Review of As Time Goes By

I particularly like this program, only partly because I tend to enjoy most shows that Geoffrey Palmer is in, and who can't appreciate seeing Judy Dench in anything? One of the things that I like about Geoffrey Palmer in his acting and the parts he plays, is that its nuanced, full of quirks and idiosyncrasies, above all nothing cloying or sentimental, if anything quite the opposite. Palmer and Dench work together very well gelling as a couple finding each other after so long apart. It's a nice easy going comedy, with a good good cross section of over lapping characters, all of whom fit together well to create likeable and realistic story lines. Personally there is a pleasing lack of sentimentality, that is one thing that I can't abide in any program, any sense of cloying emotional content. This is something that has too often marred my appreciation of TV programs and films.