It’s kinda true in that now we have this “instantaneous … data retrieval” it’s impossible to keep up with the new AND enjoy the old. Thankfully, most modern sitcoms are eminently missable so we can rewatch Porridge or The Good Life for the nth time guilt free. And Callan still trumps most.

Interestingly, I also came across him praising repeats of Porridge and Dad’s Army in the mid 70s, and later lamenting that Wet Job was not a repeat of the original series.