decided to stick with it. It got better and was a bit over the top, but as a one off episode I enjoyed it.

We found it quite humerous to watch. Anita Dobson was great - Nigel Havers has never struck me as having stage presence - he's just eye candy if he floats your boat!

Allira

^I liked Cynthia’s new friend, Mary, who was madly in love with the bird man^
She seemed rather boring and proper - then she produced the hip flask 😁

Exactly. that’s what I liked about her!

Yes it was a bit ‘hammy ‘. but something a bit silly is quite a relief sometimes.

I quite liked it, more than I thought I would. I enjoyed Anita and Nigel hamming it up. It made me laugh, a blessed relief from all the bad news in the world at the moment.

Yes I appreciate that.

I will look at next weeks play and line up.

Whitewavemark2

I think I will give this one a miss as I’m not keen on either actor - although I have just watched “A Horseman Riding By” with Havers as the lead character, and enjoyed it.

Different actors each week, Whitewave.
Each episode is a complete story.

One of the originals was "Nuts In May" with a very young Alison Steadman.

I think I will give this one a miss as I’m not keen on either actor - although I have just watched “A Horseman Riding By” with Havers as the lead character, and enjoyed it.

I liked Cynthia’s new friend, Mary, who was madly in love with the bird man
She seemed rather boring and proper - then she produced the hip flask 😁

Calendargirl

I watched the first half hour, then went to bed.

I shall probably watch the remainder, but not impressed.

Just rather silly and not at all realistic.

It wasn't meant to be realistic. It was tongue-in-cheek.

I do get a bit fed up with too much gritty realism sometimes.

It was predictable but I thought Anita Dobson played her part well alongside old charmer Nigel Havers. I still remember him in Corrie having a fling with Audrey.

I liked Cynthia’s new friend, Mary, who was madly in love with the bird man. The retirement home Manager was so like the Manager at my late Mum’s first care home that it was uncanny.

It made me laugh and was a change from murders, bomb blasts, unfunny modern comedies and boring cooking programmes.