"As Time Goes By" (1992) TV series 1992-2005

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Release Date:

12 January 1992 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Lionel and Jean were lovers many years ago at the time of the Korean War. They are separated by a misunderstanding...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Secretary | Housekeeper | Writer | Paint

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 21

8:30 PM

PBS

Cast

Judi Dench	...	Jean / ... (67 episodes, 1992-2005)
Geoffrey Palmer	...	Lionel / ... (67 episodes, 1992-2005)
Moira Brooker	...	Judith / ... (62 episodes, 1992-2005)
Philip Bretherton	...	Alistair / ... (59 episodes, 1992-2005)
Jenny Funnell	...	Sandy (58 episodes, 1992-2005)

Runtime:

30 min (64 episodes) | UK:60 min (1 episode) | UK:45 min (1 episode) | UK:50 min (1 episode)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG | Australia:G (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG

Company:

D.L. Taffner

Trivia:

The programme was originally titled "Winter with flowers", but when a cake bearing the title was presented at the filming of the first episode, the cast and crew refused to eat any cake unless the name of the series was changed.

Goofs:

Continuity: In Season 2 Episode 4, Lionel tells Jean that Alistair is looking after him like a baby because he is "a favor" - Alistair's father borrowed £500 from Lionel's father in 1947 to start a publishing firm. In Season 5 Episode 3, Alistair approaches Lionel with a book for Lionel to adapt in to play or film. Alistair tells Lionel he "snapped up the rights" per his publishing company. Later in the episode, Lionel finds out that Alistair's father bought the rights in 1932. The publishing firm wasn't created until 1947.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Rocky Hardcastle: Rock on!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Raining in my Heart

Gentle, very realistic, with likable characters

This show grows on you. It's not as purely funny as many top comedies (e.g., Frasier, Friends, Mad About You, Seinfeld), it's not as imaginative in plot or continuing story as others. There's no truly over the top character whose wildness captures the public's imagination.

Yet the writing and acting work gently - slowly but not too slowly - to make this a very pleasant world to be in.

And so you DO look forward to visiting with these people, do care about their smallish problems, do chuckle at the gentle humor.

The characters just seem so very real that it does feel like you're dropping in on visiting people who are warm, real, caring, likable.

It's a very likable show.