Monkey has always been a big fan of Christopher Biggins – his performance alongside Les Dennis in the 1986 production of Mother Goose at the Swansea Grand Theatre lives long in the memory – and his stock has risen further after he came out against remakes of classic British sitcoms. With Leonard Rossiter's famous character returning as Martin Clunes in Reggie Perrin and a film version of Dad's Army in the pipelines, the Sun reports that Biggins thinks the rot should stop. "I hope Porridge won't be revamped," said the panto king, who played Lukewarm in the BBC's Ronnie Barker series. "There are actors who could do it, but it's somehow wrong. I wish producers and directors would get their own imagination and do original things." Or, as Fletch would say: "Darn your own naffing socks!"
